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Asked to predict how technology will change over the next decade, hundreds of experts agree that trends now underway will make the internet more important even as it becomes less visible in daily life.
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 […]
A breakdown of how internet users go online, including those with home access and the type of access, is shown in this table.
We’ve published several new reports on teens (ages 12-17) and technology over the past few months, with lots of great findings based on our nationally representative surveys as well as insights from in-person focus groups.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently released the findings of its latest Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in July 2012. It found 58% of all American adults ages 18 and older had engaged in “voluntary reading” within the past year.
As of May 2013, 15% of American adults ages 18 and older do not use the internet or email. An additional 9% of adults use the internet but lack home access.
About this study Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project October 2013 Summary The Library User Survey obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,224 people ages 16 and older living in the United States. Interviews were conducted via landline (nLL=3,122) and cell […]