Who is using broadband connection in the U.S.? by Milota Sidorova

How are Americans using broadband internet in the U.S.? Is their number increasing? Who is the typical internet user, what is his/her nationality, education or income? Questions can be parially found in a recent research study prepared by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Economics and Statistics Administration. Census based study with more than 54,000 target households as a sample was conducted in October 2009, the results however have been published just now. According to these data, number of American citizen using broadband internet has been increasing between 2001 and 2009. While it was just about 9.2 percent ! in 2001, last year quotes were about 63.5 percent of population. The study also pointed out several features in internet consuming. Based on results, the most common internet users are Asian Americans with about 77.3 percent, so almost every three of four Asian Americans have this connection. The second place belonged to white Americans with no Hispanic origins, they got almost 68 percent. African-American families were more likely to use broadband connection than Hispanic households, comparing 49.4 to 47.9 percent. Here however, the difference is just very small. Results also made clear selection of broadband users according to the income and education – based on these data, about 94.1 percent of households with income over $100,000 were using this service. There is a significant gap between those „wealthy“ families and households with income less than $25,000 who reached just about 35.8 percent. Graduated people are more likely to use internet than th! ose without passing secondary school or a college. The gap was! again v ery sharp – about 84.5 households with at least one graduate had broadband internet compared with less than 29 percent of households without a high school degree. The results however are raw and haven't been interpreted yet.

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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