The growing use of smartphones and other mobile devices has made it easier for adults to remain online almost constantly, a Pew Research Center survey found.
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The Pew Research Center report said the growth of smartphones and other mobile devices has made it easier to be always connected.
As a result, the percentage of US adults saying they are almost constantly online rose to 26 per cent from 21 per cent in a 2015 survey.
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Overall, the researchers found 77 per cent of Americans go online on a daily basis, including 43 per cent who connect several times a day.
But 11 per cent said they don't use the internet at all, despite programs encouraging Americans to use online services. That represents a modest change from 2015 when 15 per cent did not use the internet.
Older adults are more likely to be offline, Pew said: About one in three of those over 65 did not use the internet compared with just two per cent in the 18-29 age group.
Younger adults, meanwhile, "are at the vanguard of the constantly connected," the Pew report said.
About 39 per cent of 18-to 29-year-olds are online almost constantly and 49 per cent go online multiple times per day.
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Frequent internet users are more likely to be college educated or have incomes above $75,000 annually, Pew said.
The findings were based on a survey of 2,002 American adults in January 2018, with a margin of error estimated at 2.4 percentage points.
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