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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]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
