CiteThe Reasons Non-Users Aren’t Online
| Major reason | Minor reason | Not a reason | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I don’t want it | 52% | 16% | 26% |
| I don’t need it | 52 | 19 | 24 |
| I’m worried about online pornography, credit card theft and fraud | 43 | 14 | 37 |
| It is too expensive | 30 | 18 | 42 |
| I don’t have time to use the Internet | 29% | 17% | 49% |
| The Internet is too complicated and hard to understand | 27 | 19 | 43 |
| Don’t have a computer | 11 | n.a. | n.a. |
N=910 for Non-users who have never been online. Margin of error is ±3.5% at 95% confidence.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project March–May 2002 Survey.
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