December 2011 results are from a survey of 2,986 people age 16 and older conducted November 16-December 21, 2011. The survey was conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and call phones. N for number of non-owners of e-reading devices=2,290.
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U.S. survey: plans to purchase a tablet PC in 2011
This graph illustrates the percentage of U.S. American adults age 16 and older who do not own a tablet computer and their intentions about buying one. 81 percent of the U.S. adults do not want to own a tablet computer.
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