From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 12:00AM EST Last updated on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 3:51AM EST
China had 384 million Internet users by the end of 2009, says a China Internet Network Information Center report released last week. The estimate is based on the number of respondents who confirmed using Internet in the previous six months in a nationwide survey
BREAKDOWN OF THE FEATURES OF THOSE WHO SAID THEY USED THE INTERNET
By age
9 or under / 1.1%
10-19 / 31.8%
20-29 / 28.6%
30-39 / 21.5%
40-49 / 10.7%
50 - 59 / 4.5%
60 or above / 1.9%
By income level, yuan per month
No income / 10.0%
500 or below / 18.0%
501 - 1000 / 14.5%
1000 - 1500 / 13.7%
1501-2000 / 13.4%
2001 / 3000 / 15.4%
3001 / 5000 / 9.3%
5001 - 8000 / 2.7%
8000 or above / 2.9%
By occupation
Students / 28.8%
Com Party, govt employee / 7.5%
Co managers / 3.1%
Co employees / 15.0%
Professionals / 10.4%
Rural workers / 2.4%
Industry workers / 4.4%
Self-employed / 13.0%
Farmers, fishermen / 2.8%
Retired / 2.1%
Unemployed / 9.8%
Others / 0.8%
By gender
Women
45.8%
Men
54.2%
KATHRYN TAM/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
SOURCES: CHINA INTERNET INFORMATION CENTER,
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, REUTERS
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