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 Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:25 pm Post subject: Conclusion internet general |
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This report uses data from the October 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS) to
examine the use of computers and the Internet by children in nursery school and students in
kindergarten through grade 12. The report examines overall technology use, where these
technologies are used, how they are used, and the relationships of patterns of use to
socioeconomic and demographic characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity, parental education,
and family income.
Computer and Internet use by students is widespread and begins at an early age. About 9
in 10 students use computers, and more than half use the Internet. Computer use is more
common at lower grade levels than Internet use, but by grades 9-12 more than three quarters of
youths are online.
Children and adolescents commonly use computers for playing games, completing school
assignments, word processing, e-mail, and connecting to the Internet. Online, the most frequent
activities are school work, e-mail, games, and finding news and product information.
There are demographic and socioeconomic differences in the use of these information
technologies. Family income and parents’ education are both positively associated with
computer and Internet use, while living in a Spanish-monolingual household is negatively
associated with Internet use. Use of both technologies is higher among Whites than among
Blacks and Hispanics, and computer use is higher among the non-disabled than among the
disabled. The findings for each of these variables remain statistically significant when
controlling for other variables.
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Consistent with findings from recent studies (e.g., DeBell and
Chapman 2003; U.S. Department of Commerce 2002), however, sex differences in rates of
computer and Internet use no longer exist.
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