People in the UK seeking health information online, by formal education

The European questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies Data reveals that there exists a disparity between the internet usage of people with a low, medium, and high formal education level. This disparity although present in most countries, differs widely in its severity.
In 2019, 31 percent of users with low formal education in the United Kingdom used the internet to search for health information. In 2020, people with medium formal education used 57 percent the internet in this way. The highest share of users accessing such information can usually be found among users with a high degree of formal education. According to the survey 74 percent of users in the United Kingdom with a high degree of formal education do search for health advice online.