Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
Study: 32 percent of adults offline
10/5/2005 | 
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Associated Press , The Mercury News, Technology
'"NEW YORK - Despite progress getting Americans online - particularly through high-speed connections - 32 percent of adults remain unconnected, some of them by choice, a new study finds.
While nearly a third of nonusers cite lack of access as the reason for not using the Internet, about the same number say they simply aren't interested in going online, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Furthermore, 15 percent of nonusers live in households with a connection - used by a child or someone else.
"There's always going to be a group of people who are nervous about it," said Susannah Fox, an associate director at Pew. "They might read stories about viruses and spyware and feel like they don't want to go online."
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