UCLA Internet Report (online version) - Center for the Digital Future

THE UCLA INTERNET REPORT: Surveying the Digital Future 26
NON-USERS: WHY NOT ONLINE?
Percent of Respondents
30%
20%
10%
0%
The 27.7 percent of Americans who do not currently use the Internet in 2001 express a range of reasons
for not being online. As in 2000, the primary reason is lack of access; 26.7 percent of respondents who do
not use the Internet say they do not have a computer or an adequate computer.
5.6%
Fear of
Technology
1.2%
Computer is
Not Good
Enough
6.9%
Do not
Know How
to Use
21.4%
No
Interest
25.5%
No
Computer
Lack of interest in the Internet is the second most cited reason in the 2000 and 2001 surveys, but the
number of those who say they are “not interested” is declining. In 2001, 21.4 percent of non-users say they
are not online because they are not interested, a drop from 33.3 percent in 2000.
0.8%
Not
Appropriate
for Children
Two other relatively frequent responses are “I don’t know how to use the Internet” and “fear of
technology.” There was a wide variety of other responses to this question, including, “Because I’m retired
and I’m just relaxing,” “I just don’t want to fool with it,” “I found the information I needed, so I don’t need
it anymore,” and “Because I’m an addictive type, and once I started, I would do nothing else.”
1.6%
Privacy /
Security
Concerns
2.6%
Too
Expensive
Reasons Not Using the Internet
3.5%
Internet is
not Useful
1.6%
Consumes
too Much
Time
0.8%
Moved and
Didn't Install
1.4%
Didn't Use
It Enough
27.0%
Other