Table of Contents
Message from Secretary EvansChapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Computer and Internet Use
Key Demographic Factors in Computer and Internet UseIncomeEmployment StatusAgeGenderEducational AttainmentUrban or Rural Location of the HouseholdRace / Hispanic OriginChapter 3: Online ActivitiesPrimary Uses by the U.S. PopulationActivities Among Those Individuals OnlineGenderAgeRaceIncomeChapter 4: How and Where America Goes OnlineConnection Types: The Expansion of BroadbandSpread of New DevicesLocation of UseChapter 5: The Digital Generation: How Young People Have Embraced Computers and the InternetComputer and Internet UseThe Impact of Schools on Internet and Computer UseHow Young People Are Using the InternetConcerns About Children’s Online UseChapter 6: The Digital WorkplaceIntroductionComputer Use at Work by OccupationComputer Use at Work by Gender and AgeTypes of Computer Uses at WorkInternet Use at WorkThe Work – Home ConnectionChapter 7: Computer and Internet Use Among People with DisabilitiesPeople with DisabilitiesUnder 2525 to 60 year oldsOver 60 Year-OldsThe Interaction of Disability with Computer and Internet UseChapter 8: The UnconnectedThe Offline PopulationThe Importance of Cost to Households Never Connected to the InternetWhy Households have Discontinued Internet AccessThe Effect of Confidentiality ConcernsContent ConcernsThe Role of Network EffectsChapter 9: Reductions in Inequality for Computer and Internet UseHow a Gini Coefficient for Computer and Internet Use is Computed