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Previous surveys have suggested that far less of the population were not offline

Almost 20% of Britons are using The Internet , a survey shows.

The detailed in-home survey of almost 2,000 Brits found that 18% described themselves as non-users.

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII), said that people fall into the category of older and poorer than frequent Internet users.

the size of The Group presented a "dilemma" for any government that try to reach out and to support, said the OII.

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"Non-users are older, are proportionately less educated and have lower incomes," said Dr Grant Blank , survey research fellow at OII, who led The Project .

Non-users, said Dr. Blank, were those who do not go online, in any case - either phone or computer. The proportion of those who didn't grow up in this category, as people age, he said.

The figure of 18% is higher than other official actions of the non-users, he said, because of the way the OII sample of the British population.

figures collected suggest that The Office for National statistics on 7. 4% of the population are non-users, but this figure is drawn from data collected for its Labour Force Survey.

The said Dr. Blank, looked at the people who are in work, or could be excluded, and those who do not work, as well as other non-homes of workers, such as people with long-term disabilities, or residents of nursing.

however, he said, the OII survey, visited people in their homes, and gathered a more detailed view of the British, who " live online.

"Virtually everyone is online, 50 years ago," Dr. Blank said the BBC.

After this milestone, he said, there was a "sharp decline" in the use of about 2% per year.

"There are a lot of things on The Internet that get less useful as you get older," he said.

As the people in the circle of friends and interests, you shrink see less and less reason to spend time online.

found in the results of the study: the old-fashioned way,

in Earlier versions of the survey, the 50-plus drop-off net use had not remained for a long time, said Dr. Blank, suggesting it was tied to a specific age group that grew up without the network.

Many of those who avoided it, The Net could benefit, if you ventured online, he said. The wide range of good health information could prove to be useful for Many people in the 18% group.

in addition, he said, the British government sought to move more, his help and power systems online - Many targeted at The Group that are to be avoided, The Net .

"is One of the ironies that people who get support from the government in various ways people, the educated tend to be older, poorer, and less well-and those are exactly the people who are less likely to be online," he said.

"This is a dilemma for the government as a contact has to do the old-fashioned way, which is time-and cost-consuming," he said.

Follow-up work with include would look for ways to reach non-users and to take advantage of tempting you to the network.

The OII survey was funded by the UK Department for Digital, culture, media and Sport, as well as tech companies, BT and Google .

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Source of news: bbc.com