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Magazine Reading and Internet Use
It is often said that magazines and the Internet are good complements to one another, but are there any characteristics that define the way magazine readers interact with the Internet?
The first thing that stands out is that people who read magazines are far more likely to use the Internet than those that don't, both on weekdays and weekends.

[Proportions of Internet users]

[Weekday Usage]
 
[Weekend Usage]
Magazine readers: people who have read at least one of the six issues of any of the 522 magazines covered by the MAGASCENE survey

Proportions of Internet Users

  Weekdays(%) Weekends(%)
Readers Non-readers Readers Non-readers
All 72.8 52.0 69.3 50.2
Male 80.2 59.4 77.0 58.5
 Female 65.4 42.7 61.8 39.8
Students 83.3 66.2 82.9 69.6
Male Age 12-19 74.4 61.2 74.0 67.1
Age 20-29 87.0 75.0 83.7 77.8
Age 30-39 88.8 78.4 84.3 78.3
Age 40-49 88.1 75.0 84.9 68.6
Age 50-59 75.8 60.0 72.3 56.5
Age 60-69 52.4 34.7 49.9 34.4
Employees under 34 84.6 75.3 80.6 73.2
Employees 35 to 49 86.9 77.0 83.1 72.0
Employees 50 and older 68.2 46.2 62.9 43.7
Executives and managers 93.4 84.0 87.5 80.8
Specialists and
freelance professionals
83.4 87.7 80.5 83.0
Self-employed 71.0 44.2 69.3 43.6
 Female Age 12-19 76.9 65.3 77.3 59.2
Age 20-29 80.0 69.3 76.3 72.1
Age 30-39 77.2 69.9 71.4 60.5
Age 40-49 73.0 62.2 68.2 59.3
Age 50-59 50.0 28.9 47.4 28.1
Age 60-69 30.7 17.3 27.4 15.8
Unmarried employees under 34 84.4 68.5 78.8 68.5
Housewives under 34 72.7 68.3 67.7 58.5
Housewives 35 to 49 75.2 63.9 70.9 59.7
Housewives 50 and older 42.2 22.8 39.5 21.6
*Magazine readers: people who have read at least one of the six issues of any of the 522 magazines covered by the MAGASCENE survey
Data from the MAGASCENE 2007 survey from Video Research Ltd.
 
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| 1. Advertising Expenditures in Japan | 2. Magazine Penetration |
| 3. Comparative View of Magazine Advertising | 4. Impact of Magazine Advertising on Readers |
| 5. TV Multiplier Effect | 6. Magazine Reading and Internet Use |
| 7. The Impact of the Magazine Advertising in Each Product Category |
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