Ran across some interesting stats on the Net Generation. A study by the U.S. Department of Commerce looked at computer use by kids ages 5 to 24. When they broke it out into smaller age categories, their results did not vary significantly from group to group -- 20-25 % only used a computer at school, 50-60% used a computer at both home and school, 8-10% only used a computer at home, and less than 15% never used a computer. But when they compared 18-24 year-olds who were in school against those who were not in school, the results were surprising to me: only 4.4% of those who were in school never used a computer but 45.4% of those who were not in school never used a computer.
Internet use varied quite a bit between the age groups. Not unexpectedly, 61.1% of 5-9 year-olds did not use the Internet. That percent declined with each older age group, but still 15% of 18-24 year-olds did not use the Internet. What about those who were not in school? 48.5 % did not use it.
Amazing how a generation who grew up on technology stops using it when they are no longer in school. I wonder why?
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Good statistics about internet use by the net generation. Have you researched about statistics on contents of internet use for the net generation. Not the most heart-warming statistic to know how much of internet time the net generation spends on pornography.
It would be interesting to know what kinds of occupations these folks (18-24 yr olds)are in and their income level. Having children in school in this age range- I can't imagine them not being "connected" and using the internet and a computer daily. This is an interesting perspective that I had not given a great deal of thought to since my experience is so different.
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