Latinos Online, 2006-2008:
Narrowing the Gap
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rom 2006 to 2008, internet use home internet access changed very lit- connection from 65% to 82%, and for
among Latino adults rose by 10 tle. In 2006, 79% of Latinos who were blacks, the increase was from 63% in
percentage points, from 54% to 64%. online had internet access at home, 2006 to 78% in 2008.
In comparison, the rates for whites while in 2008, this number was 81%. These results are derived from a
rose four percentage points, and the White and black internet users show compilation of eight landline tele-
rates for blacks rose only two percent- a similar leveling off. In 2006, 92% of phone surveys conducted by the Pew
age points during that time period. white internet users had a home con- Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet
Though Latinos continue to lag be- nection, compared with 94% in 2008. & American Life Project from Febru-
hind whites, the gap in internet use In 2006, 84% of African American in- ary to October 2006, and from August
has shrunk considerably. ternet users had a home connection, to December 2008. In total, the Pew
For Latinos, the increase in internet compared with 87% in 2008. Hispanic Center surveys included
use has been fueled in large part by in- While there was little increase in 7,554 adults, and the Pew Internet &
creases in internet use among groups the likelihood of having a home con- American Life Project surveys inter-
that have typically had very low rates nection among internet users from viewed 13,687 adults.
of internet use. In particular, foreign- 2006 to 2008, rates of broadband con- Gretchen Livingston, Senior Re-
born Latinos, Latinos with less than nection increased dramatically for searcher, Pew Hispanic Center Kim
a high school education, and Latinos Hispanics, as well as for whites and Parker, Senior Researcher, Pew Social &
with household incomes of less than blacks. In 2006, 63% of Hispanics with Demographic Trends Project Susannah
$30,000 experienced particularly large home internet access had a broadband Fox, Associate Director, Pew Internet &
increases in internet use. connection; in 2008 this number was American Life Project
Whereas Latinos gained markedly 76%. For whites, there was a 17 per-
in overall internet use, the pattern of centage point increase in broadband Source: Pew Hispanic Center
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