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98 per cent of Islanders have home internet 

86 per cent of people aged 15 to 34 who took part in a social research study say they use social media every day. 

That's the finding from the Social Attitudes Survey - the work, commissioned by the Cabinet Office, is the biggest piece of research ever done on the Island. 

98 per cent of the 2,000 plus people who took part - who were aged between 15 and 91 - revealed they had access to the internet at home. 

Carl Hawker is the executive director of policy and strategy - he says steps were taken to ensure the non-digitally active population were reached for their opinions: 

14 per cent of people aged 65 or over said they'd never used social media - Carl says the findings are important for the future:

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