{"id":4756,"date":"2024-11-13T13:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/smartphone-dependency-by-race-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:05:50","slug":"smartphone-dependency-by-race-2","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/smartphone-dependency-by-race-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone dependency by race and ethnicity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone chart-builder-data-table wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"290d95fd-19d9-4d60-8bb6-e9bdf8bc1050\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;290d95fd-19d9-4d60-8bb6-e9bdf8bc1050&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:4756,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/smartphone-dependency-by-race-2\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/smartphone-dependency-by-race-2\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2024-11-13&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:null,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Smartphone dependency by race and ethnicity&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;% of U.S. adults who are smartphone dependent, by race and ethnicity &quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;* Estimates for Asian adults are representative of English speakers only.\\u00a0&lt;br&gt;Note: The vertical line indicates a change in mode. 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