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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 […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted October 3-6, 2013, among a national sample of 1,000 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (500 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 500 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 250 who had no landline […]
Overview The rise of smartphones has brought real-time location data into many aspects of Americans’ lives. Some mobile services use the smartphone’s location to offer directions, targeted recommendations, or other location-specific information to the user. Other services incorporate a location “layer” into other types of functions, while still others exist specifically to share the user’s […]
Clinicians are a central resource, but friends, families, and peers play important roles, too People living with chronic conditions are more likely than other adults to tap into every health information resource available to them, online and offline. When asked to think about the last time they had a serious health issue and to whom […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted September 19-22, 2013, among a national sample of 1,003 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (503 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 500 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 244 who had no landline […]
58% of teens have downloaded an “app” to their cell phone or tablet computer. As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University to study American teens’ technology use and privacy-related behaviors, the Pew Internet Project has undertaken a study that focuses specifically on youth use of […]
78% of adult internet users watch or download online videos, up from 69% in 2009 The percent of online adults who watch or download videos has continued to grow over the past four years, from 69% of adult internet users in 2009 to 78% today. That figure includes online adults who do at least one […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted September 12-15, 2013, among a national sample of 1,002 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (501 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 501 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 262 who had no landline […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted September 4-8, 2013 among a national sample of 1,506 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (751 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 755 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]