Table 2.
Prevalence of Various Uses of Information and Communications Technology
| Percentagesa | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community sample, N = 6,483 | Full NHATS sample,b N = 7,609 | |
| Has a working telephone that is not a cellphone | 90.7% | 89.9% |
| Has a working cell phone | 80.8% | 75.9% |
| Has a working computer in place of residence (and knows how to use a computer) | 67.3% | 61.1% |
| No computer in residence but has used a computer somewhere else in the past month | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Has sent messages by e-mail or text message within the past month | 44.2% | 40.2% |
| Rarely | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Some days | 12.8% | 11.7% |
| Most days | 23.9% | 21.5% |
| Has gone on the Internet or online for any reason other than e-mail/texting in the past month | 46.9% | 42.7% |
| Has gone on the Internet or online to do the following: | ||
| Shop for groceries or personal items | 15.1% (32.3%) | 13.7% (32.0%) |
| Pay bills or do banking | 21.2% (45.2%) | 19.2% (44.9%) |
| Order or refill prescriptions | 8.5% (18.2%) | 7.7% (18.0%) |
| Contact any medical provider | 7.6% (16.2%) | 6.9% (16.1%) |
| Handle Medicare or other health insurance matters | 5.7% (12.2%) | 5.1% (12.0%) |
| Get information about health conditions | 17.1% (36.5%) | 15.7% (36.7%) |
Note. Numbers in parentheses refer to the percentage of respondents who have gone on the Internet or online for any reason other than e-mail/texting within the past month.
aWeighted.
bConsists of all respondents who completed the SP (subject person) questionnaire, including those who responded via proxy.