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How often is a computer or other digital device available to children for educational purposes? Select only one answer.

Asked of: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0

How often is a computer or digital device available to children for educational purposes?

How often children have a computer for schoolwork · Asked in 33 waves, 2020–2021 · 588,563 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week01, week02, week03, week04, week05, week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27, week28, week29, week30, week31, week32, week33.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

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Never available1%

Rarely available1%

Sometimes available5%

Usually available15%

Always available77%

Shares in 2021

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Answers as the source codes them

Always availableUsually availableSometimes availableRarely availableNever availableSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 33 (2021-06-23 to 2021-07-05) Source variable COMPAVAIL. Universe: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0.	2021-06-23 to 2021-07-05	web	66,262	10,973
Household Pulse Survey, Week 32 (2021-06-09 to 2021-06-21) Source variable COMPAVAIL. Universe: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0.	2021-06-09 to 2021-06-21	web	68,067	11,223
Household Pulse Survey, Week 31 (2021-05-26 to 2021-06-07) Source variable COMPAVAIL. Universe: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0.	2021-05-26 to 2021-06-07	web	70,854	11,592
Household Pulse Survey, Week 30 (2021-05-12 to 2021-05-24) Source variable COMPAVAIL. Universe: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0.	2021-05-12 to 2021-05-24	web	72,897	12,449
Household Pulse Survey, Week 29 (2021-04-28 to 2021-05-10) Source variable COMPAVAIL. Universe: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0.	2021-04-28 to 2021-05-10	web	78,467	13,336
Household Pulse Survey, Week 28 (2021-04-14 to 2021-04-26) Source variable COMPAVAIL. Universe: If TENROLLPUB > 0 or TENROLLPRV > 0.	2021-04-14 to 2021-04-26

All respondents		77%	15%	5%	1%	1%	10973	±2
AK		78%	16%	3%	1%	2%	198	±10
AL		77%	16%	1%	3%	4%	138	±12
AR		74%	13%	11%	2%	–	123	±11
AZ		69%	21%	8%	1%	1%	246	±10
CA		82%	12%	5%	0%	1%	885	±7
CO		77%	16%	4%	0%	3%	280	±8
CT		84%	15%	1%	–	–	174	±12
DC †		97%	3%	–	–	–	89	±17
DE †		91%	6%	3%	–	–	99	±15
FL		69%	22%	4%	2%	3%	315	±8
GA		71%	18%	7%	2%	2%	283	±9
HI		68%	26%	5%	1%	–	123	±13
IA		76%	18%	3%	3%	0%	160	±11
ID		68%	23%	7%	1%	1%	231	±10
IL		79%	17%	3%	1%	–	253	±9
IN		72%	18%	5%	5%	0%	218	±9
KS		73%	18%	6%	3%	0%	198	±10
KY		72%	15%	8%	3%	2%	145	±14
LA		70%	22%	2%	1%	5%	125	±14
MA		78%	19%	3%	0%	–	319	±8
MD		78%	15%	5%	2%	0%	302	±9
ME		81%	12%	6%	1%	–	103	±13
MI		77%	19%	4%	–	–	258	±11
MN		80%	15%	5%	0%	1%	243	±10
MO		78%	17%	3%	1%	1%	197	±10
MS †		74%	15%	8%	0%	2%	106	±14
MT		67%	20%	9%	4%	–	99	±13
NC		78%	10%	10%	0%	1%	194	±10
ND †		77%	15%	6%	1%	–	82	±15
NE		70%	25%	2%	2%	1%	155	±12
NH †		76%	20%	3%	1%	0%	125	±17
NJ		85%	11%	4%	–	–	218	±9
NM		67%	13%	14%	2%	4%	218	±12
NV		78%	18%	4%	0%	0%	181	±13
NY		80%	7%	8%	0%	4%	192	±11
OH		76%	17%	5%	1%	0%	181	±11
OK		61%	28%	8%	3%	–	152	±12
OR		85%	11%	3%	1%	–	292	±8
PA		82%	12%	5%	–	0%	277	±10
RI †		92%	8%	–	1%	–	87	±17
SC		81%	9%	7%	2%	1%	154	±13
SD †		56%	24%	14%	3%	4%	95	±14
TN		75%	9%	13%	3%	–	171	±12
TX		79%	15%	6%	1%	0%	639	±7
UT		64%	31%	4%	0%	0%	456	±7
VA		88%	7%	3%	1%	0%	304	±10
VT †	Too few respondents	–	–	–	–	–	97	±29
WA		87%	11%	1%	1%	0%	408	±7
WI		77%	16%	6%	0%	0%	186	±12
WV		76%	15%	8%	1%	0%	108	±12
WY †		74%	16%	8%	1%	1%	91	±15