Internet
Use
by
55-64
Age
Group
Reaches
43%
E-mail
driving
seniors
to
the
web
May
24,
2001
Use
of
the
Internet
among
those
ages
55-64
grew
to
43
percent
in
the
past
six
months
from
36
percent
six
months
ago
and
31
percent
eighteen
months
ago,
according
to
the
semi-annual
Cyber
Stats
report
from
Mediamark
Research
Inc.
released
today.
IT
seems
to
be
e-mail
that
is
driving
these
seniors
to
the
web,
since
it
is
their
most
common
activity.
Compared
to
six
months
ago,
use
of
e-mail
by
Americans
ages
55-64
has
increased
by
20
percent.
Compared
to
18
months
ago,
there
has
been
a
46
percent
increase
in
e-mail
use
among
Americans
ages
55-64.
While
fewer
older
Americans
engage
in
other
Internet
activities,
they
are
growing
in
tracking
their
investments,
making
purchases,
making
travel
plans
and
just
browsing,
according
to
MRI.
Approximately
133
million
U.S.
adults66%
of
the
adult
populationhave
access
to
the
Internet
either
at
work
or
home,
the
Spring
Cyber
Stats
show.
Of
those
133
million,
101
million
reported
using
the
Internet
in
the
past
30
days.
This
means
that
50%
of
U.S.
adults,
who
total
201.7
million,
used
the
Internet
in
the
past
30
days.
Asked
about
their
use
of
online
services
like
America
Online,
CompuServe,
MSN
and
Prodigy,
90
million
U.S.
adults
reported
using
at
least
one
in
the
last
30
days.
The
number
of
adults
who
reported
using
either
the
Internet
or
an
online
service
in
the
last
30
days
is
105
million,
or
52
percent
of
all
U.S.
adults.
On
the
high
end,
43
million
adults
reported
using
America
Online,
versus
2.3
million
on
the
low
end
for
Prodigy.
The
numbers
for
CompuServe
are
3.8
million
and
18.7
million
for
MSN.
The
Spring
Cyber
Stats
data
were
collected
between
March
of
2000
and
April
of
2001.
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