Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    Generations and their gadgets

    While many devices have become popular across generations, younger adults are leading the way in increased mobility, preferring laptops to desktops and using their cell phones for a variety of functions.

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    Health Topics

    80% of internet users gather health information online, but a “health information divide” emerges along education, age, and income lines.

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    Health Topics

    Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey, which finds that 80% of internet users gather health information online.

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    What people living with disability can teach us

    People living with disability are less likely than other adults in the U.S. to use the internet: 54%, compared with 81%. The first question many people ask when they hear that is, Why? The second is, What can be done? The third is, or should be, W…

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    The Social Side of the Internet

    The internet has become deeply embedded in group life and is affecting the way civic and social groups behave and the way they impact their communities

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    Group participation and technology

    The proportion of American adults in each tech user group (those who use the internet, those who connect to the internet wirelessly, cell phone users, etc.) who are active in various organizations.