Middle Age and Mobile Phones: A Digital Divide at Forty?

Author: Janet Wise, Primary Research Director

Published: 30 Jan 2009

In modern society, 40 is the age many consider the dividing point between youth and old age. At 40, we generally no longer think of a person as a young adult, but neither do we consider a person of 40 old (unless the person doing the considering is under the age of 20, in which case, anyone over 40 is likely to be viewed as a senior citizen.) To some, 40 is regarded as the start of middle age. But whether or not it signifies the beginning of middle age, does 40 represent a digital divide in terms of the use of technology products, such as mobile phones?

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