The Digital Divide Still Exists For Elders

Pew’s recent FactTank released this, 7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they? Want to take a guess who are in this 7%? “Internet non-adoption is linked to a number of demographic variables, but is strongly connected to age – with older Americans continuing to be one of the least likely groups to use the internet. Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online, compared with much smaller shares of adults under the age of 65.”  There is also a correlation between education and the income of a household with being online.  There has been some movement. “For example, 86% of adults ages 65 and older did not go online in 2000; today that figure has fallen to just a quarter.”  Think about this info and recall how important technology use became during COVID.