About Us, Methodology

About Us

The Pew Internet Project is a non-partisan, non-profit research center that examines the social impact of the internet. It is part of the Pew Research Center and is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Learn more about the Project at our website: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet.

Methodology

This report draws on the Parents & Teens 2006 Survey sponsored by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative call-back sample of 935 teens age 12 to 17 years old and their parents living in continental United States telephone households. The telephone sample was pulled from previous Pew Internet Project surveys fielded in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Households with a child age 18 or younger were called back and screened to find 12- to 17-year-olds. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. The interviews were done in English by Princeton Data Source, LLC, from October 23 to November 19, 2006.  Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies.  The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is ±3.5%. Among online teens, the margin of error is ±3.6%. Among teens who have been contacted by an online stranger, the margin of error is ±6.3%. For the full survey, 46% of previously interviewed households who were contacted cooperated with this study.

Parents & Teens 2006 Survey

Final Topline, 12/01/06

Data for October 23 – November 19, 2006

Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Internet & American Life Project

[886 online teens, 49 offline teens]

• Margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for results based on all parents
• Margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on parents of online teens
• Margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for results based on all teens
• Margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on online teens

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Parent Interview

 

[There are no questions 1-4]

 

[n=790]

* Note on Dec. 2000 data¹

** Note on Oct/Nov 2004 data²

Q6a         Do you use the internet, at least occasionally?

Q6b         Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally?³

Q16         About how often do you use the internet from…⁴

                Based on parents who use the internet

Q19       In your household, do you happen to have any rules about any of the following things?

Q20       Do you happen to know if your child has a personal profile posted anywhere on the internet, like on a social networking site like MySpace or Facebook?

[AGE]

[AGE]

Q23       Overall, would you say that email and the Internet have been a GOOD thing for your child, a BAD thing, or haven’t they had much effect one way or the other?

GAD1   As I read the following list of items, please tell me if you, personally, happen to have each one, or not. 

GAD7    Thinking about ALL of the information and communication devices we’ve talked about…Overall, would you say these devices make your life EASIER or make your life more COMPLICATED?