Table 2.

Use of digital information technologies by age group and level of education.

Digital technology use			45 to 65 years (n=3671)		66 to 75 years (n=2196)			76 to 85 years (n=1707)
			%a	95% CI		%	95% CI		%	95% CI
All
	Uses the internet to obtain information
		Uses by self or with help	95.4	94.8-96.1		88.3b	87.0-89.6		67.5b	64.7-70.2
		Uses by self	91.3	90.4-92.2		79.9b	78.2-81.5		53.6b,c	50.8-56.4
	Uses email
		Uses by self or with help	94.9	94.2-95.6		87.7b	86.3-89.0		68.9b,c	66.2-71.6
		Uses by self	91.5	90.6-92.4		81.2b	79.6-82.8		56.1b,c	53.3-59.0
	Has access to a computer or laptop		95.8	95.2-96.5		91.3b	90.1-92.4		75.7b,c	73.2-78.3
	Has a mobile phone		95.9	95.3-96.5		92.3b	91.2-93.4		81.1b,c	78.8-83.4
	Has a smartphone		70.3	68.8-71.8		45.0b	42.9-47.1		18.2b,c	16.1-20.3
	Able to send/receive text messages		76.1	74.7-77.6		52.8b	50.6-54.9		31.8b,c	29.1-34.4
		If has a mobile phone	79.4	78.0-80.8		57.2b	55.0-59.4		39.2b,c	36.1-42.2
	Able to use apps on a smartphone		54.5	52.8-56.1		28.3b	26.3-30.2		9.8b,c	8.2-11.3
		If has a smartphone	77.5	75.9-79.2		62.8b	59.7-66.0		53.8b,d	47.4-60.1
No college (high school or less)
	Uses the internet to obtain information
		Uses by self or with help	88.0e	85.9-90.2		70.3b,e	66.4-74.3		45.9b,c,e	41.0-50.7
		Uses by self	77.2e	74.3-80.2		55.4b,e	51.0-59.8		31.1b,c,e	26.6-35.6
	Uses email
		Uses by self or with help	87.2e	85.0-89.5		69.2b,e	65.1-73.2		49.4b,c,e	44.5-54.4
		Uses by self	78.1e	75.2-81.0		57.7b	53.3-62.0		32.7b,c,e	28.2-37.2
	Has access to a computer or laptop		88.5e	86.2-90.7		77.3b,e	73.7-80.9		57.5b,c,e	52.6-62.4
	Has a mobile phone		95.0f	93.5-96.4		90.1b,g	87.7-92.6		73.9b,c,f	69.4-78.4
		Has a smartphone	56.9e	53.4-60.5		25.1b,e	21.1-29.0		11.1b,c,e	7.9-14.4
	Able to send/receive text messages		67.9e	64.5-71.3		44.0b,e	39.5-48.4		26.6b,c,g	22.4-30.9
		If has a mobile phone	71.5e	68.1-74.9		48.8b,e	44.1-53.5		36.1b,c	30.7-41.4
	Able to use apps on a smartphone		41.4e	37.9-45.0		14.7b,e	11.4-17.9		5.0b,c,e	2.7-7.3
		If has a smartphone	72.8g	68.5-77.1		58.6h	49.6-67.5		45.1b,e	29.6-60.6
Some college/AA degree
	Uses the internet to obtain information
		Uses by self or with help	95.8e	94.8-96.9		89.4b,e	87.2-91.6		75.4b,c,e	71.1-79.8
		Uses by self	91.8e	90.3-93.2		80.9b,e	78.1-83.8		61.3b,c,e	56.5-66.1
	Uses email
		Uses by self or with help	95.0e	93.8-96.1		88.3b,e	86.0-90.6		74.8b,c,e	70.3-79.3
		Uses by self	92.2e	90.8-93.6		82.5b,e	79.8-85.2		64.6b,c,e	59.8-69.4
	Has access to a computer or laptop		96.0e	94.9-97.0		91.6b,e	89.6-93.7		82.3b,c,e	78.4-86.2
	Has a mobile phone		95.7	94.6-96.8		91.9i	90.0-93.9		85.5b,c	82.1-89.0
	Has a smartphone		70.3e	67.8-72.8		44.5b,e	40.8-48.2		20.1b,c	16.3-23.9
	Able to send/receive text messages		75.2e	72.8-77.6		53.0b,h	49.4-56.7		34.9b,c	30.2-39.6
		If has a mobile phone	78.6e	76.2-80.9		57.7b	53.9-61.4		40.8b,c	35.5-46.1
	Able to use apps on a smartphone		53.6e	50.8-56.4		27.8b,e	24.5-31.2		10.3b,c,i	7.5-13.1
		If has a smartphone	76.2f	73.4-79.1		62.5b	57.1-67.9		51.3b	40.8-61.8
College graduate (Bachelor’s degree or higher)
	Uses the internet to obtain information
		Uses by self or with help	99.1	98.7-99.6		96.3b	95.2-97.5		86.7b,c	83.3-90.1
		Uses by self	98.4	97.8-99.0		91.4b	89.6-93.2		73.9b,c	69.6-78.3
	Uses email
		Uses by self or with help	98.8	98.3-99.4		96.4b	95.2-97.5		86.8b,c	83.5-90.2
		Uses by self	97.9	97.2-98.6		91.9b	90.2-93.7		76.1b,c	71.9-80.3
	Has access to a computer or laptop		99.5	99.2-99.8		97.9b	97.1-98.7		91.3b,c	88.5-94.1
	Has a mobile phone		96.7	95.8-97.6		93.6b	92.1-95.2		85.6b,c	82.3-88.8
	Has a smartphone		77.3	75.2-79.4		55.6b	52.3-58.8		25.0b,c	21.0-29.0
	Able to send/receive text messages		81.2	79.3-83.2		57.0b	53.7-60.2		35.5b,c	30.9-40.2
		If has a mobile phone	84	82.1-85.8		60.8b	57.5-64.2		41.5b,c	36.3-46.7
	Able to use apps on a smartphone		62.1	59.6-64.5		35.3b	32.2-38.5		15.0b,c	11.9-18.1
		If has a smartphone	80.3	78.0-82.5		63.6b	59.3-67.9		60.0b	50.9-69.0

^aN: unweighted count; %: percentage of age group with this characteristic based on weighted survey data.

^bSignificantly (P<.001) lower than ages 45 to 65 years after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

^cSignificantly (P<.001) lower than ages 66 to 75 years after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

^dSignificantly (P<.01) lower than ages 66 to 75 years after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

^eSignificantly (P<.001) lower than college graduates in this age group after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

^fSignificantly (P<.05) lower than college graduates in this age group after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

^gSignificantly (P<.01) lower than college graduates in this age group after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

^hSignificantly (P<.01) lower than ages 45 to 65 years after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.

ⁱSignificantly (P<.05) lower than college graduates in this age group after controlling for sex and race/ethnicity.