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20 Percent Of Americans Have Never Used Email

By Daya Baran at May 19, 2008 4 Comments  

The digital divide is not just in far off places but right here in our backyard. The survey conducted by Parks Associates revealed the following:

1) about 20 percent of all U.S. household have never sent an e-mail

2) about 20 million households, are without Internet access

3) about 20 percent respondents also indicated that they had never looked up a web site or information on the web

4) half of those who have never used e-mail are older than 65 and 56 percent had no formal education beyond a high school level

5) nearly one out of three household had never used a computer to create a document

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4 Comments

Hot Air » Blog Archive » “Tough” new Obama ad: Old man doesn’t use e-mail said...

[...] of his thousand aides or secretaries to answer messages, but there may be some offense taken by the 20 percent of Americans who don’t use e-mail themselves — many of whom are no doubt senior [...]

September 12th, 2008 at 9:27 AM
Obama Ad: “Still” « Gabriel Malor said...

[...] of his thousand aides or secretaries to answer messages, but there may be some offense taken by the 20 percent of Americans who don’t use e-mail themselves — many of whom are no doubt senior [...]

September 12th, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Obama ad sneers at 20% of US population « The Political Page said...

[...] of his thousand aides or secretaries to answer messages, but there may be some offense taken by the 20 percent of Americans who don’t use e-mail themselves — many of whom are no doubt senior [...]

September 12th, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Reverse Spin » Obama’s retooled strategy: mock senior citizens said...

[...] for about the fifth time, promises a tough new edge to his campaign. His first move—insulting 20 percent of Americans who don’t use [...]

September 13th, 2008 at 7:58 AM

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