Table 3.
Internet Use: Ethnicity, Household Income and Mother’s Education Level
| Searched themselves |
Had others search |
Total obtaining Internet information |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | |||
| African-American (20) | 11 (55%) | 2 (10%) | 13 (65%) |
| European American (62) | 51 (82%) | 7 (11%) | 58 (94%) |
| Latino (11) | 4 (36%) | 2 (18%) | 6 (55%) |
| Native American (7) | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) | 6 (86%) |
| Household income | |||
| $0–$29,999 (45) | 20 (44%) | 11 (24%) | 31 (69%) |
| $30,000–$59,000 (29) | 23 (79%) | 3 (10%) | 26 (90%) |
| $60,000–$89,000 (10) | 10 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (100%) |
| $90,000+(16) | 16 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (100%) |
| Mother’s Ed. Level | |||
| <9th–12th grade (7) | 2 (29%) | 1 (14%) | 3 (43%) |
| HS grad/GED (25) | 13 (52%) | 6 (24%) | 19 (76%) |
| Some col./AA degree (33) | 22 (67%) | 5 (15%) | 27 (81%) |
| College grad (24) | 21 (88%) | 2 (8%) | 23 (96%) |
| Adv degree (11) | 11 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (100%) |