Table 4.

Seniors’ access to digital devices, Internet, and email, by age group and race/ethnicity^a.

			All	By age group			By race/ethnicity
			65-79 (N=2602)	65-69 (n=841)	70-74 (n=878)	75-79 (n=883)	Non-Hispanic white (n=849)	Black (n=567)	Latino (n=653)	Filipino (n=219)	Chinese (n=314)
Has access to a mobile phone (cellular phone or smartphone), %			81.0	88.4	84.3	71.2b	82.2	82.8	72.6c	70.2c	77.0
	Has a smartphone		31.2	43.4	33.9d	18.7b	32.8	30.5	22.0c	19.6c	26.6e
	Able to receive text messages		47.2	61.5	51.4d	31.4b	47.4	53.6f	41.0f	45.1	54.9
	If has a mobile phone		60.5	71.2	63.1g	46.5b	60.5	59.6	68.4h	59.9	67.0
Owns or has easy access to a computer, laptop, netbook, or tablet, %			81.5	91.5	82.5b	73.1b	85.3	70.7c	63.0c	57.5c	82.8
	Desktop, laptop, or netbook		79.5	90.4	80.0b	71.2b	83.5	69.1c	61.1c	53.1c	79.8
	Tablet		25.1	34.3	27.4g	15.6b	27.1	16.0c	12.6c	20.1f	28.3
	Has home Internet		83.8	91.3	85.5d	76.2b	87.4	71.9g	68.4h	61.0c	84.8
Able to use the Internet, %
	Able to use on own or with help		79.4	88.9	81.5b	68.7b	83.9	64.4c	58.2c	53.3c	79.2
	Uses on own		69.4	80.7	70.8b	59.4b	74.4	51.8c	48.0c	39.3c	69.4
	Uses with help or proxy uses		10.0	8.2	10.7	10.3	9.5	12.6	10.2	14.0	9.8
	If uses the Internet, how frequently goes online		(n=1886)	(n=707)	(n=637)	(n=542)	(n=714)	(n=390)	(n=410)	(n=125)	(n=247)
		Daily	64.2	70.0	64.3	58.8d	66.2	51.1c	53.7c	47.2c	66.0
		≤1x/wk	16.6	16.7	16.7	18.8	15.1	28.3c	25.8c	26.2f	14.4
Able to use email, %			(n=2594)	(n=839)	(n=876)	(n=879)	(n=848)	(n=565)	(n=650)	(n=217)	(n=314)
	Able to use by self or with help		79.3	86.1	81.2g	72.1b	83.4	63.2c	59.6c	58.5c	80.8
	Uses on own		70.0	80.2	71.9g	60.3b	74.7	52.6c	49.1c	43.0c	72.6
	Uses with help or proxy uses		9.3	5.9	9.3	11.8d	8.8	10.6	10.6	15.6h	8.2
	Has an email address		76.2	82.4	78.4	68.6b	80.5	60.0c	57.9c	51.3c	76.3
	Has own email address		63.8	68.5	66.3	57.2b	67.3	51.2c	48.2c	42.6c	65.7
	Shares an email address (may also have own)		11.3	13.5	11.4	9.5	13.0	6.2c	6.9c	4.9h	8.2f
	Uses someone else’s email address		1.8	1.4	1.7	2.2	1.4	3.1f	3.6f	3.7f	2.4
	If receives email, how frequently checks for email		(n=1866)	(n=682)	(n=630)	(n=554)	(n=699)	(n=377)	(n=420)	(n=124)	(n=246)
		Daily	67.9	70.4	68.6	64.8	70.0	49.5c	59.5c	56.4h	70.5
		≤1x/wk	13.8	12.4	12.2	17.4	12.3	24.6c	22.9c	22.2f	13.7

^aCell percentages based on weighted data for everyone in that age or race/ethnic group. Ns at top of columns are the unweighted number of respondents in that group except when analyses are restricted to a subset of that group. P values ≥.055 are not reported. See Multimedia Appendix 3 for detailed P values.

^bSignificantly differs (P<.001) from 65-69 age group after controlling for race/ethnicity and sex.

^cSignificantly differs (P<.001) from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group and sex.

^dSignificantly differs (P<.01) from 65-69 age group after controlling for race/ethnicity and sex.

^eSignificantly differs (P=.053) from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group and sex.

^fSignificantly differs (P<.05) from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group and sex.

^gSignificantly differs (P<.05) from 65-69 age group after controlling for race/ethnicity and sex.

^hSignificantly differs (P<.01) from non-Hispanic white after controlling for age group and sex.