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Women Now Outnumber Men Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hello-ladies dept.

miller60 writes "There are now more American women than men using the Internet, according to a new study from the Pew Center on the Internet and American Life on gender and use of the Net. While a slightly larger percentage of men than women are online (68 percent vs 66 percent), the larger population of American women tips the balance. Other findings: younger women and black women outpace their male peers by larger margins than the wider population."

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  1. Still alot who aren't online by venicebeach · · Score: 4, Interesting

    These results might have caught my eye more if phrased in the reverse:

    About a third of the population does not ever use the internet.

    Even in the 18-29 age range its about 1 in 5 who are not online.

  2. What about the spam result?? by drasfr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Am I the only that is amazed? (or read the full survey!) at this line that says:

    Order from Spam: 6% of online men. 5% of online women.

    5%, even with a margin of error is still a lot. But i know that it is probably true. At a previous business that wasn't doing spam but were sending small email campaigns we were estimating a return rate of about 3%.

    I just think this number is scaringly high... the reason spam works, spammers still have work, and my 6 years old email address receives over 500 spams a day!

    so, yes, am I the only one amazed by this? I would have like to have more question on this topic, like what do you buy from spam? Are you satisfied with it? How often do you buy from spam? etc...