Age & Generations

Even with an overwhelming majority of teens online, there are about three million youth between ages 12 and 17 who do not use the internet. What about the 13% of teens who aren’t online?

Bloggers over the age of 65 are a pretty rare, but interesting, group.

There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.

Today's American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life.

A look at internet and cell phone penetration data shows that: a) older Americans are more likely to have cell phones than internet connections, and: b) African Americans are more likely to have cell phones than internet connections.

The majority of teens and nearly half of online adults use the internet to search for colleges or schools.

54% of parents with teenagers use internet filters – a big jump from 2000. Yet both teens and parents believe that youth do things online that their parents would not like.

This short presentation addresses the Project’s late 2004 findings on the steps that parents are taking to protect their teenage children online.

26% of Americans age 65+ go online.

One in four Americans age 65+ has access to the internet, up from 15% in 2000.