Disabled People Less Likely To Have Used The Internet In Every Age Group Finds ONS Report
A press release:
Disabled people are less likely to have used the internet than non-disabled
people in every age group, according to ‘Internet Users, 2015’ published
today by ONS.
The information, taken from the Labour Force Survey, shows that the gap in
the percentages who have used the internet widens in older age groups, with
10.9% of disabled 45-54 year olds having never been online, compared with
only 2.8% of non-disabled adults in the same age group.
Looking at the overall figures, the South East was the region with the
lowest proportion of adults who had never been online (8.6%), with Northern
Ireland remaining the highest (18.8%). At a local level, the area with the
highest proportion who had last used the internet more than three months
ago, or who had never used it, was the Isle of Anglesey (40.9%), with the
lowest being Thurrock (4.6%).
The share of UK adults who have never used the internet decreased from
12.6% (6.4m) in Q1 2014 to 11.4% (£5.9m) in Q1 2015.
Recent internet usage was highest among 16-24s (98.8%) and lowest among
over 75s (33%). Internet usage by women continues to be lower than men,
particularly in older age groups, with only 27.3% of women over 75 having
been online.
The full ‘Internet Users, 2015’ statistical bulletin is available here:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit2/internet-users/2015/stb-ia-2015.html
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