Please note that all percentages in text are approximated. Refer to charts for more accurate percentages.
Also note that "Less Often" refers to less often than once per month.
I must ignore AAs and Vocationals because of their tiny sample size. I have left them in the graphs out of curiosity.
After researching and reviewing my data, I created these six graphs to represent the results of what I have found.
Internet use at Home
Figure 1: Graphical representation of internet use at home by education
This graph gives a representational view of the break down regarding the use of the internet based on level of education. There are eight sections: n/a, Never, Less often, Once per month, Multiple times per month, Once per week, Multiple times per week, Once per day, and Multiple times per day.
Associates degrees (AA) were 33% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per week, and 67% likely to use the internet once per day at home. People with a BA or BS are 14% likely to use the internet once per day at home, and 86% likely to use it multiple times per day at home. Current college students are 1.3% likely to use the internet multiple times per month at home, 2.6% likely to use the internet once per day at home and 96% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. People with graduate degrees are 5.3% likely to use the internet at home once per day and 94.7% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. People with a high school education or GED are 1.3% likely to use the internet “less often,” .67% likely to use the internet at home once per month, 13% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per week, and 67% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day.
People with some college education are 20% likely to use the internet at home once per week, 10% likely to use the internet at home once per day, and 70% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. People with a vocational certificate or training are 33% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per week, and 67% likely to use the internet at home once per day.
From this graph of multiple times per day use I have found that college students use the internet the most frequently, followed by people with a graduate degree and people a BA or a BS. It is almost a given that college students will use the internet the most since most grew up as “digital natives.” Trailing behind are people with some college education and people with a high school education or GED. This follows the trend of more education, more internet use.
Figure 2: Graphical representation of internet use at work by education
This graph gives a representational view of the break down regarding the use of the internet based on level of education. There are eight sections: n/a, Never, Less often, Once per month, Multiple times per month, Once per week, Multiple times per week, Once per day, and Multiple times per day.
Associates degrees (AA) were 100% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. People with a BA or BS were 3.8% likely to never use the internet at work, 3.8% likely to use the internet at work “less often,” 7.7% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 84.6% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. Current college students were 22% likely to never use the internet at work, 4.4% likely to use the internet at work “less often,” 8.8% likely to use the internet at work once per week, 17.6% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, 8.8% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 38% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. People with graduate degrees were 6.7% likely to never use the internet at work, 6.6% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, 6.6% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 80% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. People with a high school education or GED were 58.3% likely to never use the internet at work, 8.3% likely to use the internet at work “less often,” 8.3% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, and 25% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. People with some college education were 11% likely to never use the internet at work, 11% likely to use the internet “less often,” 11% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, and 66.7% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. People with a vocational certificate or training were 33.3% likely to never use the internet at work and 66.7% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day.
Of the people who use the internet multiple times per day, BA or BS people used the internet at work the most. They were followed by graduate degrees, which was followed by people with some college, which was followed by current college students, which was followed by high school or GED people. The difference between BA or BS people and people with graduate degrees was less than 5%, which is pretty small. College students were lower than I had anticipated, but there may be some error in the results. People may have checked “Never” instead of not checking anything since they don’t work. However the general trend of education being positively correlated with more frequent internet use still stands.
Figure 3: Graphical representation of internet use at school by education
This graph gives a representational view of the break down regarding the use of the internet based on level of education. There are eight sections: n/a, Never, Less often, Once per month, Multiple times per month, Once per week, Multiple times per week, Once per day, and Multiple times per day.
Associates degree (AA) were 100% likely to never use the internet at school. People with a BA or BS were 40% likely to never use the internet at school, 5% likely to use the internet at school once per day, and 55% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. Current college students were 3.9% likely to never use the internet at school, 2.6% likely to use the internet at school “less often,” 2.6% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per month, 13% likely to use the internet at school once per week, 3.9% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per week, 5% likely to use the internet at school once per day and 80% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. People with graduate degrees were 85.7% likely to never use the internet at school and 14.3% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per week. People with some college education were 50% likely to never use the internet at school and 50% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. People with a vocational certificate or training were 100% likely to never use the internet at school.
This graph is potentially riddled with errors. I fear that people checked “Never” because the internet was not around when they were in school. I do not think this data is accurate.
Figure 4: Graphical representation of the internet use at home by race
This graph gives a representational view of the break down regarding the use of internet based on race. There are eight sections: n/a, Never, Less often, Once per month, Multiple times per month, Once per week, Multiple times per week, Once per day, and Multiple times per day.
Asian people were 4.76% likely to use the internet once per day at home and 95.24% likely to use the internet multiple times per day at home. Black people were 100% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. Latino or hispanic people were 4.34% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per month, 8.70% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per week, 26% likely to use the internet at home once per day, and 60.9% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. White and Asian people were 100% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. White and Latino people were 12.5% likely to use the internet at home “less often,” 1.25% likely to use the internet at home once per day, and 75% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day. White or European American people were 1.1% likely to never use the internet at home, 1.1% likely to use the internet at home “less often,” 2.2% likely to use the internet at home once per week, 2.2% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per week, 4.4% likely to use the internet at home once per day, and 89.01% likely to use the internet at home multiple times per day.
From the graph of multiple use per day I have found that White/Asian people and Black people are the most likely (100%) to use the internet at home multiple times per day. Following that are Asian people, White or European Americans, White and Latino people, and Latino or Hispanic people.
Figure 5: Graphical representation of the internet use at work by race
This graph gives a representational view of the break down regarding the use of internet based on race. There are eight sections: n/a, Never, Less often, Once per month, Multiple times per month, Once per week, Multiple times per week, Once per day, and Multiple times per day.
Asian people were 28.6% likely to never use the internet at work, 4.8% likely to use the internet at work “less often,” 9.5% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, 9.5% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 47.6% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. Black people were 40% likely to never use the internet at work, 20% likely to use the internet at work once per week, and 40% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week. Latino or Hispanic people were 22.7% likely to never use the internet at work, 9% likely to use the internet at work once per week, 4.5% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, 9% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 54.5% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. White and Asian people were 100% likely to use the internet work multiple times per day. White and Latino people were 12.5% likely to never use the internet at work, 12.5% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, 25% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 50% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day. White or European Americans were 16% likely to never use the internet at work, 4% likely to use the internet at work once per week, 12% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per week, 4% likely to use the internet at work once per day, and 57.3% likely to use the internet at work multiple times per day.
From the graph of multiple user per day I have found that White/Asian people use the internet at work the most. Following them are White or European American, Latino or Hispanic people, White/Latino people, and Asian people. Black people were at a 0% in this category.
Figure 6: Graphical representation of the internet use at school by race
This graph gives a representational view of the break down regarding the use of internet based on race. There are eight sections: n/a, Never, Less often, Once per month, Multiple times per month, Once per week, Multiple times per week, Once per day, and Multiple times per day.
Asian people were 5% likely to never use the internet at school, 5% likely to use the internet at school “less often,” 5% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per month, 5% likely to use the internet at school once per day, and 78% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. Black people were 20% likely to use the internet at school once per week and 80% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. Latino or Hispanic people were 42% likely to never use the internet at school, 5% likely to use the internet at school once per day, and 53% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. White and Asian people were 33% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per week and 67% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. White and Latino people were 16.7% likely to never use the internet at school, 16.7% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per month, 16.7% likely to use the internet at school once per day, and 50% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day. White or European Americans were 24% likely to never use the internet at school, 1.35% likely to use the internet “less often,” 4% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per week, 4% likely to use the internet at school once per day, and 66% likely to use the internet at school multiple times per day.
From the graph of multiple use per day I found that Black people are the most likely to use the internet at school, closely followed by Asian people. Following them are White/Asian people, who are closely followed by White or European Americans. Following them are Latino or Hispanic people, and White/Latino people.
