1) The Elderly Experience and the Usage of the Internet
According to the survey, at present most elderly (80.7 %) did not use the Internet at all and female elderly
were found that had used less of the Internet than male ones (81.3 % and 79.5 % respectively) when the majority of
persons who were between 70-79 years old and 80 years old or upper did not or rarely use the Internet (93.9 % and
93.3 %). Most elderly have never had any experience using the Internet (79.4 %). Most female elderly were found
to have less experience of using the Internet than males (81.3 % and 76.1%) and most of both elderly between 70 -
79 years old and the ones who were 80 years old and upper have never had any experience about the Internet at all
(91.8 % and 93.3 % respectively). For ones who have used the Internet, it was found that most of these people have
been using the Internet for more than 5 years (30.3 %) and less than 6 months (18.2 %). Male elderly showed that
they had more experience using the Internet than those female ones by using the Internet for more than 5 years
(52.9 %) and the females who had been using the Internet less than 6 months (25.0 %). For people who were
between 60-69, most of them have been using the Internet for more than 5 years (33.3 %) but the ones who were 80
or older have no experience in using the Internet at all