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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)
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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago

Only 85% of the population owns a smartphone, I thought for sure it would be higher than that

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

15% of the population are under 12 and almost 5% are over 80.

ed: actually, it seems like "85%" is just bullshit. Probably closer to 95% Wondering if this might not be a decade+ old chart.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This was a survey given to adults about adults (and likely by adults, too)

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

80 year olds own smartphones.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yet the polls says only adults...

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago

I sort of get it. There are more boomers and even Gen-X people who are choosing to own a dumb phone just because of the sheer enshittification of the Internet.

I get it.

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