A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users

Summary of Findings

Off the Net: 15% of the population, mainly older Americans, is off the modern information network.

Some 15% of Americans have neither a cell phone nor internet access. They tend to be in their mid-60s, nearly three-fifths are women, and they have low levels of income and education. Although a few have computers or digital cameras, these items seem to be about moving digital information within the household – for example, using the computer to display digital photos that they take or others physically bring into the house.

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