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Disabled Less Apt To Go Online

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 9, 2007

NEW YORK - Americans with disabilities and chronic conditions are less likely to use the Internet, but those who are online are among the most avid consumers of health-related information, a study finds.

Half of those with chronic conditions use the Internet, compared with three-quarters of those without, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said Monday.

That's partly because those with chronic conditions tend to be older and less educated, two factors linked with less Internet usage, said Susannah Fox, an associate director at Pew and the study's main author.

When online, those with chronic conditions are more apt to seek health information.

The telephone study of 2,928 U.S. adults conducted in August 2006 has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Results based on the 268 Internet users have an error margin of plus or minus 7 percentage points.

The Associated Press

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