Over 60s reach for the mouse

An interesting comment from the Guardian Newspaper

A growing number of the over 60s are online and using the internet on a regular basis, new research reveals today. The so-called silver surfers now represent 12% of internet users in the UK with 37% of 60 to 64-year-olds now online at home.

The survey found that the numbers decrease with age - 29% of 65 to 69-year-olds falling to 21% of 70 to 74-year-olds are online at home - but, overall, a quarter of those aged 60 or older use the net.

Favourite activities for those in the age group are sending emails and collecting information, which 9.2% and 6.9% of all surveyed 60-year-olds and above (including those not online) said they used they internet for. Next most popular are booking holidays (2.4%), buying books and CDs (2%) and making bookings for cinemas and hotels (1.8%). Bottom of the list come buying groceries (0.4%), buying clothes (0.6%) and playing interactive games (0.8%). For the full article