The graph below shows the way in which men and women used the Internet in Canada in 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates how

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and

women

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aged between 15 and 24 used the

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in Canada in 2000.

Overall

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, both genders used the

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most commonly for sending emails,

while

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research and education were the least popular purposes.

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generally had higher usage rates than

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in most activities, except for shopping online and chatting, where

women

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were slightly more active. In detail, almost the same proportion of males and females used the

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for email, with 71% and 70% respectively.

However

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, a large difference can be seen in using the

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for goods and services, as 71% of

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did so compared to only 61% of

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.

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, 64% of males played games online, which was 6% higher than females. When it comes to social activities, 50% of

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and 48% of

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used chat rooms, showing a small advantage for females. Online shopping was

also

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more popular among

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(38%) than

men

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(28%).

In contrast

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,

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dominated in research and education, where 13% of them used the

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for

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purpose,

while

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the figure for

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was only 9%.