Connecticut Legal Services has released a report on use of technology by clients in Connecticut. The report, which is based on self-reported data from 469 low-income people calling Statewide Legal Services, Inc., found that:
- 51% of callers had access to a computer.
- 42% of callers had internet access.
- 35% of callers had an e-mail account, and 31% check e-mail at least once a week.
- 58% of callers had a cell phone
- Callers were almost evenly divided among categories of phone access: between having a landline only (25%); a cell phone only (26%); both landline and cell phone (32%); and no phone of their own (17%).
- Of the callers relying on a cell phone, almost all (87%) are using minutes from a limited or prepaid plan.
- 32% of callers use text messaging from a cell phone.
Read the full report in PDF form.
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| Client Use of Technology - Legal Services in Connecticut -- April 2008.pdf | 146.86 KB |
