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Online and Mobile Family Connections


Households with a married couple and minor children are more likely than other household types to have mobile phones and subscribe to the Internet, according to data released in October 2008 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Nearly nine out of 10 married-with-children households surveyed owned multiple mobile phones, and nearly one-half owned three or more. Two-thirds of such households had broadband at home. The national average for all households is 52%.


Ownership of Select Technologies by US Households, by Household Type, December 2007-January 2008 (% of respondents in each group)

“Some analysts have worried that new technologies hurt family togetherness, but we see that technology allows for new kinds of connectedness built around mobile phones and the internet,” said Tracy Kennedy, author of the report, in a statement.


In comparison, Pew found 55% of nonmarried couples with children and two-thirds of married couples with children had broadband at home—a figure for households, not individuals.


US: Telecom Indicators, 2007 (thousands and penetration)