Is there another page? I couldn’t find a link with more info on the survey but every chart says they ask the question specifically about adults. I didn’t look at the “actual percentage” studies but it would be pretty disingenuous to compare their surveys to the percentages of ALL citizens. If that was a bad assumption and they’re actually comparing apples to oranges, please let me know!
And as for the survey respondents - you need to be 16 to make a YouGov account so they definitely weren’t (deliberately) asking children.
It’s literally in the methodology statement for the survey…
Methodology: This article includes findings from two U.S. News surveys conducted by YouGov on two nationally representative samples of 1,000 U.S. adult citizens interviewed online from January 14-20, 2022. The first survey included questions on groups involving race, education, income, family, gender, and sexuality, while the second survey included questions on religion, politics, and other miscellaneous groups. The samples were weighted according to gender, age, race, and education based on the 2018 American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as 2016 and 2020 Presidential votes (or non-votes). Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of all U.S. citizens. Real proportions were taken from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, YouGov’s internal poll results, and the results of other well-established polling firms. Most estimates were collected within the past three years; the oldest is from 2009. Because the real estimates presented cover a range of time periods, they may differ from actual population sizes at the time our survey was conducted.
I’m happy to be corrected and I do agree it’s a bit ambiguous but I don’t really see any evidence that this study represents the entire population. It says right there that adults were surveyed and the questions include the word “adults”
I sort of get it. There are more boomers and even Gen-X people who are choosing to own a dumb phone just because of the sheer enshittification of the Internet.
Only 85% of the population owns a smartphone, I thought for sure it would be higher than that
15% of the population are under 12 and almost 5% are over 80.
ed: actually, it seems like “85%” is just bullshit. Probably closer to 95% Wondering if this might not be a decade+ old chart.
80 year olds own smartphones.
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This was a survey given to adults about adults (and likely by adults, too)
On the image:
On the link:
From the actual survey data in the linked article:
Is there another page? I couldn’t find a link with more info on the survey but every chart says they ask the question specifically about adults. I didn’t look at the “actual percentage” studies but it would be pretty disingenuous to compare their surveys to the percentages of ALL citizens. If that was a bad assumption and they’re actually comparing apples to oranges, please let me know!
And as for the survey respondents - you need to be 16 to make a YouGov account so they definitely weren’t (deliberately) asking children.
It’s literally in the methodology statement for the survey…
I’m happy to be corrected and I do agree it’s a bit ambiguous but I don’t really see any evidence that this study represents the entire population. It says right there that adults were surveyed and the questions include the word “adults”
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I sort of get it. There are more boomers and even Gen-X people who are choosing to own a dumb phone just because of the sheer enshittification of the Internet.
I get it.