How The Better Half Surfs: Pew Finds Online Wealth Gap

It may come as no surprise that the most affluent households use the Internet more than lower income families, but now a number can be put on the Web wealth gap, thanks to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Based on several recent studies, Pew found 95% of Americans who live in households earning $75,000 or more a year use the Internet at least occasionally, compared with 70% of those living in households earning less than $75,000.

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