. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 8.

Published in final edited form as: Ageing Int. 2011 Mar;36(1):123–145. doi: 10.1007/s12126-010-9077-9

Table 6.

Usage Frequency for Communication Technologies

Technology	Younger Adults (N=424)		Older Adults (N=235)		t-value

	M	SD	M	SD
Answering Machine	1.29	.64	1.40	.70	−2.11^*
Cell Phone	1.96	.23	1.27	.73	13.97^*
Fax Machine	.65	.54	.75	.67	−1.86
Internet	1.88	.36	1.09	.85	13.67^*
Telephone	1.56	.60	1.90	.37	−8.92^*
Videophone	.21	.47	.06	.26	5.14^*

Note. 0=never used, 1=occasionally used, 2=frequently used. Data are for participants in each age group who reportedly engaged in communication activities and responded to 75% of the items in this domain.

p<.008 with Bonferroni corrections for multiple comparisons.