Table 2 Generational disparities in internet usage: proportion of people doing the following things every day or multiple times a week (%)
From: Children of the reform and opening-up: China’s new generation and new era of development
Using the Internet | Reading political news online | Reading entertainment news online | Chatting and making friends online | Playing online games | Listening to music online/watching videos/reading web fiction | Conducting online research | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Post-1940 generation | 7.6 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 1 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
Post-1950 generation | 11.9 | 9 | 4 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 3 |
Post-1960 generation | 26.9 | 18.6 | 9.1 | 14.3 | 2.9 | 13.4 | 8 |
Post-1970 generation | 48.1 | 32.3 | 18.9 | 29.9 | 5.8 | 28.5 | 21.9 |
Post-1980 generation | 72.5 | 46.1 | 38.6 | 55.8 | 17.3 | 53.9 | 42.3 |
Post-1990 generation | 86.4 | 49.4 | 55.3 | 74.6 | 36.7 | 73.9 | 53.4 |