---
title: "Appendix C: Confident and independent use of digital devices, by age and education"
description: "[![A bar chart showing that Confidence using, setting up digital devices varies by age and education](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/10/PI_2023.10.18_data-privacy_C-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/?attachment_id=30377)"
date: "2023-10-18"
authors:
  - name: "Colleen McClain"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/colleen-mcclain/"
  - name: "Michelle Faverio"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michelle-faverio/"
  - name: "Monica Anderson"
    job_title: "Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/monica-anderson/"
  - name: "Eugenie Park"
    job_title: "Research Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/eugenie-park/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/10/18/data-privacy-appendix-c-confident-and-independent-use-of-digital-devices-by-age-and-education/"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Online Privacy & Security"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Tech Companies"
---

# Appendix C: Confident and independent use of digital devices, by age and education

[![A bar chart showing that Confidence using, setting up digital devices varies by age and education](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/10/PI_2023.10.18_data-privacy_C-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/?attachment_id=30377)