All of 48 per cent of boys in this age group log onto the Internet on an average day. In the age group 16-24 years and among persons with a higher education, around two out of three used the Internet every week. Use of the Internet also increases in step with income. But in contrast to the use of home PCs, Internet use is largely a phenomenon of urban life and is higher in Oslo and Akershus than in the rest of the country. More elderly men use home PCs Seventy-one per cent of the population have access to a home PC, and on an average day 25 per cent use one.
Men use such equipment at home to a much higher extent than women.
There has been an increase both among men and women, but a lot of the increase applies to elderly men in particular. Among men aged 67-79 the percentage who use a home PC went up from 5 per cent to 12 per cent from 1999 to 2000, while there was no increase among women in the same age group. Home PCs are now mostly used as a practical tool for home and leisure purposes. But they are also used for entertainment and games, particularly by children and adolescents. 9 out of 10 young people have their own mobile phone Sixty-eight of the population have their own mobile phone.