Purposes of the use of the Internet in spring 2005, per cent of Internet users

Purpose of use	%
Sending or receiving e-mail	86
Finding information about goods or services	85
Online banking	76
Browsing travel and accommodation websites	66
Reading online magazines	56
Seeking health-related information	53
Buying or ordering products or services	44
Downloading images	42
Downloading games to the PC	32
Looking for a job or sending a job application	32
Studying at school, university or other institution	31
Listening to music online or downloading music on PC or other device	30
Playing games online	26
Instant messaging	24
Chatting or writing on discussion boards	24
Listening to the radio or viewing television	23
Other financial and insurance services (e.g. buying shares)	19
Selling goods, products and services (online fleamarkets etc.)	13
Downloading games to the PC	12
Internet phonecalls	10
Doing adult or further education courses	9
Video conferencing	5
Doing courses aimed at improving job prospects	4

Last updated 12.6.2006

Contents (Use of information and communications technology 2005)

Referencing instructions:

Statistics: Use of information and communications technology [e-publication].
2005, Purposes of the use of the Internet in spring 2005, per cent of Internet users . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 14.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/sutivi/2005/sutivi_2005_2006-06-12_tau_001_en.html.

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