Trends Report

Men, Women, And The Internet

What European Women Do Online, And How This Differs From What Men Do

April 3rd, 2007
Reineke Reitsma, null
Reineke Reitsma
With contributors:
Benjamin Ensor , Olesia Klevchuk

Summary

The number of European women using the Internet regularly has jumped from 51 million to 71 million in the past four years. However, women are still less likely than men to be online, and those who are online spend less time on the Internet than men do. This doesn't mean that the Net isn't important to them; they just use it differently. Women spend less time on entertainment and more time on getting family tasks done.

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