Figure 8: Computer Use by Age and Severity of Difficulties/Impairments

Age	None	Mild	Severe
18	Data not available
19	Data not available
20	0.78	0.80	0.73
21	0.82	0.75	0.77
22	0.83	0.77	0.86
23	0.86	0.77	0.83
24	0.81	0.74	0.81
25	0.78	0.75	0.81
26	0.83	0.76	0.85
27	0.91	0.83	0.80
28	0.93	0.86	0.70
29	0.92	0.91	0.69
30	0.88	0.85	0.66
31	0.89	0.86	0.68
32	0.87	0.81	0.64
33	0.91	0.84	0.67
34	0.90	0.83	0.66
35	0.91	0.85	0.75
36	0.88	0.86	0.68
37	0.87	0.82	0.76
38	0.86	0.82	0.61
39	0.87	0.82	0.70
40	0.86	0.85	0.59
41	0.86	0.82	0.63
42	0.85	0.82	0.62
43	0.86	0.83	0.60
44	0.87	0.83	0.59
45	0.89	0.79	0.58
46	0.87	0.79	0.60
47	0.86	0.78	0.62
48	0.84	0.81	0.60
49	0.81	0.80	0.64
50	0.81	0.80	0.64
51	0.80	0.78	0.60
52	0.80	0.77	0.60
53	0.75	0.80	0.59
54	0.73	0.82	0.64
55	0.78	0.83	0.67
56	0.79	0.82	0.65
57	0.82	0.82	0.64
58	0.82	0.81	0.54
59	0.81	0.76	0.53
60	0.75	0.72	0.50
61	0.71	0.66	0.55
62	0.68	0.68	0.55
63	0.69	0.62	0.52
64	0.69	0.62	0.50

Base: US 18-64 year olds with mild or severe difficulties/impairments.

Note: Data in figure reflects an average of 3 years for each age but this data shows rates by each age.

Source: Study commissioned by Microsoft, conducted by Forrester Research, Inc. 2004