The bar chart depicts the percentage of homes with online connectivity across four earning brackets in a European country between 2002 and 2012.
Overall, digital adoption rose steadily in every financial segment throughout the decade, with affluent families maintaining the highest level of connectivity. Nevertheless, the disparity between the wealthiest and least affluent groups noticeably diminished by 2012.
In 2002, fewer than one in five low-income households were connected to the web, compared with roughly two in five among the middle-earning category. Over the following ten years, both segments saw remarkable growth, climbing to about 40% and 70%, respectively.
For the upper-income brackets, roughly 70% of upper-middle homes and close to 90% of high-earning ones were online in 2002. By 2012, both figures increased further, with the wealthiest group nearing universal connectivity at around 98%.
To sum up, although financial status continued to shape online engagement, Internet penetration had become far more uniform across society by 2012.