A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age

A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age is the sixth report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce examining the use of computers, the Internet, and other information technology tools by the American people.

Based on the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey of 57,000 households containing 134,000 persons, this report provides broad-based and statistically reliable information on the ways that information technologies in general, and broadband more specifically, are transforming the way we live, work, and learn.

• A Nation Online 2004 Report in HTML format

• A Nation Online 2004 Report in MS Word format

• Nation Online 2004 Report in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format

Note: PDF files require the one-time installation of the Adobe Acrobat viewer on your machine. Instructions on how to download, install, and configure the free Acrobat viewer are available from the Adobe web site.

The Census Bureau's Survey Instrument and Raw Data is available at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/computer/computer.htm