( CNN ) -- Hispanics in the United States are less likely than whites to access the internet , have a home broadband connection or own a cell phone , according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center released Wednesday . The study found that differences in educational level and income are likely behind the digital gap , as the divide in most cases disappears when adjusted for those two factors . Latinos also lag behind African-Americans in home broadband access but have similar rates of internet and cell phone use , the study found . While about two-thirds of Hispanic and African-American adults went online in 2010 , more than three-fourths of white adults did so , the study found . As for broadband use at home , the gap between Hispanics and whites is significant , the study says . `` The difference in internet use between Hispanics and whites is driven in part by the fact that Hispanics tend to have less education and lower incomes than whites , '' study author Gretchen Livingston wrote . `` When education or income are controlled for , the ethnic differences in internet use disappear . '' Educational attainment is also correlated with internet use , according to the study . While only 42 % of Latinos without a high school diploma are online , that share increases to 68 % for those who have completed high school . And 91 % of Latinos who have attended at least some college say that they go online . Household income is also strongly associated with internet use , the study says . In households with incomes under $ 30,000 a year , some 57 % of Hispanics use the internet , the study says . That number jumps up to 79 % for Hispanic households that make between $ 30,000 and $ 49,999 . And more than 90 % of Latinos in households with incomes of more than $ 50,000 are online , the study found . In sum , what the report found was that `` Hispanics and whites who have similar socioeconomic characteristics have similar usage patterns for these technologies . '' The report was based on two national surveys . The Pew Hispanic Center 's 2010 National Survey of Latinos was a survey of 1,375 adults and had a margin of error of 3.3 % . The second survey was the Pew Internet and American Life Project in August 2010 , which surveyed 3,010 adults and had a margin of error of 2.5 % .
Hispanics are less likely than whites to access the internet or have broadband , study says . Differences in educational level and income are likely factors behind the gap , it says . Comment: