The given bar graph compares the percentage of males and females, in the 15-24 age group, who used the internet for various purposes in Canada in 2000.
Overall, it can be seen that females were ahead of males in using the internet for sending e-mail and online shopping. In all other given activities, men superseded women.
Looking at the data in more detail, the maximum number of men used the internet for goods and services (71%). The second most popular use among the males was for sending e-mail (70%). A slightly higher percentage of women (71%) used the net for e-mail. By contrast, a significantly lesser percentage (61%) of women used the internet for goods and services.
Regarding other activities, chat rooms were almost equally popular among both genders. 50% of males and 48% of females used the internet for this purpose. However, games were more popular among males (64%) than females (58%). Research and education was the least popular activity among both men and women, with 13 % and 9% respectively.
