Differences between Hispanic men and women

Interaction with the Web by Race and Gender The percentage of Internet users by race and gender engaging in online activities overall (and on a typical day): Men Women White Black Hispanic White Black Hispanic Activity 88% (38%) 92% (52%) 86% (31%) 83% (41%) 94% (50%) 90% (32%) Send and read email Fun 77 (19) 74 (15) 68 (13) 70 (15) Get hobby information Browse just for fun 81 (23) 76 (17) 73 (18) 71 (23) 62 (18) 71 (16) 73 (20) 63 (22) Look for info about music, books, or other leisure activities 61 (10) 70 (6) 72 (11) 63 (7) 63 (10) 69 (6) 63 (9) 58 (8) 42 (5) 58 (5) 44 (7) Use video or audio clip 52 (9) 55 (7) 46 (12) 45 (11) 46 (11) 55 (13) Send an instant message 43 (12) 56 (11) 49 (11) 29 (5) 54 (7) 47 (9) Listen to music 37 (7) 69 (16) 51 (16) 22 (5) 28 (5) 33 (7) Look for sports information 49 (15) 30 (6) 46 (6) 34 (7) 35 (6) 50 (6) 41 (9) Play a game 36 (5) 38 (9) 17 (2) 31 (4) 35 (5) Download music 25 (4) 42 (3) 31 (7) 23 (3) 39 (4) 33 (4) Chat online 28 (6) Information Seeking 80 (15) 75 (15) 76 (13) Internet search to answer a question 79 (19) 73 (12) 70 (16) 68 (9) 68 (6) 63 (9) Research product information 81 (20) 78 (17) 77 (11) 65 (7) 64 (6) 59 (8) 66 (6) 65 (7) 67 (7) Look for travel information 66 (19) 65 (24) 55 (17) 60 (12) 56 (15) 64 (27) 66 (19) Get news 55 (13) 58 (17) 61 (14) 54 (10) 56 (13) Get weather reports 46 (4) 44 (4) 45 (6) 44 (5) 42 (6) Visit a govermment Web site 55 (8) Get financial information 53 (19) 48 (11) 47 (13) 36 (8) 36 (7) 34 (7) 42 (13) 34 (10) 36 (7) 38 (11) Get political news or information 43 (16) 40 (11) 22 (0) 23 (4) 39 (2) 18 (2) Seek religious information 19 (3) Major Life Activities Do school research or job training 50 (10) 61 (10) 58 (11) 52 (9) 67 (10) 65 (9) 49 (3) 42 (3) 66 (7) 62 (5) 59 (6) Seek health information 48 (5) 48 (11) 48 (7) 54 (19) 46 (12) 52 (19) 46 (13) 47 (11) Do work research 33 (4) 38 (4) 57 (9) 34 (5) Look for job information 24 (2) 26 (2) 37 (2) 32 (2) 26 (3) Look for a place to live Transactions 49 (4) 36 (2) 38 (5) 50 (4) 45 (3) 43 (4) Buy a product 43 (2) 32 (4) 35 (2) 31 (2) 40 (3) Make a travel reservation 37 (2) 22 (7) 19 (6) 16 (3) 14 (4) 21 (2) Bank online 18 (6) 10 (1) 14 (5) 8 (1) 10 (1) 9 (2) Buy or sell stocks 18 (3) 13 (2) 7 (1) 7 (2) Participate in an online auction 8 (1) 21 (3) 11 (1) Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2000 Traciing Survey. N = 26,094. Margin of error is t1%. *N<100.