Moreover, the most recent computer owners are more likely to come from the groups who have historically been less likely to be computer owners. While there has been much talk about the digital divide by race, we find that gaps between blacks and whites under age 60 are more pronounced in the home than at work. Kids Are Even More Positive about Computers Children are more enthusiastic about and comfortable with computers. On the other hand, kids do admit that computers affect kids' lives. Kids without computers are more concerned that they are missing something than adults are.
Many kids do see pornography on the Internet.
Parents are more likely than their kids to think they have rules in place about what their kids can do on the computer. Schools appear to be playing an important role in equalizing access to computers for kids. Representatives of the three sponsors worked together to develop the survey questionnaire and to analyze the results, with NPR maintaining sole editorial control over its broadcasts on the surveys. The margin of sampling error for the adult survey is plus or minus 3 percentage points, and plus or minus 5 percentage points for the survey of children. For results based on subsets of respondents, the margin of error is higher.