This statistic shows the percentage American adults who need help with new electronic devices as of 2015, by age group. Seventy-three percent of respondents aged 65 years or older agreed that they usually needed someone to show them how to set up or use new electronic devices.
Need for support with new electronic devices among American adults, as of 2015
The original question asked if the statement, "When I get a new electronic device, I usually need someone else to set it up or show me how to use it," described the respondent very or somewhat well.
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Pew Research Center. (May 17, 2017). Need for support with new electronic devices among American adults, as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/733889/us-adults-approach-to-new-electronic-devices-by-age-group/
Pew Research Center. "Need for support with new electronic devices among American adults, as of 2015." Chart. May 17, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/733889/us-adults-approach-to-new-electronic-devices-by-age-group/
Pew Research Center. (2017). Need for support with new electronic devices among American adults, as of 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/733889/us-adults-approach-to-new-electronic-devices-by-age-group/
Pew Research Center. "Need for Support with New Electronic Devices among American Adults, as of 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/733889/us-adults-approach-to-new-electronic-devices-by-age-group/
Pew Research Center, Need for support with new electronic devices among American adults, as of 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/733889/us-adults-approach-to-new-electronic-devices-by-age-group/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Need for support with new electronic devices among American adults, as of 2015 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 17, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/733889/us-adults-approach-to-new-electronic-devices-by-age-group/
