Teens and Tech

Teens and Tech

Three Observations:

1.Eighty-three percent of all the teens surveyed by the Pew Research Center state that “most” of the people they know use the internet while only 6% say that very few or none of the people they know use the internet.

2. For teens who go online themselves, 88% say most of the people they know go online compared to only 51% of teens who are not online themselves. For teenagers with parents who go online, 86% answer “most” compared to 69% of teens whose parents are not users of the internet.

3.the same number of girls and boys answer that most of the people they know use the internet while 86% of teenagers aged 15-17 and 80% of teenagers aged 12-14 also answer the same way. White teenagers are somewhat more likely to answer “most” people than African-Americans or Hispanics, although significant majorities of all races say that most people they know are on the internet. Eighty-seven percent of white teenagers, 70% of Hispanic teenagers, and 69% of African-American teenagers respond that way. Eighteen percent of African-American teenagers responded to the question by saying that very few or none of the people they knew were using the web compared to 10% of Hispanic teens and only 4% of white teens.

All informations belongs to the Pew research center and can be found: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/Teens-and-Technology.aspx

None of this information is mine nor does it reflect my views or opinions.