WASHINGTON (AP) - Latinos are not going online as much as non-Hispanic whites and blacks, even at younger ages where Internet use is far greater, according to a report released Wednesday.
Fifty-six percent of adult Latinos use the Internet, compared with 70 percent of whites and about 60 percent of blacks, according to the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
The Internet use of U.S.-born Latinos is comparable to that of whites, but about two-thirds of adult Latinos in the United States were born elsewhere.
The study found that only one in three Spanish-dominant Latinos use the Internet. Latinos online tend to be primarily English speakers or bilingual and have graduated from college and high school.
As with all polls, it really only shows the true picture of the group asked, but this was a group of over 6,000 that were asked about their online habits. If that group does represent a fairly accurate picture then the latino community could be left behind as far as advantages that are available from an educational and an informational standpoint from the internet.
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