Friday, October 14, 2005

PEW Report : Digital Divisions

Sixty-eight percent of American adults,or about 137 million people, use the internet, up from 63% one year ago. Thirty-two percent of American adults, or about 65 million
people, do not go online, and ihttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gift is not always by choice. Certain groups continue to lag in their internet adoption. For example:

  • 26% of Americans age 65 and older go online, compared with 67% ofthose age 50-64, 80% of those age 30-49, and 84% of those age 18-29.
  • 57% of African-Americans go online, compared with 70% of whites.
  • 29% of those who have not graduated from high school have access,compared with 61% of high school graduates and 89% of college graduates.
  • 60% of American adults who do not have a child living at home goonline, compared with 83% of parents of minor children.


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