Band 8+: The chart below shows the way in which men and women used the Internet in Canada in 2000.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the percentage of Canadian internet users, both male and female, during the year 2000.

Overall, while the most popular activities for both groups were E-mail and Goods and services, there were fewer users for Research and education.

The gap between the two figures differed when compared deeply within each activity. Female users of E-mail were almost identical to males at approximatelly 70%, whilst males ranked first in accessing Goods and services at just over 70% compared with around 60% of their female counterparts. In terms of using the internet for Games men led the list with around 65%, in contrast to women, nearly at 60%.

There were more male clients using the internet for chat rooms, approximately 50%, compared to around 48% of females. Female clients also ranked first in using the internet for Online shopping with 38%, while the share of male was lower by 10 percentage points. The gender discrepancy for Research and education was nearly equivalent at approximately 15% and 10%, respectively.