The table illustrates how frequently adults used the internet in a particular European country from 2006 to 2010.
Overall, while the proportion of daily and weekly adult users increased to varying degrees, the reverse was true for those who used the internet 3 times a month and did not use at all. It is also notable that the percentage of old people using the internet daily consistently represented the highest figure throughout the period.
Looking at increases first, 36% of adults used the internet daily in 2006. This figure rose gradually to 45% in 2008, before a dramatic growth to 65%. By the final year, the percentage of old people who used the internet daily recorded the highest figure of 72%. There was a noticeable rise in the proportion of the old using the internet weekly, increasing from 15% to 29% in 2008. From this year onwards, the figure experienced a decline, ending the period at 22%.
By contrast, the share of adults using the internet 3 times a month and did not use showed downward trends. In 2006, 15% of old people used the internet 3 times a month, and the figure remained stable in 2007. In 2008, it declined to 10%, and this was followed by a further drop to 5% in the final year. Despite representing a considerably higher figure of 34% in the initial year, the proportion of those who never used the internet decreased steadily to 16% in 2008. In 2009, the figure dropped significantly to 2%, before falling to a mere 1% in 2010.