Age & Generations

How technology has affected the way “digital natives” search for, gather and act on information.

Instead of traveling across country or across town for Thanksgiving this year, many grown sons and daughters will be coming to dinner from their old bedroom down the hall, which now doubles as their recession-era refuge.

Two thirds of online Americans say they have purchased a product online, such as a book, toy, music or clothing.

Slides about teen content creators, shown at The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media.

Twenty-six percent of American teens of driving age say they have texted while driving, and half (48%) of all teens ages 12 to 17 say they’ve been a passenger while a driver has texted behind the wheel.

Young Latinos are more likely to be in school or the work force now than in previous generations.

The proportion of age groups in the SNS population compared to its representation in the overall internet population for 2005 and 2009.

The percentage of adult internet users on social network sites from 2005-2009. From Amanda Lenhart's presentation, The Democratization of Online Social Networks.

Nearly nine-in-ten (89%) Latino young adults ages 16 to 25 say that a college education is important for success in life, yet only about half that number-48%-say that they themselves plan to get a college degree.

Young Latino adults in the United States are more likely to be in school or the work force now than their counterparts were in previous generations.