6% of US teens write software for personal enjoyment
Fact recorded on: May 21, 2008. Categories: Internet usage, Software dev.
| For school | For personal enjoyment |
Have done for any reason |
||
| Do short writing, from a paragraph to one page |
92% | 31% | 97% | |
| Take notes in class | 98 | n/a | 98 | |
| Write essays | 93 | 8 | 95 | |
| Do creative writing, such as plays, poetry, fiction or short stories |
74 | 25 | 81 | |
| Write notes or letters to other people |
38 | 64 | 78 | |
| Create audio, video, PowerPoint or multimedia presentations |
69 | 16 | 73 | |
| Write up a science lab | 71 | n/a | 71 | |
| Write in a journal | 44 | 34 | 65 | |
| Write music or lyrics | 9 | 25 | 30 | |
| Write computer programs | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||
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