Age & Generations

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presentationOct 23, 2010

Teens, Adults and Sexting: Data on sending/receiving sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude photos by Americans

Teens and adults use their cell phones to transmit and receive suggestive images – a practice often called “sexting.” This talk outlines the demographics of who is sending and receiving these images and under what circumstances. Further, focus gro…
short readsOct 19, 2010

Support for Gay Marriage Rises Across Generations

Support for same-sex marriage is now nearly equal to opposition, and while generational divides still persist, support is up among all age groups.
short readsOct 19, 2010

Millennials Still Strongest Obama Supporters

Millennials remain the strongest supporters of President Obama and his policies.
reportOct 7, 2010

Lagging Youth Enthusiasm Could Hurt Democrats in 2010
reportOct 7, 2010

Lagging Youth Enthusiasm Could Hurt Democrats in 2010

Millennials continue to be among the strongest backers of Democratic candidates this fall, though their support for the Democratic Party has slipped since 2008. But young voters have given far less thought to the coming elections than have older voters, and this gap is larger than in previous midterms.
presentationOct 6, 2010

Teens & Mobile Phones: Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens

Mobile phones have become the hub of teens’ communication with peers and others, and is increasingly a source of information as well as connection to others. This talk presents data about which teens have mobile phones, how they use them – texting…
presentationSep 29, 2010

Trends in Teen Communication: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health Campaigns

Kristen Purcell and Amanda Lenhart will be speaking at the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Above the Influence Campaign Summit, sharing Pew Internet data on teen internet use and communication trends that local ONDCP partners can use to i…
short readsSep 13, 2010

Older Adults Tweeting

One-in-ten online adults ages 50-64 use Twitter or another status-updating service.
reportSep 10, 2010

Updated: Change in internet access by age group, 2000-2010

Internet adoption over the past 10 years: 93% of teens ages 12-17 go online, as do 95% of young adults ages 18-29. Seventy-nine percent of all adults ages 18 and older go online.
reportSep 9, 2010

Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents

One child in 10 in the United States lives with a grandparent, a share that increased slowly and steadily over the past decade before rising sharply from 2007 to 2008, the first year of the Great Recession.