U.S. Gen X: looking up consumer information online 2012

This statistic shows the percent of Generation X members in the United States who regularly use the internet to look up various consumer information. According to the December 2012 survey, 24.7 percent of Gen X regularly looks up information about concert and sporting event tickets online.

Percentage of U.S. Generation X who regularly use the internet to look up consumer information as of December 2012

Characteristic	Share
Maps and directions	47.2%
Movies	40.2%
Restaurants	36.8%
Clothing and shoes	35.8%
Online entertainment	35.3%
Product information (non-auto)	34.7%
Travel	33.3%
Sports	29.3%
Concert and sporting event tickets	24.7%
Medical information services	16.8%
Financial information	11.1%
Real estate	10.7%
Automobile/Trucks	9.3%

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Release date

July 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 2012

Number of respondents

Gen Y n=4970, Gen X n=6029, Baby Boomers n=6512

Supplementary notes

The source classifies Generation Y as born between 1983 and 1994, Generation X as born between 1965 and 1982, and Baby Boomers as born between 1946 and 1964.

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