90% of Israeli youth use Internet

The proportion of older Internet users has doubled.

by Noa Parag 
Globes
January 03, 2008

There are now four million Internet users in Israel (aged 13 and 
upward), representing a 2% increase compared with December 2006, 
according to the biannual survey from TNS/Teleseker. This figure 
suggests that there has been a slowdown in the annualized 
increase in Internet surfing, which now corresponds to Israel's 
annual rate of population growth. The figures also show a 
slowdown in the rate of Internet take-up in Jewish households. 
73% of these now have an Internet connection compared with 
72% in December 2006, of which 96% are connected to 
broadband Internet (against 95% in 2006). 

The demographic breakdown of Internet usage among the 
Jewish population is now similar to the population average, 
although several unique characteristics remain. 54% of the 
Jewish population that use the Internet are men, and 
46% women. Internet use is most widespread among people 
aged 18-49, who account for 73% of the total number of 
Internet users, and 63% of the total population. 

The survey also found that the rate of Internet use among 
youth aged 13-17 was higher than 90%, while the proportion 
of users aged 50 and upwards has risen to 23% of the 
total number of Internet users, compared with just 
11% seven years ago.