Age & Generations

On a 12-question news quiz, young adults answered fewer than half correctly on average.

This talk presents an overview of Pew Internet project data on teens and social media, including teen tech tool ownership, communication patterns over social networks and mobile phones as well analysis of how young adults 18-29 seeking health info...

Aimed at the business side of the video game world, this talk outlines recent demographics on teen and adult video game play, discusses parents as gatekeepers to teen game play and parents' behavior, attitudes and concerns around games. Finally, t...

Summary of Findings As many newspapers struggle to stay economically viable, fewer than half of Americans (43%) say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community “a lot.” Even fewer (33%) say they would personally miss reading the local newspaper a lot if it were no longer available. Not unexpectedly, those […]

The percentage of those ages 70 to 75 using the internet has nearly doubled, from 26% in 2005 to 46% in 2008.

The growth in readership online has not offset the decline in print for newspapers.

Two-thirds of those ages 33 to 44 do their banking online and 80% have gone shopping on the internet.

One in ten Americans is living with a rare disorder. The internet can be a vital source of information for people who may never have otherwise met someone else with their disease or condition.

Contrary to the image of Generation Y as the "Net Generation," internet users in their 20s do not dominate every aspect of online life. Generation X is the most likely group to bank, shop, and look for health information online.

This is a series of charts related to the "Generations Online in 2009" report released on Jan. 28, 2009.