- Poll in 16 countries reveals numbers of online users
- An average 29% of leisure time is spent on internet
British housewives spend almost half of their free time online, far more than the average around the world, according to a study of internet behaviour.The poll of more than 27,500 people in 16 countries found that housewives in the UK spend 47% of their leisure time on the web, compared with 39% for students and 32% for the unemployed. Globally, the average across all occupations was 29%.Overall, the Chinese spend the largest part of their leisure time online – 44% compared with 28% for Britons, rising to 32% of those aged 18-24. Of the 16 nationalities surveyed, Scandinavians seemed the least inclined to while away their free time in front of the computer – Danes spent an average of 15% of their non-work hours on the net, with Swedes at 18% and Norwegians at 22%.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/01/internet-web-worldwide-internationalUK housewives rule in online time
A survey of more than 27,000 web users in 16 countries has shown that the Chinese spend the largest fraction of their leisure time online.However, UK housewives spend even more than China’s average – 47%.Germans are the most likely to meet someone in real life that they first met online; more than three quarters have done so.The study also found that the UK is the least trusting of information in its newspapers among the 16 countries.
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