{"id":14846,"date":"2013-11-08T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/whos-not-online-5-factors-tied-to-the-digital-divide\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:24:42","slug":"whos-not-online-5-factors-tied-to-the-digital-divide","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/11\/08\/whos-not-online-5-factors-tied-to-the-digital-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s not online? 5 factors tied to the digital divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"290\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posttv\/c\/embed\/172a067c-4698-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lee Rainie<\/strong>, director of the Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/\">Internet and American Life Project<\/a>,\u00a0outlines five factors related to Internet non-use\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posttv\/business\/technology\/pew-15-percent-of-americans-dont-use-the-internet\/2013\/11\/06\/172a067c-4698-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_video.html\">Washington Post Live&#8217;s 2013 Bridging the Digital Divide forum<\/a>. They are:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Age:<\/strong> If you&#8217;re an older American you&#8217;re much less likely to use the internet than a younger person: 44% of those over age 65 do not go online, versus 17% of those 50-64, 8% of those 30-49 and only 2% of those 18-29.\u00a0Overall, adults ages 65 and older account for almost half (49%) of non-internet users by age group.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Income and educational attainment:<\/strong> If you have a college degree or live in a high income household, you&#8217;re much more likely to use the internet. Only 4% of college graduates do not use the internet compared with 41% of those without a high school degree. And only 4% of those with a household income of $75,000 or more don&#8217;t go online, versus 24% of those earning less than $30,000 per year.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Community type:<\/strong> If you live in a rural area (with limited broadband access) you&#8217;re less likely to use the internet than an urban or suburban resident: 20% of rural residents are offline, compared with 14% of both urban and suburban residents.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Disability:<\/strong>\u00a0The disabled are consistently less likely to use the internet: 46% of adults with a disability do not use the internet, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2011\/Disability.aspx\">2011 report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. Spanish-speaking preference:\u00a0<\/strong>Those who prefer to take Pew Research Center surveys in Spanish are less likely than English speakers to be internet users. A survey earlier this year found that 29% of those who opt for Spanish telephone interviews are not internet users, compared with 14% of all adults.\u00a0Overall,\u00a024% of Hispanics are offline versus 14% of whites and 15% of blacks.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked why they do not use the internet, about a third of offline adults say the internet just isn\u2019t relevant to their lives; another third\u00a0 cited \u201cusability\u201d issues such as their discomfort with computers and internet connections; a fifth cited price issues; and a smaller group cited lack of access.<\/p>\n\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Non-internet-users\/Summary-of-Findings.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Non-internet-users\/~\/media\/E85910F93C004BD0BE38957DB69A707C.jpg?w=479&amp;h=573&amp;as=1\" width=\"479\" height=\"573\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just 8% of offline adults say they would like to start using the internet or email in the future, while 92% say they are just not interested.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read Pew Internet&#8217;s most recent report on non-internet users <a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2013\/Non-internet-users.aspx\">Who&#8217;s Not Online, and Why<\/a>\u00a0(Sept. 25, 2013)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explanation of five factors related to internet non-use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","sub_headline":null,"sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"relatedPosts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"bylines":[{"key":"00fc20fdda50308924728f222f030178","termId":932}],"acknowledgements":[],"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"bylines":[932],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[526],"class_list":["post-14846","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","hentry","category-platforms-services","bylines-andrea-caumont","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-internet"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":372,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/11\/08\/whos-not-online-5-factors-tied-to-the-digital-divide\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Who\u2019s not online? 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