Survey: Older people consume less mobile
By Will Park on Monday, June 29th, 2009 at 5:13 PM PST In Research
The generational gap between the youngest and oldest Americans is widening. A new study from Pew Research Center shows that mobile consumption for American adults 30 and younger is shockingly higher than those aged 65 and older.
It might not be a shock to hear that older generations are less technologically inclined. But, with just 6% of US adults 65 and older using cellphones for most of their phone calls while 64% of Americans aged 30 and younger yap it up wireless-style on a daily basis, the differences in mobile consumption between young and old become shockingly clear.
When it comes to text messaging, 87% of the 30-and-younger crowd send out SMS text messages on the daily. That compares to just 11% for the 65-and-up demographic.
And, that generation gap doesn’t stop with cellphones, either. The 18-30 set saw 75% of it’s ranks logging onto the world wide web everyday. That proportion drops to 64% for adults 65 to 74. For people aged 75 and up, there’s something like a 16% chance that they go online daily.
It should be interesting to see how this generation gap fares over time.
[Via: CN]
