Non-Hispanic 16-17-year-olds are more likely than their Hispanic peers to text (64% vs. 49%), talk on cellphones (51% vs. 44%), and use social networks (31% vs. 28%) to talk with their friends, according to the Pew Research Center.
Those who are foreign-born Hispanic are even less likely to communicate electronically with their friends. Those who are foreign-born are significantly less likely than those who are native-born to text their friends daily (26% vs. 65%) and talk to friends via cell phone daily (29% vs. 55%). That is partly explained by the fact that foreign-born Hispanics are less likely than native-born Hispanics to have cell phones (70% vs. 84%). [Telecommunications]
Source: “How Young Latinos Communicate With Friends In The Digital Age,” Pew Hispanic Center, Gretchen Livingston, Senior Researcher, 1615 L St. NW, #700, Washington, DC 20036; 202-419-3600; glivingston@pewhispanic.org; www.pewhispanic.org.
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