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- Reasons for Not Using the Internet
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Major Reasons of Not Using the Internet (%) |
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China |
Taiwan |
Macau |
Malaysia |
Korea |
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Not interested or consider its useless |
8.4 |
40.0 |
15.7 |
27.9 |
85.2 |
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Lack of skills |
56.9 |
44.4 |
54.7 |
50.5 |
51.9 |
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No device (computer, telephone, Modem) or no Internet connections |
13.7 |
5.0 |
7.1 |
11.3 |
15.7 |
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Don’t have time to use |
20.0 |
15.3 |
15.2 |
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7.2 |
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Connection fee is too high |
1.8 |
1.9 |
4.3 |
13.3 |
11.8 |
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Concern that content is harmful |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
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0.6 |
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Privacy concerns |
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0.7 |
0.0 |
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1.1 |
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Viruses and security concerns |
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0.1 |
0.3 |
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0.6 |
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Others (Including no reason) |
0.5 |
29.7 |
14.2 |
14.8 |
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The main reason for not using the Internet in all the regions is “lack of skills”. 56.9% of non-users in Chinese Mainland, 44.4% in Taiwan, 54.7% in Macau, 50.5% in Malaysia and 51.9% in Korea answer that they don’t use the Internet due to “lack of skill”. In Korea, besides “lack of skill”, there is also a high percentage in “not interested or consider its useless”.
Internet Development Research in Asia-Pacific region
In order to describe the Internet development tendency in Asian and Pacific regions these years, this part comparatively analyzes the changes of Internet adoption rate from 2005 to 2012, including the growth of Internet penetration, the changes of Internet users’ methods, location and purpose, as well as Internet users ’characteristics i.e. gender, age, income and education.
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The Internet adoption rate in the Asia-Pacific region has increased year by year. Chinese mainland gets the fastest-growing penetration rate as compared to other regions (Taiwan and Macau). -
The rate of broadband in Taiwan and Malaysia stay in high level, while in Chinese Mainland and Macau, the rate has decreased because that more and more people use other methods to access the Internet, such as Wifi, 3G and Fiber. -
With the optimization of home Internet access in Asia-Pacific region, the proportion of household Internet use keeps in high level. But in 2012, it has a little decrease in both Taiwan and Macau. -
The proportion of Internet users accessing to the Internet at Internet café in the three regions has all decreased in 2012. -
The rates of mobile Internet penetration in the four regions keep a rapid growth from 2005 to 2012. -
The percentage of individuals use Internet for getting information has decreased in 2012, in Taiwan and Macau except in Malaysia. -
The percentage of individuals using Internet to get education has decreased in Macau and Malaysia in 2012. -
The percentage of Internet users getting online to purchase has increased in Chinese Mainland from 2007 to 2012, and it is higher as compared to other regions. However, the rates have declined in Taiwan, Macau and Malaysia in 2012. -
In Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macau, female Internet usages keep increasing. The female Internet penetration rate in Taiwan (76.3%) is the highest and that in Chinese Mainland (38.0%) is the lowest. -
Comparing to the data from 2006 to 2012, it shows that the number of Internet users aged 55 and above is increasing in all the three regions.
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The percentage of 14 and younger people use Internet declined in Macau but increased in Chinese mainland. The 14 and younger age group adolescents of using Internet in Taiwan got the highest rate which was 100%. -
The percentage of 14 and younger people use Internet for getting information declines in Taiwan from 2008 to 2012. -
The proportion of teenagers below 14 using the Internet for leisure has decreased 2.8% in Macau from 2011 to 2012 but increased 20.1% in Chinese mainland.
Internet Adoption
The Internet adoption rate keeps a rapid growth year by year from 2005 to 2012 in Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, and Macau. The Internet adoption rate in the three regions has increased 34.9%, 14.4%, and 26.1% respectively in the past eight years.
The Chinese mainland has the fastest growth among the three regions while Taiwan increased with less space. But the adoption in Taiwan is still on rise and it is the highest in 2012. among the three regions.
ICT Environment
*This question is single selection for Taiwan; multiple selection for all other members.
The rate of broadband in Taiwan is highest which reaches 98.8%, followed by Malaysia (86.4%).
The rate of broadband access in Chinese Mainland and Macau increased from 2005 to 2008. However, the rate has decreased to 58.4% and 57.6% respectively from 2011 to 2012, because of there are many use other methods to access the Internet, such as Wifi,3G and Fiber.
With the optimization of family Internet access in Asia-Pacific region, the proportion of household Internet use keeps in high level.
Overall, there is an increasing trend in the proportion of household Internet users in Chinese Mainland from 2006 to 2012 with an increase of 15.7% points.
In Taiwan and Macau, the proportion of household Internet user has decreased 12.8% and 2.9% points from 2011 to 2012.
The proportion of Internet users accessing to the Internet at Internet café in the three regions has all decreased in 2012.
The rate of mobile Internet penetration in the four regions keeps a rapid growth from 2005 to 2012.
In Taiwan, there is a sharp increase of mobile Internet users in 2012 increasing from 33.7% in 2011 to 55.9% in 2012.
In other regions, there also a stead increscent and the increase are 5.2%, 7.4% and 7.1% from 2011 to 2012 in Chinese mainland, Macau and Malaysia respectively.
Purpose of Using the Internet
In Malaysia, there are more than 90% of Internet users getting online for information in 2012.
However, the proportion of the Internet users getting online for information has decreased in Taiwan and Macau, 14.4% and 5.7% respectively.
The percentage of individuals using Internet to get education has decreased in 2012 in Macau and Malaysia.
The rate of the purpose of getting online education in Taiwan is still very low in 2012.
The percentage of Internet users getting online to purchase has increased in Chinese Mainland from 2007 to 2012, and the percentage of individuals using Internet to purchase (42.9%) is highest as compared to other regions.
However, the rates have declined 6.1%, 0.7% and 7.8% respectively in Taiwan, Macau and Malaysia from 2011 to 2012.
User Characteristics
In Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macau, female Internet usage keeps increasing.
The female Internet penetration rate in Taiwan (76.3%) is the highest and that in Chinese Mainland (38.0%) is the lowest, but the latter one grows up with a rapid speed.
Comparing to the data from 2006 to 2011, it shows that the number of Internet users aged 55 and above has increased in Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Macau.
In Macau, the Internet penetration rate of this age raises sharply from 2011 to 2012.
In Chinese Mainland, the penetration rate is slightly increased but still is very low compared with other regions.
The penetration rate of this age is largest in Taiwan in 2012.
The Internet adoption rate of adolescents aged between 12 and 14 in Taiwan keeps in 100% since 2011.
The percentage of 6-14 years old adolescents using Internet in Macau keeps decreasing since 2010.
The 6-14 age group adolescents using Internet in Chinese mainland increased gradually.
The percentage of 14 and younger people use Internet for getting information declined in Taiwan from 2008 to 2012. The proportion of teenagers below 14 using the Internet for information in Macau is 24.7%.
In Chinese Mainland, the proportion of teenagers below 14 using the Internet for leisure has increased 20.1% in 2012 and which is the highest in all.
In Macau, the rate of using the Internet for leisure is 70.4% which has decreased 2.8% from 2011 to 2012.
Digital Divide in Adoption
In recent years, more and more attention of Internet technology and applications was paid in developing countries of Asia-Pacific region. The digital divide of Internet adoption among different groups and regions was shrinking.
Although there is still a large gap between developing countries and developed regions in Internet infrastructure and application level, the gaps between different groups continued narrowing. According to the general principles of Information Technology Penetration, the speed of Internet penetration has the inverse relationship with its level of development. Therefore, along with the fast growing of Internet penetration in the relatively disadvantaged low-income, low education and women's groups the gap of Internet adoption between groups will narrow continuously.
In Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macau, female Internet usage keeps increasing.
The female Internet penetration rate in Taiwan (76.3%) is the highest and that in Chinese Mainland (38.0%) is the lowest, but the latter one grows up with a rapid speed.
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