The statistic illustrates the percentage of each age group who owned a e-reader. In the United States, E-book reader ownership is most popular with adults under age 50. In mid-January 2012, 18 percent of U.S. adults between 18 and 29 years old owned an e-reader.
Age distribution of e-reader owners in the United States from November 2010 to January 2012
The December 2011 and January 2012 results shown here are from three new surveys by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The December 2011 results are from a survey of 2,986 people age 16 and older conducted November 16-December 21, 2011. The survey was conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and call phones.The January 2012 results are from a combination of two surveys, one conducted January 5-8, 2012 of 1,000 adults age 18 and older and the other conducted January 12-15, 2012 among a sample of 1,008 adults.The January surveys were conducted on landline and cell phones. They were conducted only in English.
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Pew Research Center. (April 10, 2012). Age distribution of e-reader owners in the United States from November 2010 to January 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222787/age-distribution-of-e-reader-owners-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. "Age distribution of e-reader owners in the United States from November 2010 to January 2012." Chart. April 10, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222787/age-distribution-of-e-reader-owners-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Age distribution of e-reader owners in the United States from November 2010 to January 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222787/age-distribution-of-e-reader-owners-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. "Age Distribution of E-reader Owners in The United States from November 2010 to January 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222787/age-distribution-of-e-reader-owners-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center, Age distribution of e-reader owners in the United States from November 2010 to January 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222787/age-distribution-of-e-reader-owners-in-the-united-states/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Age distribution of e-reader owners in the United States from November 2010 to January 2012 [Graph], Pew Research Center, April 10, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/222787/age-distribution-of-e-reader-owners-in-the-united-states/
