Sixty-three percent believe that their newspaper habits will still be unaffected by the Internet in two years. For 7 percent of those surveyed, the Internet has almost completely or has completely replaced letter writing, and only 43 percent of users claim the Internet has not affected their letter-writing habits. Thirteen percent of those surveyed by Durlacher said the Internet has in some way altered their sleeping habits. The UK residential Internet market has grown from 5 percent of the population in June of 1997 to 11 percent in December of 1998, according to Durlacher. In that time, Durlacher has found the profile of the Internet user has remained relatively unchanged.
Most British users are male, live in the south of England, and are of a high social grade.
There appears to be a widening gap between Internet users and non-Internet users that may have serious implication in the future, Durlacher reports. Copyright 2001 INT Media Group, Incorporated All Rights Reserved.