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4. How COVID-19 impacted Americans’ relationship with technology
A majority of adults under 30 say the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way they now use technology
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- 4. How COVID-19 impacted Americans’ relationship with technology
- About half of Americans say the COVID 19 pandemic changed how they use technology today
- A majority of adults under 30 say the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way they now use technology
- About half of those who say the pandemic changed how they now use technology think these changes have made life both easier and harder
- Internet’s importance rose for youngest, oldest adults in first year of pandemic
- In 2021, majorities of Americans said those without high-speed internet were at a major disadvantage for school, job searching during COVID-19
- In 2022, 16% of teens were extremely or very worried they’d fallen behind in school due to COVID-19 – and 28% of parents said the same about their teen
- In 2022, teens living in lower-income households were more likely to face certain challenges related to the ‘homework gap’
- Over the first year of COVID-19 pandemic, rising shares of Americans in both parties said the government should provide technology to all students
- Roughly 7 in 10 parents said in 2021 that their children were spending more time in front of screens than they did before COVID-19 pandemic began
- In 2021, 53% of Americans said they felt less close to acquaintances than before the pandemic, and 25% said this about close family members