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    Who’s Not Online and Why

    15% of American adults do not use the internet at all, and another 9% of adults use the internet but not at home.

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    Main Report

    Offline Adults As of May 2013, some 15% of American adults ages 18 and older do not use the internet or email.[2.numoffset=”2″ Changes in wording and methods over time—see “Survey Questions” at end of the report for details.] Another 85% of U.S. adults do go online, as shown in the chart below. As in previous […]

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    Part 1: Introduction

    For as long as romantic relationships have existed, people have sought assistance in meeting potential partners using whatever options were at their disposal. Matchmaking and arranged marriages have existed for centuries, and printed personal ads are nearly as old as the newspaper industry itself. More recently, technological developments from the VCR to the (pre-internet era) […]

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    Part 4: Social networking sites, Cell Phones, Dating, and Relationships

    The technological landscape has changed dramatically since we first studied dating and relationships in the fall of 2005. At the time we conducted our first survey on this topic, the release of the iPhone was still two years in the future, Facebook was in the process of expanding from college campuses to high schools, and […]

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    Preface

    While the Pew Research Center routinely tracks long-established trends in public attitudes, it also tries to identify emerging social, political and religious issues. We began polling on same-sex marriage, for example, in 1996, seven years before Massachusetts became the first state to allow it. The goal of these early studies is to set down some […]

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    The Myth and the Reality of the Evolving Patron

    The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host Lee Rainie for “The Myth and the Reality of the Evolving Patron: The RUSA President’s Program” on Saturday, June 29 at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.

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    Younger Americans’ Library Habits and Expectations

    Americans ages 16-29 are heavy technology users, including in using computers and internet at libraries. At the same time, most still read and borrow printed books, and value a mix of traditional and technological library services.

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    Younger Americans’ Library Habits and Expectations

    Americans ages 16-29 are heavy technology users, including using computers and internet at libraries. At the same time, the most still read and borrow printed books, and value a mix of traditional and technological library services.

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