Fact · Typing and writing speed
70percent of time spent on actual typing
In the same 2015 study, older adults spent about 70 percent of their time on actual typing, while younger adults spent about half of their time typing.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“older adults spent about 70% of their time on actual typing, whereas younger adults spent only about half of their time typing”
Writing in a Digital World: Self-Correction While Typing in Younger and Older Adults, Yoram M. Kalman et al., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2015, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.3390/ijerph121012723)- What it measures
- The study divided each session into time spent typing and time spent pausing, planning or editing. The comparison is between a 65 to 83 age group and a 21 to 31 age group.
- What it does not show
- Based on 19 people per group in a single writing session. The share reflects how each group divided its time on that task, so it is not a measure of typing speed alone.