Overview

Those in higher-income households are different from other Americans in their tech ownership and use.

Analysis of several recent surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Projects find that there are key differences between those who live in households making $75,000 or more relative to those in lower-income households.

Some 95% of Americans who live in households earning $75,000 or more a year use the internet at least occasionally, compared with 70% of those living in households earning less than $75,000. Read more...

About the Survey

This report is based on the data from three telephone surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. More information available is available in the methodology section.

The first data set comes from telephone interviews conducted between December 28, 2009 and January 19, 2010, among a sample of 2,259 adults, 18 and older.  For results based on the total sample, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. [More]

The second data set comes from telephone interviews conducted between April 29 and May 30, 2010, among a sample of 2,252 adults, age 18 and older. Interviews were conducted in English. For results based on the total sample, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.4 percentage points. [More]

The most recent data come from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research International between August 9 and September 13, 2010. The survey was administered to a sample of 3,001 adults, ages 18 and older, using a combination of landline and cellular. Interviews were conducted in English or Spanish. For results based on the total sample, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.