 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The digital divide is growing in California with Latinos and poor people having less access to computers, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
The San Francisco-based think tank surveyed more than 2,500 adults about their computer use and found that less than half of the Latinos they asked have computers at home, said Mark Baldassare, president of the institute.
People making less than $40,000 a year also are more likely not to have online access at home, said Baldassare.
The institute's study found that nearly all internet users say online access is at least somewhat important in everyday life, and even 56 percent of those who don't go online agree. But disparities exist. People who are white, black, or over age 55 have generally increased their use of computers since 2000, while Latinos, Asians and low-income residents have not, he said.
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KCBS' Matt Bigler Reports
