{"id":41824,"date":"2021-06-26T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=41824"},"modified":"2021-06-26T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:49:50","slug":"infographic-digital-divide-continues-across-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=41824","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Digital Divide Continues Across Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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26 June 2021. Despite gains with smartphones, people with lower incomes in the U.S. continue to use digital technologies less than those with higher incomes. Data compiled by Pew Research Center<\/a> earlier this year also indicate increasing use of multiple personal and home electronic platforms as family income rises.<\/p>\n

The Pew Research findings show continuing growth in the adoption of digital technologies throughout American society, particularly smartphones. Nearly all survey respondents (97%) in families with annual incomes of $100,000 or more say they use smartphones, along with nearly nine in10 (87%) of those in families with $30,000 to $100,000, and three-quarters (76%) of respondents in families making less than $30,000. Among those in families making less than $30,000, roughly one in four (27%) use only smartphones for going online, more than double the 12 percent with a smartphone but no home broadband in 2013.<\/p>\n

Use of other digital technologies also rises with family income. More than nine in 10 respondents in families making $100,000 or more have broadband connections at home or have a desktop or laptop computer, 93 and 92 percent respectively, as do more than eight in 10 people, 83 and 84 percent, in families making $30,000 to $100,000. Among families making less than $30,000, however, use of broadband or desktop or laptop computers barely reaches six in 10 individuals, 57 and 59 percent respectively.<\/p>\n

A majority of families in the U.S. making $100,000 or more (63%) use all of these technologies — smartphone, desktop or laptop computer, and home broadband connections — plus tablet computers, a number exceeding families in other income groups. Roughly four in 10 (42%) in families with $30,000 to $100,000 incomes use all four technologies, as do 23 percent in families making less than $30,000. And 13 percent of families in the lowest income group have access to none of these technologies.<\/p>\n

Pew Research Center surveyed 1,502 adults in the U.S.<\/a> from 25 Jan. to 8 Feb. 2021, by landline and cellular telephone. The data are weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, education, and other categories.<\/p>\n

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