African Americans and Latinos Rely Heavily on Smartphones for Health Info, Educational Content, Job Seeking % of U.S. adult smartphone owners in each group who have used their phone in the past year to do/ seek
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of Hispanic smartphone owners have used their phone in the past year to research a health condition, which is similar to the share for blacks. But whites are less likely to say they’ve used a phone to seek out health information.
African Americans and Latinos Rely  | Heavily on Smartphones for Health Info,  | Educational Content, Job Seeking  | % of U.S. adult smartphone owners in each group who  | have used their phone in the past year to do/ seek  | White  | Black  | Hispanic  | 58  | Info about a  | 67  | health condition  | 73  | 57  | Online banking  | 61  | 55  | 43  | 47  | Real estate info  | 37  | Info about job  | S  | 38  | Gov't services or  | 45  | information  | 26  | Educational  | 32  | content  | 45  | 12  | Submita job  | 31  | application  | 26  | Pew 2014. Research Center American Trends Panel survey, Oct 3-27,  | 2014. Blacks and whites include only non-Hispanics. survey,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 