Latinos and Digital Technology, 2010: February 9, 2011

February 9, 2011
Latinos and
Digital Technology, 2010
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About this Report

This report analyzes digital technology use patterns among Latinos, whites and blacks in 2010. The data
for this report are derived primarily from the Pew Hispanic Center 2010 National Survey of Latinos,
which was conducted from August 17 to September 19, 2010 among a nationally representative sample
of 1,375 Hispanic adults, and the Pew Internet and American Life Project August 2010 Health Tracking
Survey, which was conducted from August 9 to September 13, 2010 among 1,664 white and 630 black
adult respondents.
A Note on Terminology
The terms Latino and Hispanic are used interchangeably in this report.
The terms whites and blacks are used to refer to the non-Hispanic components of their populations.
Foreign born refers to persons born outside of the United States to parents neither of whom was a
U.S. citizen. Foreign born also refers to those born in Puerto Rico. Although individuals born in Puerto
Rico are U.S. citizens by birth, they are included among the foreign born because they are born into a
Spanish-dominant culture and because on many points their attitudes, views and beliefs are much closer
to Hispanics born abroad than to Latinos born in the 50 states or the District of Columbia, even those
who identify themselves as being of Puerto Rican origin.
Native born refers to persons born in the United States and those born abroad to parents at least one
of whom was a U.S. citizen.
Second generation refers to persons born in the United States, with at least one first-generation
parent.
Third generation refers to persons born in the United States, with both parents born in the United
States. This report uses the term third generation as shorthand for third and higher generation.
Language dominance is a composite measure based on self-described assessments of speaking and
reading abilities. Spanish-dominant persons are more proficient in Spanish than in English, i.e., they
speak and read Spanish very well or pretty well but rate their ability to speak and read English lower.
Bilingual refers to persons who are proficient in both English and Spanish. English-dominant
persons are more proficient in English than in Spanish.
About the Author

Gretchen Livingston is a senior researcher at the Pew Hispanic Center. Her primary areas of interest
include immigrant adaptation, gender and family structure. She earned her Ph.D. in demography and
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sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Pew Hispanic Center, she was a
visiting research fellow at the Princeton University Office of Population Research.
Recommended Citation
Livingston, Gretchen, Latinos and Digital Technology, 2010, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, D.C.
(February 9, 2011).
Acknowledgements
The author thanks Paul Taylor, Lee Rainie, Mark Hugo Lopez and Aaron Smith for their assistance.
Daniel Dockterman and Gabriel Velasco provided outstanding support for the production of the report.
Marcia Kramer was the copy editor.
About the Pew Hispanic Center

The Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization that seeks to improve public
understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing
impact on the nation. It does not take positions on policy issues. The Center is part of the Pew Research
Center, a nonpartisan "fact tank" based in Washington, D.C., and it is funded by The Pew Charitable
Trusts, a Philadelphia-based public charity. All of the Centers reports are available at
www.pewhispanic.org.
The staff of the Pew Hispanic Center is:
Paul Taylor, Director
Rakesh Kochhar, Associate Director for Research
Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director
Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate
Jeffrey S. Passel, Senior Demographer
Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher
Gabriel Velasco, Research Analyst
Daniel Dockterman, Research Assistant
Mary Seaborn, Administrative Manager
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Table of Contents
About this Report
A Note on Terminology
About the Author
Recommended Citation
Acknowledgments
About the Pew Hispanic Center
Overview
Internet Use
Home Internet Use
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Home Broadband Access
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Cell Phone Ownership
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Cell Phone Activities
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Appendix A: Survey Methodology
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Appendix B: Topline
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Overview
Latinos are less likely than whites to access the internet, have a home broadband connection or
own a cell phone, according to survey findings from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the
Pew Research Center. Latinos lag behind blacks in home broadband access but have similar
rates of internet and cell
phone use. 1
Figure 1
While about two-thirds of
Latino (65%) and black
(66%) adults went online in
2010, more than threefourths (77%) of white
adults did so. In terms of
broadband use at home,
there is a large gap between
Latinos (45%) and whites
(65%), and the rate among
blacks (52%) is somewhat
higher than that of Latinos.
Fully 85% of whites owned a
cell phone in 2010,
compared with 76% of
Latinos and 79% of blacks. 2
Technology Use by Race and Ethnicity, 2010

Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
85
77
65%
76
66
79
65
52
45
Internet Use
Home Broadband
Access
Cell Phone Use
Notes: N=1,375 for Hispanics, 1,664 for whites and 630 for blacks.
Hispanics, on average, have

lower levels of education
and earn less than whites.
Controlling for these factors,
Sources: Pew Hispanic Center 2010 National Survey of Latinos, Pew Internet and
American Life Project August 2010 Health Tracking Survey
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The Pew Hispanic Center has been collecting data regarding ethnic differences in technology use since 2006 (see Fox and
Livingston 2007; Livingston, Parker and Fox 2009; and Livingston 2010). Data collected prior to 2009 are not directly comparable
to results shown here because they are based on a different survey methodology.
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Hispanics are more likely than whites or blacks to depend exclusively on their cell phones for telephone communication.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Health Interview Survey, in 2010 some 35% of
Hispanic adults lived in households containing no landline telephone, compared with 23% of whites and 29% of blacks (Blumberg
and Luke 2010).
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the differences in internet use, home broadband access and cell phone use between Hispanics
and whites disappear. In other words, Hispanics and whites who have similar socioeconomic
characteristics have similar usage patterns for these technologies.
Hispanics, on average, are also younger than whites. However, even within each age group,
Hispanics show lower levels of technology use than do whites.
Figure 2
Survey questions also
Cell Phone Activities by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
probed for the use of non% who use a cell phone to...
voice applications on cell
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
phones. Respondents were
asked specifically about
58%
Access any non-voice app
whether they access the
64
63
internet and whether they
use email, texting or instant
31
Access the internet
29
messaging from a cell
41
phone. The findings reveal a
27
mixed pattern of non-voice
Send/receive email
26
cell phone application use
33
across ethnic and racial
55
groups. Hispanics are less
Send/receive text message
61
61
likely than whites to use any
non-voice applications on a
34
Send/receive instant message
20
cell phone (58% vs. 64%),
35
and they are also less likely
than whites to send or
receive text messages (55%
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vs. 61%). However,
Hispanics and whites are
equally likely to access the internet and send or receive email from a cell phone. And Hispanics
are more likely than whites to engage in instant messaging (34% vs. 20%). Compared with
blacks, Hispanics are less likely to access the internet (31% vs. 41%) or send or receive email
(27% vs. 33%) from a cell phone, but rates of texting and instant messaging are similar for the
two groups.
Though they are no more likely than whites to access the internet from a cell phone, Hispanics
are more likely to do so in lieu of a home internet connection. Some 6% of Latinos report that
they access the internet from a cell phone but have no internet access at home. This rate is the
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same for blacks, but notably higher than the rate for whites (1%). While controlling for
educational attainment and income erases ethnic differences in internet use, broadband access
and cell phone ownership, this is not entirely the case when it comes to the ethnic difference in
dependency upon a cell phone for internet access. Controlling for income and education
erases the differences for the highly educated and most affluent, but differences still persist for
those with no college experience, and those earning less than $50,000 annually.
This report is based on two national surveys. The first, the Pew Hispanic Centers 2010
National Survey of Latinos is a nationally representative bilingual telephone survey of 1,375
adults ages 18 and older. Interviews were conducted from August 17 through September 19,
2010. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points at the 95%
confidence level. The second, the Pew Internet and American Life Projects August 2010
Health Tracking Survey is a national representative telephone survey of 3,001 adults,
conducted from August 9 through September 13, 2010. The margin of error for the full sample
is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. For a full description of the
methodology of both surveys, see Appendix A.
Other key findings include:
Ethnicity
Latinos are significantly less likely than whites to have a home internet connection
(55% vs. 75%); this difference persists even if the sample is limited to internet users
(85% vs. 96%). The likelihood of having a home internet connection among blacks
(58%) does not differ from that of Hispanics.
Among internet users, Hispanics are less likely to have a home broadband connection
(69%) than are whites (84%) or blacks (78%).
Among cell phone owners, Hispanics are as likely as whites or blacks to utilize at least
one of the four non-voice cell phone applicationsmore than three-fourths (77%) of
Hispanics do so while 75% of whites and 79% of blacks do the same.
However, Hispanic cell phone owners are more likely than white cell phone owners to
access the internet (40% vs. 34%), email (36% vs. 31%), or instant message (45% vs.
24%) from their cell phone. Meanwhile, Hispanic cell phone owners are less likely than
black cell phone owners to access the internet from their cell phone (40% vs. 51%).
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Nativity
Native-born Latinos are more likely than foreign-born Latinos to be online (81% vs.
54%); to have a home internet connection (71% vs. 45%); to have a home broadband
connection (60% vs. 35%); and to own a cell phone (86% vs. 70%).
From 2009 to 2010, cell phone ownership among the native born increased six
percentage points (from 80% to 86%). This increase was driven primarily by increased
cell phone ownership among Latinos who are the children of immigrants, or the socalled second generation (from 79% to 88%).
The native born are more likely than the foreign born to use non-voice applications on
a cell phone74% vs. 48%.
Language
Spanish-dominant Hispanics trail bilingual and English-dominant Hispanics in

internet use, home internet access, home broadband access and cell phone ownership.
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Some 47% of Spanish-dominant Latinos use the internet, compared with 74% of
bilingual Latinos and 81% of English-dominant Latinos.
Some 37% of Spanish-dominant Latinos have a home internet connection,

compared with 61% of bilingual Latinos and 77% of English-dominant Latinos.
About one-fourth (26%) of Spanish-dominant Latinos have home broadband

access, compared with about half (52%) of bilingual Latinos, and two-thirds
(66%) of English-dominant Latinos.
Some 68% of Spanish-dominant Hispanics have a cell phone, compared with

78% of bilingual Hispanics and 86% of English-dominant Hispanics.
While the overall internet usage rate among Spanish-dominant Latinos remains low,
the share using the internet has increased rapidlyfrom 36% in 2009 to 47% in 2010.
More than three-fourths (76%) of English-dominant Latinos use cell phones for
something other than traditional calls, while 62% of bilingual Latinos and 44% of
Spanish-dominant Latinos report as much.
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Age
Among Latinos, internet use, home internet use, home broadband access, and cell
phone ownership are less prevalent at older ages.
From 2009 to 2010, the share of Latinos ages 18 to 29 who were online jumped from
75% to 85%, and the share with cell phones rose from 81% to 90%.
The likelihood of using any type of non-voice cell phone application declines with age
for Latinos.
Education and Income
Among Hispanics, higher levels of educational attainment and household income are
linked to higher rates of internet use, home internet access, having a home broadband
connection, and cell phone ownership.
The same is true when looking at non-voice cell phone applicationsHispanics with
more education and more income are generally more likely to use these mobile
applications.
Place of Residence
Rates of internet use, home internet access and broadband access are similar for
Latinos living in urban, suburban and rural areas.
Cell phone ownership is significantly less prevalent in suburban areas than in urban or
rural areas.
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Internet Use
In 2010, almost two-thirds (65%) of Hispanics were online, a rate comparable to that of blacks
(66%) and significantly lower than the rate for whites (77%). The difference in internet use
between Hispanics and whites is driven in part by the fact that Hispanics tend to have less
education and lower incomes than whites. When education or income are controlled for, the
ethnic differences in internet use disappear.
More than eight-in-ten (81%) native-born Latinos are online, compared with 54% of foreignborn Latinos. These rates of internet usage were unchanged from 2009.
English-dominant Hispanics and bilingual Hispanics have relatively high rates of internet use,
which are statistically unchanged from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, some 81% of the English
dominant were online, as were 74% of bilingual Hispanics. In contrast, less than half (47%) of
Spanish-dominant Hispanics were online in 2010. This is significantly lower than the rate of
internet use among English-dominant or bilingual Hispanics, but it also represents a
significant increase from 2009, when only 36% of Spanish-dominant Hispanics were online.
Younger Latinos are far more likely than older Latinos to be online. While 85% of Latinos ages
18 to 29 use the internet, this share drops incrementally for each subsequent age group. Some
69% of Latinos ages 30 to 44 are online, as are 58% of those ages 45 to 59 and 29% of those
ages 60 and older. Among the youngest Latino adults, there is a significant increase in the
share that go onlinefrom 75% in 2009 to 85% in 2010.
Educational attainment is correlated with internet use. While just over four-in-ten (42%)
Hispanics lacking a high school diploma are online, this share reaches 68% for Hispanics who
are high school graduates. And for Hispanics with at least some college education, the share
more than doubles, with 91% reporting that they go online.
Household income is also strongly associated with internet use. 3 Some 57% of Latinos living in
households with incomes under $30,000 a year use the internet. In comparison, almost eightin-ten (79%) Latinos in households earning $30,000 to $49,999 annually are online. More
than nine-in-ten (91%) Latinos in households with incomes of $50,000 or more are online.
In contrast, place of residence is not linked to differences in internet use for Latinos. About
two-thirds (65%) of Latino city dwellers are online, compared with 71% of suburban Latinos
and 60% of those in rural areas.
3
Analyses regarding income are based upon the 78% of Hispanic respondents, 81% of white respondents and 82% of black
respondents who provided household income data.
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Table 1
Internet Use By Race and Ethnicity
% who use the internet or send or receive email at least occasionally
All
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Years in the U.S. (foreign born only)
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Educational Attainment
No high school diploma
High school graduate
Some college or more
Annual Household Income
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
HISPANICS
2009
2010
WHITES
2009
2010
BLACKS
2009
2010
64
65
80
77
72
66
51
85
84
86
54
81
84
76
---------
---------
---------
---------
56
48
50
61
63
48
-------
-------
-------
-------
87
76
36
81
74
47
-------
-------
-------
-------
67
61
68
62
80
81
78
77
***
69
66
66
75
71
55
37
85
69
58
29
97
89
87
54
94
90
78
54
***
***
***
***
***
78
59
30
37
68
94
42
68
91
***
75
92
46
64
90
***
***
***
43
58
84
-------
57
79
91
64
83
95
59
82
92
***
***
***
54
88
89
-------
65
71
60
-------
-------
-------
-------
Notes: 2010 statistics are based upon N=1,375 for Hispanics, 1,664 for whites and 630 for blacks; 2009 statistics are based upon
N=1,754 for Hispanics, 1,697 for whites and 211 for blacks. The symbol --- indicates no data available. The symbol
***indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate.
Sources: Pew Hispanic Center 2010 National Survey of Latinos and 2009 National Survey of Latinos, Pew Internet and American
Life Project August 2010 Health Tracking Survey and September 2009 Reputation Management Survey
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Home Internet Use

More than half (55%) of all Hispanics report that they use the internet in their home. This is
similar to the rate for blacks (58%), but significantly lower than the rate for whites (75%).
Differences in internet use explain some, but not all, of the variation between whites and
Hispanics in the likelihood of home internet access. While 85% of Hispanic internet users
report that they go online from home, almost all (96%) of white internet users report as much.
Once again, blacks have a pattern of use similar to Hispanics, with 88% of black internet users
reporting that they go online from home.
The differences in home internet use between Hispanics and whites in 2010 are closely related
to ethnic differences in educational attainment and income. Holding education constant
eliminates the differences in home internet use, and holding household income constant
eliminates the differences for those with incomes of at least $30,000. At lower household
incomes, though, Hispanics continue to have a lower likelihood than whites of going online
from home (56% vs. 43%). This suggests that it is not just lack of financial resources driving
these differences among the less affluent.
While more than seven-in-ten (71%) native-born Latinos report using the internet from home,
less than half (45%) of foreign-born Latinos do the same. Nativity differences in internet use
decline markedly when the analysis is limited to internet users, but the foreign born still lag
slightly behind the native born (82% vs. 88%).
Fully 77% of English-dominant Latinos go online, compared with 61% of bilingual Latinos, and
37% of Spanish-dominant Latinos. These differences are partially explained by language
differences in internet use. When examining home internet use for internet users only, the
difference between bilingual and Spanish-dominant Latinos disappear, but English-dominant
Latinos are still significantly more likely to access the internet from home.
Younger Hispanics are more likely than older Hispanics to use the internet from their home,
and these differences are related to differences in the likelihood of using the internet. More
than seven-in-ten (72%) of those ages 18 to 29 go online from home, compared with 60% of
those ages 30 to 44 and 48% of those ages 45 to 59. Only one-fourth of Hispanics ages 60 and
older use the internet from their home.
Less educated Latinos are less likely than Latinos with higher levels of educational attainment
to go online from home. Only 30% of those lacking a high school diploma go online from
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home, compared with 54% of those with a high school diploma and 86% of those with at least
some college education. In this case, differences in home internet use are not entirely driven by
differences in the likelihood of using the internet. When limiting the analysis to internet users,
Latinos with at least some college education remain more likely than less educated Latinos to
access the internet from home.
Some 43% of Hispanics with household incomes below $30,000 report using the internet from
home, as do more than seven-in-ten (71%) Hispanics with household incomes between
$30,000 and $49,999. Fully 88% of Hispanics earning $50,000 or more report accessing the
internet from their home. As was the case with education, these differences in the likelihood of
using the internet are not driven simply by income differences. Even among internet users,
significant income differences persist: 76% of those with household incomes below $30,000
annually access the internet at home, compared with 90% of those with incomes of $30,000$49,999, and 97% of those with household incomes of $50,000 or more.
The prevalence of home internet connections among Latinos does not differ significantly by
place of residence. Some 65% of suburbanites have a home internet connection, compared
with 55% of city dwellers and 54% of rural residents.
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Table 2
Home Internet Use by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
% who ever use the internet from home
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
Hispanics
INTERNET USERS
Whites
Blacks
All
55
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
45
Native born
71
2nd generation
72
3rd generation
68
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
75
58
85
96
88
---------
---------
82
88
86
90
---------
---------
50
51
40
-------
-------
82
80
84
-------
-------
77
61
37
-------
-------
95
83
78
-------
-------
58
53
75
74
62
55
85
85
96
96
94
83
72
60
48
25
92
87
75
50
***
67
52
26
84
87
84
***
98
97
96
93
***
***
87
***
30
54
86
41
60
88
31
47
80
72
80
95
***
94
98
***
81
95
43
71
88
56
76
91
42
***
88
76
90
97
94
92
99
77
***
99
55
65
54
-------
-------
84
***
---
-------
-------
Notes: N=1,375 for Hispanics, 1,664 for whites and 630 for blacks. The symbol --- indicates no data available. The symbol
*** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate.
Sources: Pew Hispanic Center 2010 National Survey of Latinos, Pew Internet and American Life Project August 2010 Health
Tracking Survey
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Home Broadband Access

Latinos lag significantly behind whites in home broadband access. Some 45% of Latinos have a
home broadband connection, compared with 65% of whites. Latinos also lag behind blacks,
52% of whom have a home broadband connection. These gaps in broadband access are not
driven simply by variations in internet useeven among internet users, Hispanics lag
significantly behind whites and blacks. Some 69% of Hispanic internet users report that they
have a home broadband connection, compared with 84% of white users and 78% of black
users.
Controlling for educational attainment eliminates the ethnic differences in home broadband
access. This indicates that the broadband differences are related to differences in educational
attainment between these groups.
The ethnic differences in home broadband access also disappear when controlling for income,
with one exception. Among those earning less than $30,000 annually, whites are still more
likely than Hispanics to have a broadband connection at home (45% vs. 33%).
Six-in-ten (60%) native-born Hispanics have a home broadband connection, while among the
foreign born, this share is 35%. The stark nativity differences in internet use are not fully
responsible for this variation. Even among internet users, the native born are more likely than
the foreign born to have home broadband access (74% vs. 64%).
In terms of language, Latinos who are Spanish dominant are the least likely to have a home
broadband connectionjust one-fourth (26%) do. In comparison, two-thirds (66%) of Englishdominant Latinos and 52% of bilingual Latinos report a home broadband connection. These
language differences persist when limiting the analysis to internet users.
Latinos ages 60 and older are significantly less likely than younger Latinos to have a home
broadband connection. While one-in-five (20%) older Latinos had home broadband in 2010,
this share reached 61% for Latinos 18 to 29. It is 49% for those ages 30 to 44, and 38% for
Latinos 45 to 59. 4 Virtually all of these differences disappear when the analysis is limited to
internet users, indicating that the age differences in broadband use are due almost entirely to
age differences in the likelihood of being online.
There are not enough observations to provide a reliable estimate for Hispanic internet users ages 60 and older.
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Only 19% of Hispanics with less than a high school diploma have a home broadband
connection, but this share rises to 44% for high school graduates. Among Hispanics with at
least some college education, more than three-fourths (77%) have home broadband access.
These differences in home broadband access are not due simply to educational differences in
internet use in general. Limiting the sample to internet users shows that users with higher
levels of education are significantly more likely than less educated users to have home
broadband. Some 46% of users with less than a high school diploma have a home broadband
connection, compared with 66% of high school graduates and 84% of those with some college
education.
Household income, too, is positively linked with having a home broadband connection. Onethird (33%) of Latinos with a household income under $30,000 have home broadband access.
Among Latinos in households with incomes of $30,000 to $49,999, over half (56%) have
broadband access. And fully 82% of Latinos in households with incomes of at least $50,000
had home broadband access in 2010. As with education, these income differences persist when
analysis is limited to internet users. Some 57% of internet users with household incomes less
than $30,000 have home broadband, as do 71% of those with incomes of $30,000 to $49,999.
Home broadband access reaches 90% for Hispanics with household incomes of $50,000 or
more.
Hispanics are equally likely to have broadband access whether they live in an urban, suburban
or rural area. Some 45% of Hispanics living in cities have home broadband access, as do 48%
of those in suburbs and 41% of those living in rural areas.
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Table 3
Home Broadband Access by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
% who have a high-speed connection on their home computer
All
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
45
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
35
Native born
60
2nd generation
63
3rd generation
56
Less than 10 years
38
10 to 19 years
40
20 years or more
32
Language
English dominant
66
Bilingual
52
Spanish dominant
26
Gender
Male
47
Female
44
Age
18-29
61
30-44
49
45-59
38
60+
20
19
44
77
Less than $30,000
33
$30,000 to $49,999
56
$50,000 or more
82
Place of Residence
Urban
45
Suburban
48
Rural
41
Hispanics
INTERNET USERS
Whites
Blacks
65
52
69
84
78
---------
---------
64
74
74
74
---------
---------
-------
-------
62
63
66
-------
-------
-------
-------
81
71
55
-------
-------
67
63
57
47
68
70
87
82
86
71
83
81
65
39
***
64
48
18
72
71
65
***
***
81
***
89
90
84
71
***
31
50
79
21
42
75
46
66
84
***
78
88
***
72
90
45
65
85
36
***
84
57
71
90
76
79
93
***
94
-------
-------
70
***
---
-------
-------
66
Tracking Survey
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Cell Phone Ownership

In 2010, some three-fourths (76%) of Hispanic adults were using cell phonesa rate similar to
the rate for blacks (79%), and markedly lower than the rate among whites (85%). Controlling
for education or household income eliminates the ethnic gap in cell phone use, suggesting that
ethnic differences in educational attainment and income contribute to the overall difference in
cell phone use.
Foreign-born Latinos lag behind native-born Latinos in cell phone use. While seven-in-ten
(70%) of the foreign born use cell phones, this share is 86% for the native born. This gap is
fueled in part by a significant increase of six percentage points in cell phone use among the
native born since 2009. That increase among the native born, in turn, is driven primarily by
increasing cell use among the second generation. In 2010, 88% of second-generation Latinos
had cell phones, compared with 79% in 2009.
Spanish-dominant Hispanics lag behind in cell phone ownership. Less than seven-in-ten
(68%) have a cell phone. In comparison, 78% of bilingual Hispanics and 86% of Englishdominant Hispanics own a cell phone.
The young are far more likely than their older counterparts to have cell phones, with Latinos
over 60 being especially unlikely to report using the technology. Nine-in-ten (90%) Latinos
ages 18 to 29 used cell phones in 2010a jump of nine percentage points from 2009. In
comparison, 80% of those ages 30 to 44, 73% of those ages 45 to 59, and half of Latinos ages
60 and older report using a cell phone.
Educational attainment is strongly associated with cell phone use. While two-thirds (66%) of
Hispanics with less than a high school diploma have a cell phone, this share rose to 78% for
those who have a high school diploma. Among Hispanics who have at least some college
education, the share with a cell phone further rose to 89%.
Latinos with higher household incomes were more likely than their less affluent counterparts
to own a cell phone in 2010. Three-fourths with household incomes below $30,000 own a cell
phone. Among Latinos with household incomes of $30,000 to $49,999, 84% own cell phones,
and almost all Latinos living in a household with an income of at least $50,000 own a cell
phone (96%).
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Cell phone users are least prevalent in the suburbs. Some 57% of Hispanic suburbanites own
cell phones, compared with 79% in urban areas and 76% in rural areas.
Table 4
Cell Phone Ownership by Race and Ethnicity, 2009-2010
% who own a cell phone
HISPANICS
All
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
WHITES
BLACKS
2009
2010
2009
2010
2009
2010
76
76
86
85
84
79
73
80
79
83
70
86
88
82
---------
---------
---------
---------
75
76
71
82
72
63
-------
-------
-------
-------
84
76
70
86
78
68
-------
-------
-------
-------
80
71
80
73
87
85
89
82
***
82
78
81
81
80
73
58
90
80
73
50
96
93
86
72
99
95
87
67
***
***
***
***
***
94
74
57
65
74
91
66
78
89
62
85
90
66
82
90
***
***
***
63
79
87
-------
75
84
96
78
88
93
75
88
94
***
***
***
78
***
93
-------
79
57
76
-------
-------
-------
-------
Notes: 2010 statistics are based upon N=1,375 for Hispanics, 1,664 for whites and 630 for blacks; 2009 statistics are based upon
N=1,754 for Hispanics, 1,697 for whites, and 211 for blacks. The symbol --- indicates no data available. The symbol ***
indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate.
Sources: Pew Hispanic Center 2010 National Survey of Latinos and 2009 National Survey of Latinos, Pew Internet and American
Life Project August 2010 Health Tracking Survey and September 2009 Reputation Management Survey
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Cell Phone Activities

Cell phones are not just for talking any more. Users can engage in a wide variety of non-voice
data applications using these mobile devices, and more than half of Latinos, blacks and whites
reported doing so in 2010. Some 58% of Hispanics say that they use their cell phones to do at
least one of the following: access the internet, email, text or instant message. This rate does not
differ significantly from the rate for blacks (63%), but it is somewhat lower than the rate for
whites (64%).
Hispanics are less likely than whites to send or receive text messages from a cell phone (55%
vs. 61%) and more likely than whites to send or receive instant messages (34% vs. 20%). The
two groups are equally likely to access the internet and to use a cell phone for email. Hispanics
and blacks report similar rates of texting and instant messaging, but blacks are more likely
than Hispanics to access the internet and send or receive email from a phone. More than fourin-ten (41%) blacks go
online from their cell
Table 5
phone, compared with 31%
Cell Phone Activities by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
of Hispanics; and one-third
% who use a cell phone to
(33%) of blacks use email
ALL RESPONDENTS
CELL PHONE OWNERS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
Hispanics
Whites Blacks
from their cell phone,
Access any non58
64
63
77
75
79
compared with 27% of
voice application
Hispanics.
Access the internet
31
29
41
40
34
51
Send/receive
When analysis is limited to
27
26
33
36
31
41
emails
cell phone owners, Latinos
Send/receive text
55
61
61
72
72
77
messages
show higher likelihoods
Send/receive
than whites of using three
34
20
35
45
24
44
instant messages
of the four cell phone data
applicationsinternet,
email and instant
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messaging. Conversely,
Latino cell phone owners
are less likely than black cell phone owners to access the internet from their phones (40% vs.
51%). Rates of texting do not differ by ethnicity.
While Hispanics overall are no more likely than whites to use their cell phones to access the
internet, a relatively high share of Hispanics use their cell phones in lieu of a home internet
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connection. Some 6% report that they have no home internet connection but access the
internet from their cell phone. The number is the same for blacks (6%). A lower share of
whites1%lacks home internet but accesses the internet from a cell phone. These findings
lend some support to the notion that mobile technologies may help to narrow the digital divide
by providing an alternative on-ramp to the internet for groups that have historically lagged
behind others in web access. 5
Survey results suggest that
Table 6
affordability may be part of
Share Dependent on Cell Phone for Internet
the reason that Latinos are
Access by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
particularly dependent upon
% who lack a home internet connection and access the internet via cell
phone
cell phones for internet
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
accessbut there are likely
All
6
1
6
other factors at play as well.
Age
Among Latinos, the less
18-29
11
3
***
educated and the less
30-44
6
2
13
45-59
4
2
2
affluent are more likely than
60+
1
<1
<1
their more educated and
9
2
9
more affluent counterparts
9
3
9
to depend on a cell phone for
2
1
3
internet access. For instance,
Less than $30,000
10
3
10
10% of Latinos with
$30,000 to $49,999
5
2
***
household incomes less than
$50,000 or more
1
1
<1
$30,000 lack a home
Notes: N=1,375 for Hispanics, 1,664 for whites and 630 for blacks. The symbol ***
indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate.
internet connection and
access the internet from a
cell phone; among those with PEW HISPANIC CENTER
household incomes of
$50,000 or more, this share is only 1%. At the same time, though, controlling for educational
attainment and income does not eliminate the ethnic differences in dependency on cell phone
internet access, suggesting that other factors are also contributing to the differences.
More recently, questions have been raised regarding the value of accessing the internet from a mobile device.
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Nativity
Foreign-born Hispanics are generally less likely than their native-born counterparts to utilize
data applications on a cell phone. Less than half (48%) of the foreign born do so, compared
with 74% of the native born. This is also the case when looking individually at each of the four
non-voice applications. These same patterns present themselves when analyzing nativity
differences in non-voice applications for cell phone users only.
Language
English dominance is also strongly linked with the use of non-voice cell phone applications.
More than three-fourths (76%) of English-dominant Latinos use their cell phones for
something other than traditional calls, while 62% of bilingual Latinos and 44% of Spanishdominant Latinos report as much. English-dominant Latinos are more likely than other
Latinos to email, access the internet, and send and receive text messages from their cell
phones. However, there are no language differences in the likelihood of instant messaging.
And once again, these patterns persist when the analysis is limited to cell phone users,
indicating that these differences are not driven by differences in cell ownership.
Age
Younger Hispanics are significantly more likely than older Hispanics to use at least one nonvoice cell phone application. Some 84% of Latinos ages 18 to 29 access the internet, email, text
and/or use instant messaging from their cell phones. Among Hispanics ages 30 to 44, 65% use
non-voice cell phone applications, and among those ages 45 to 59, 44% do so. While older
Hispanics are far less likely to use non-voice applications, a sizable minority20%do so.
This same age pattern persists across each individual non-voice application, with young
Latinos being the most likely users and older Latinos the least likely. Texting is associated with
the largest differences by age among Latinos. While 82% of Latinos ages 18 to 29 report
texting, this share drops to 62% for those 30 to 44, 41% for those 45 to 59, and 14% for those
ages 60 and older. None of these marked age differences are due to age differences in the
likelihood of owning a cell phonethe differences persist when looking only at cell phone
owners.
Among people ages 18 to 59, Hispanics lag behind whites in the use of any non-voice cell
phone application and in the likelihood of texting. When the sample is limited to people with
cell phones, Latinos ages 30 to 59 still lag behind their white counterparts in these measures.
Hispanics ages 30 to 59 are more likely than their white counterparts to instant message, and
among cell phone owners, Hispanics lead whites in instant messaging for all age groups.
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Blacks ages 30 to 44 are more likely than Hispanics in that age group to use at least one nonvoice data application (82% vs. 65%), to email from a cell phone (44% vs. 30%), to text from a
cell phone (82% vs. 62%) and to access the internet from a cell phone (56% vs. 34%). Most of
these differences are driven by differences in the likelihood of owning a cell phone. When the
sample is limited to cell phone owners, blacks ages 30 to 44 are still more likely than Hispanics
to access the internet (59% vs. 42%) but are similar to Hispanics on the other measures. Blacks
ages 60 and older are more likely than Hispanics to email from a phone (11% vs. 3%). This
difference persists when limiting the analysis to cell phone owners.
Highly educated Latinos are more likely than less educated Latinos to use at least one of the
four non-voice cell phone applications. For instance, while 42% of Latinos with less than a high
school diploma use some type of non-voice data application, this share rises to 60% for high
school graduates and 78% for Latinos with some college education. These educational
differences among Latinos persist, for the most part, even when the sample is limited to cell
phone owners. The one exception occurs for instant messaging; among Latino cell phone
owners, there is no difference in the likelihood of instant messaging by educational level.
There are no ethnic differences in the likelihood of using at least one type of non-voice cell
phone application at lower educational levels. However, Hispanics with some college education
are somewhat more likely than whites with some college to do so (78% vs. 71%). Among
respondents with at least a high school diploma, Hispanics are significantly more likely than
their white counterparts to access the internet, use email and instant message. This pattern is
further accentuated when the sample is limited to cell phone owners. Hispanic cell phone
owners with at least a high school diploma lead their white counterparts in the use of every
non-voice application. Within educational levels, there are no significant differences between
Hispanics and blacks.
Income
Among Latinos, living in a higher income household is associated with a higher likelihood of
using at least one type of cell phone data application, and higher likelihoods of emailing,
texting and going online from a cell phone. There are no differences by income in the
likelihood of instant messaging from a cell phone. The same patterns hold when the sample is
limited to cell phone owners.
There are no ethnic differences by income in the likelihood of using at least one type of nonvoice cell phone application, or in the likelihood of emailing or texting from a cell phone.
Among those with household incomes of $50,000 or more, Hispanics are significantly more
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likely than whites to access the internet from a cell phone (52% vs. 39%) and at all income
levels, Hispanics are significantly more likely than whites to instant message from a cell phone.
Conversely, Hispanics are less likely than blacks to access the internet from a cell phone among
those with household incomes less than $30,000 (27% vs. 38%) and among those with
household incomes between $30,000 and $49,999 (33% vs. 52%).
Place of Residence
Latinos living in urban areas are significantly more likely than their suburban counterparts to
use some type of non-voice application on a cell phone. Some 61% do so, compared with 42%
among those in the suburbs and 58% among those in rural areas. Suburban Latinos trail their
urban counterparts in the use of all four types of non-voice cell phone applications. They are
also less likely than their rural counterparts to use instant messaging (16% vs. 36%).
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Table 7
Share Using a Cell Phone to Access Any Non-Voice Data Application
by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
% who access the internet, or send or receive email, text messages or instant messages using a cell phone
All
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
More than 20 years
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
CELL PHONE OWNERS

Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
58
64
63
77
75
79
48
74
79
67
---------
---------
69
86
89
81
---------
---------
64
55
37
-------
-------
78
77
59
-------
-------
76
62
44
-------
-------
88
79
65
-------
-------
60
57
66
62
63
62
76
78
74
76
81
77
84
65
44
20
94
87
64
24
***
82
54
25
94
80
61
39
96
92
73
36
***
87
73
44
42
60
78
45
56
71
42
63
71
64
77
87
***
68
79
***
80
82
57
66
82
54
63
77
59
73
82
77
78
85
72
72
82
76
***
88
61
42
58
-------
-------
77
***
***
-------
-------
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Table 8
Share Using a Cell Phone to Access the Internet
%
All
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Some college or more graduate
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
CELL PHONE OWNERS

Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
31
29
41
40
34
51
22
42
48
34
---------
---------
32
49
54
41
---------
---------
32
24
17
-------
-------
38
34
28
-------
-------
43
35
19
-------
-------
50
45
27
-------
-------
33
28
33
25
43
39
42
38
37
31
56
48
52
34
18
4
58
42
21
6
***
56
24
8
58
42
24
7
59
45
24
9
***
59
33
14
19
32
44
16
22
36
28
35
52
29
41
49
***
26
40
***
44
59
27
33
52
25
26
39
38
52
53
36
39
54
33
30
42
49
***
57
32
19
27
-------
-------
41
***
***
-------
-------
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Table 9
Share Using a Cell Phone to Send or Receive Email
%
All
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
CELL PHONE OWNERS

Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
27
26
33
36
31
41
21
37
41
32
---------
---------
30
43
47
39
---------
---------
32
23
15
-------
-------
39
32
24
-------
-------
40
29
18
-------
-------
46
37
27
-------
-------
32
23
32
21
37
29
40
32
36
26
48
35
43
30
19
3
48
38
20
8
***
44
22
11
48
37
27
6
48
40
23
12
***
47
30
18
17
25
42
11
18
33
18
26
46
26
32
46
***
22
37
***
33
53
24
31
44
19
23
37
26
45
51
32
36
45
26
26
40
34
***
55
29
16
26
-------
-------
37
***
***
-------
-------
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Table 10
Share Using a Cell Phone to Send or Receive Text Messages
%
All
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
CELL PHONE OWNERS

Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
55
61
61
72
72
77
44
72
77
65
---------
---------
63
83
87
79
---------
---------
57
53
33
-------
-------
70
73
53
-------
-------
75
59
40
-------
-------
86
75
58
-------
-------
57
54
63
60
61
61
71
74
71
74
79
75
82
62
41
14
94
85
62
18
***
82
51
21
91
77
56
28
96
90
71
27
***
87
70
36
37
58
75
43
54
69
41
60
71
56
75
84
***
65
77
***
76
81
54
63
80
52
61
74
58
70
80
72
75
82
70
69
79
74
***
85
57
39
56
-------
-------
73
***
***
-------
-------
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Table 11
Share Using a Cell Phone to Send or Receive Instant Messages
%
All
ALL RESPONDENTS
Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
Nativity/Generation
Foreign born
Native born
2nd generation
3rd generation
Less than 10 years
10 to 19 years
20 years or more
Language
English dominant
Bilingual
Spanish dominant
Gender
Male
Female
Age
18-29
30-44
45-59
60+
Less than $30,000
$30,000 to $49,999
$50,000 or more
Place of Residence
Urban
Suburban
Rural
CELL PHONE OWNERS

Hispanics
Whites
Blacks
34
20
35
45
24
44
31
39
44
32
---------
---------
44
45
50
39
---------
---------
44
33
24
-------
-------
53
45
37
-------
-------
34
38
30
-------
-------
39
49
44
-------
-------
39
29
24
18
36
35
49
40
27
22
46
43
47
40
26
11
38
25
17
8
***
49
24
11
52
49
36
22
38
26
20
12
***
52
32
19
27
38
39
17
18
23
24
33
42
42
48
44
***
22
25
***
42
48
36
38
41
18
21
26
35
47
41
48
45
42
24
24
27
46
***
44
36
16
36
-------
-------
46
***
***
-------
-------
Tracking Survey
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Appendix A: Survey Methodology

The majority of the analysis of Hispanics is based upon the Pew Hispanic Center 2010 National
Survey of Latinos (NSL). 6 This survey collected data via telephone interviews conducted by
Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS), an independent research company, among a
nationally representative sample of 1,375 Latino respondents ages 18 and older, from Aug. 17
to Sept. 19, 2010. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that
the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
For this survey, SSRS maintained a staff of Spanish-speaking interviewers who, when
contacting a household, were able to offer respondents the option of completing the survey in
Spanish or in English. A total of 548 respondents were surveyed in English and 827
respondents were interviewed in Spanish. Any male or female ages 18 or older of Latino origin
or descent was eligible to complete the survey.
To address the growing number of Hispanic households in the U.S. that are reachable only by
cell phone, the study included interviews from both landline (n=710) and cell phone (n=665)
sample frames.
Both sample frames were stratified via a disproportionate stratified design. All telephone
exchanges in the contiguous 48 states were divided into groups, or strata, based on their
concentration of Latino households. For the landline frame, the sample was also run against
InfoUSA and other listed databases, and then scrubbed against known Latino surnames. Any
hits were subdivided into a surname stratum, with all other sample being put into four
other RDD strata. The cell phone sample was divided into three strata. Overall, then, the
study employed eight strata.
It is important to note that the existence of a surname stratum does not mean this was a
surname sample design. The sample is RDD, with the randomly selected telephone numbers
divided by whether they were found to be associated with or without a Latino surname. This
was done simply to increase the number of strata and thereby increase the ability to meet
ethnic targets and ease administration by allowing for more effective assignment of
interviewers and labor hours.
The 2009 data included in this report are based upon persons ages 18 and older interviewed for the Pew Hispanic Center 2009
National Survey of Latinos. See Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America for survey details.
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Strata (General Incidence of
Reaching a Hispanic Household)
Landline
Cell Phone
Surname
Very High
High
Medium
Low
A multistage weighting design was used to ensure an accurate representation of the national
Hispanic population:
An adjustment was made for all persons found to possess both a landline and a cell
phone, as they were twice as likely to be sampled as were respondents who possessed
only one phone type.
The sample was corrected for the disproportionality of the stratification scheme
described earlier.
The sample was corrected for the likelihood of within-household selection, which
depended upon the likelihood that the respondents age group would be selected, and
that within that age group, the particular respondent would be selected.
The sample was corrected to reflect the percentage that is cell-only, landline-only, or
reachable by either a landline or a cell phone, based upon estimates for Hispanics from
the 2009 National Health Interview Survey estimates projected to 2010.
Finally, the data were put through a post-stratification sample balancing routine. The
post-stratification weighting utilized national 2009 estimates from the Census Bureaus
Current Population Survey, March Supplement, on gender, education, age, region,
foreign/native born status, year of entry into the U.S. and Hispanic heritage
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Non-Hispanic Data
The 2010 data on non-Hispanic whites and blacks is derived from the Pew Internet and
American Life Project August 2010 Health Tracking Survey. 7 The data were collected in
telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International
(PSRAI) from Aug. 9 to Sept. 13, 2010, among a sample of 3,001 adults, ages 18 and older. For
results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable
to sampling is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. More details on this survey can be found in
the recent PIAL report Americans Living with Disability and Their Technology Profile.
The 2009 data included in this report are based upon the Pew Internet and American Life Project 2009 Reputation Management
Survey.
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Appendix B: Topline
The study was conducted for the Pew Hispanic Center via telephone by SSRS, an independent research company.
Interviews were conducted from August 17 September 19, 2010 among a nationally representative sample of 1,375
Hispanic respondents age 18 and older. Of those, a total of 710 were contacted via landline and a total of 665 were
contacted on their cell phones.
Sample size
1,375
Total Hispanic respondents
56.
Margin of Error
+/- 3.28% points
Do you use the internet, at least occasionally?

Yes
61
62
Total
PHC 09/09
No
38
38
Dont know
*
1
Refused
*
*
No
88
91
Dont know
---
Refused
1
*
(Asked of total Latinos who do not use the internet; n = 560)

57.
Do you send or receive email, at least occasionally?
Yes
11
8
Total
PHC 09/09
56/57. Combo Table

Use the internet
65
65
Total
PHC 09/09
Do not use the internet

35
35
(Asked of total Latinos who use the internet; n = 876)

62.
Do you ever use the Internet from HOME?
Yes
85
Total
No
15
Dont know
*
Refused
--
56/57/62. Combo Table

----------------USE THE INTERNET--------------Ever use the
Never use the
NET
internet from home
internet from home
65
55
10
Total
Do not
use the
internet
35
(Asked of total Latinos who use the internet from home; n = 743)
62a. Does the computer you use at HOME connect to the Internet through a dial-up telephone line, or do you
have some other type of connection, such as a DSL-enabled phone line, a cable-TV modem, a wireless
connection, or a T-1 or fiber optic connection?
Total
Dial-up
telephone
line
14
DSL
enabled
phone line
21
Cable
modem
35
Wireless
connection
22
T-1 or fiber
optic
connection
3
www.pewhispanic.org
Other
1
Dont
know
4
Refused
*
33
56/57/62/63.
Total
Combo Table
----------------------------------------------USE THE INTERNET--------------------------------------------------------------------EVER USE THE INTERNET FROM HOME-------------Never

---use the
DSL
internet
T-1 or
enabled
Dial-up
from
NET NET telephone
fiber optic
Wireless
Cable
phone
home
modem connection connection Other
line
line
65
55
8
11
19
12
2
1
10
Do not
use the
internet
35
(Asked of total Latinos called on a landline; n = 710)

LL1. Now thinking about your telephone useDoes anyone in your household, including
yourself, have a working cell phone?
Yes, respondent or someone in
HH has cell phone
55
Total
No
43
Dont
know
*
Refused
2
(Asked of total Latinos called on a cell phone or who have a cell phone in HH; n = 1,114)
60.
Thinking now just about your cell phone Please tell me if you ever use your cell phone to do any of the
following things. Do you ever use your cell phone to (INSERT)?
a.
Send or receive emails
Total
b.
Total
Dont have a
cell phone
1
Dont
know
*
Refused
1
Yes
72
No
27
Dont have a
cell phone
1
Dont
know
*
Refused
1
Yes
40
No
58
Dont have a
cell phone
1
Dont
know
*
Refused
1
Yes
44
No
54
Dont have a
cell phone
1
Dont
know
1
Refused
1
Access the internet
Total
d.
No
63
Send or receive text messages
Total
c.
Yes
36
Send or receive instant messages
www.pewhispanic.org

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About this Report

About the Author

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About the Pew Hispanic Center

Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director

Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate

Jeffrey S. Passel, Senior Demographer

Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher

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Daniel Dockterman, Research Assistant

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