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Internet User Survey #2

Survey started: March 21, 1999

Total Respondents: 8039



 
 
Your Age:
18.5% 1491 22-25
15.8% 1272 26-30
11.3% 906 31-35
8.2% 659 36-40
6.2% 500 41-45
5.8% 465 21
5.5% 446 16-17
4.9% 394 20
4.8% 383 46-50
4.2% 334 18
4.1% 331 19
3.7% 301 13-15
3.0% 240 51-55
1.4% 110 56-60
0.6% 47 61-65
0.4% 36 Under 12
0.4% 33 No Answer
0.4% 31 66-70
0.2% 15 81+
0.1% 12 71-80
 
 
Your Sex:
56.5% 4539 Male
39.9% 3210 Female
3.1% 248 No Answer
 
 
Highest level of education completed:
24.2% 1942 College - Bachelors degree
20.9% 1682 College - currently enrolled
19.8% 1594 Some college
11.6% 933 College - Masters degree
9.9% 793 Some high school
8.8% 708 High school graduate
2.8% 223 College - PhD
1.5% 123 No Answer
 
 
What industry are you involved with or studying (if a student)? If you are involved in more than one business/industry, select the one relating to your main source of income/vocation:
15.9% 1278 Student
14.7% 1185 Computers
10.3% 829 Advertising/Marketing/PR
6.4% 515 Other - service oriented
5.3% 427 Education
4.1% 331 No Answer
3.6% 287 Engineering/Electrical/Mechanical/Civil
3.4% 273 Finance
3.3% 267 General Business
3.3% 264 Medical
3.2% 261 Arts (photography, music, design, etc.)
3.0% 239 Sales
2.8% 224 Politics/Public Service
2.3% 188 Publishing/Journalism
2.3% 184 Psychology/Sociology
1.9% 150 Administration
1.8% 147 Legal
1.8% 144 Manufacturing - industrial products
1.7% 138 Retail/Merchandising
1.5% 118 Manufacturing - consumer products
1.2% 97 Military
1.0% 84 Hospitality/Food
1.0% 77 Construction/Architechture
0.9% 72 Other - product oriented
0.7% 59 Biological
0.7% 58 Tourism
0.6% 52 Chemical/Geological
0.6% 45 Maintenance/Repair
 
 
What type of position do you have?
35.5% 2850 Student
14.8% 1193 Other
12.4% 996 Mid-level management
7.5% 601 Production/development
6.6% 531 Top-level Executive/CEO/CFO
5.3% 428 Operations/business support (accounting, human resources, etc.)
4.4% 355 No Answer
4.0% 322 Sales
3.6% 290 Secretarial/assistant/receptionist
3.5% 278 Product/service support
1.9% 154 Maintenance/repair
 
 
What is your average annual family income?
17.0% 1367 No Answer
8.3% 671 $41k-$50k
8.0% 643 $10k-$20k
7.3% 586 $51k-$60k
6.4% 512 $81k-$100k
6.2% 498 Under $10k
6.0% 479 $61k-$70k
5.9% 471 $21k-$25k
5.5% 445 $30k-$35k
5.4% 437 $36k-$40k
5.4% 434 $71k-$80k
5.3% 429 $26k-$30k
4.4% 357 $101k-$120k
2.6% 206 $151k-$200k
2.3% 183 $121k-$150k
2.1% 171 Over $300k
1.3% 105 $200k-$300k
 
 
What is your marital status?
56.2% 4517 Never been married
32.4% 2601 Married
6.0% 481 Divorced
3.6% 289 No Answer
1.4% 110 Separated
 
 
How many times have you been married?
54.7% 4395 0
29.3% 2356 1
6.9% 555 2
5.6% 448 No Answer
1.7% 140 3
0.7% 59 7+
0.3% 27 4
0.2% 16 5
0.1% 10 6
 
 
How many children do you have?
66.7% 5359 0
11.4% 917 2
10.0% 800 1
4.6% 369 3
2.7% 216 No Answer
2.3% 183 4
0.7% 59 5
0.6% 49 9+
0.4% 30 6
0.2% 13 8
0.1% 9 7
 
 
How long have you been at your current job (if you're a student, how many years have you been in college)?
15.1% 1212 1-2 years
12.4% 995 2-3 years
11.2% 904 6 months - 1 year
10.9% 875 Less than 6 months
9.1% 734 3-4 years
8.5% 680 Elementary/High School
7.2% 578 4-5 years
5.3% 423 No Answer
5.2% 417 6-7 years
4.5% 362 8-10 years
4.5% 362 11-15 years
2.6% 209 16-20 years
2.1% 172 21-30 years
0.5% 42 31-40 years
0.4% 33 41+ years
 
 
How do you access the Internet now?
22.9% 1842 From work
22.9% 1841 Local independent ISP
21.8% 1755 Via my school
18.1% 1458 AOL
14.7% 1179 Local telephone company
13.2% 1063 Other national ISP/Telco
12.1% 974 MSN
10.4% 835 Local cable company
5.4% 438 Friend's computer
4.2% 336 AT&T
3.8% 304 Earthlink
3.5% 282 Local free net
3.4% 277 Public Terminals/Cyber cafe
3.2% 258 Prodigy
2.8% 225 Netcom
2.1% 171 Compuserve
1.1% 89 Sprint
0.9% 73 Pipeline
0.7% 58 MCI
 
 
What's the maximum speed you access the Internet at from HOME?
29.2% 2348 Modem - 56k
13.9% 1116 Modem - 28.8k
13.1% 1052 Modem - 33.6k
9.6% 768 Cable-Modem
6.0% 484 Don't have access at home
4.7% 376 I'm not sure.
4.5% 361 Other high speed twisted pair (DSL, etc.)
4.3% 349 No Answer
4.2% 334 Modem - 14.4k
3.8% 306 Modem - not sure
1.5% 120 ISDN - 128k
1.4% 116 ISDN - 56/64k
0.7% 59 Modem - less than 14.4k
0.7% 57 Full T1 (1.54Mb)
0.3% 28 Multiple T3s
0.3% 26 ISDN - multiple
0.3% 23 Fractional T1
0.3% 21 Other
0.2% 18 Full T3 (45Mb)
0.2% 16 Fractional T3
0.2% 16 Multiple T1s
 
 
What's the maximum speed you access the Internet at from WORK?
17.0% 1363 Don't have access at work
16.2% 1303 No Answer
8.5% 686 I'm not sure.
7.6% 610 Full T1 (1.54Mb)
7.5% 600 Modem - 56k
5.6% 449 Not sure - it's over a LAN
4.2% 337 Modem - 28.8k
3.9% 314 Cable-Modem
3.7% 296 ISDN - 128k
3.6% 289 Modem - 33.6k
3.5% 283 Modem - not sure
3.0% 243 Other high speed twisted pair (DSL, etc.)
3.0% 242 Fractional T1
2.7% 220 ISDN - 56/64k
2.2% 178 Multiple T1s
1.6% 129 Full T3 (45Mb)
1.6% 125 ISDN - multiple
1.3% 107 Multiple T3s
1.2% 97 Modem - 14.4k
0.5% 43 Other
0.5% 41 Fractional T3
0.5% 38 Modem - less than 14.4k
 
 
Have you ever purchased anything over the Internet?
47.3% 3801 Yes (several times)
32.4% 2604 No
14.7% 1182 Yes (once)
5.2% 416 No Answer
 
 
What do you primarily use the Internet for?
81.3% 6534 Research
80.3% 6454 Communication/keeping in touch
56.7% 4555 Education
51.0% 4101 Games/Entertainment
48.4% 3892 Get the latest news/financial information
37.3% 3000 Online shopping
33.3% 2679 Online chatting
27.7% 2223 Employment/job searching
22.6% 1815 I have a personal web page
21.4% 1724 Meeting new people; sharing interests
21.2% 1708 Newsgroups
20.4% 1639 Political/social causes
19.2% 1546 'Adult' (sexual) activities
16.9% 1358 I'm involved with an Internet-based business
8.7% 699 To generate additional revenue; explore entrepeneurship
5.9% 475 Promotion of a non-Internet related business
4.2% 337 Video conferencing
 
 
On average how much e-mail do you receive?
21.5% 1726 3-5/day
18.6% 1494 6-10/day
12.7% 1022 11-20/day
11.9% 953 1-2/day
11.0% 885 About 1-5 a week
6.4% 514 21-30/day
3.9% 312 31-40/day
2.6% 208 41-50/day
1.8% 147 Less than 1 a week
1.6% 132 76-100/day
1.6% 126 51-75/day
1.3% 102 101-200/day
1.3% 102 No Answer
1.2% 96 None - don't have e-mail
0.9% 74 Less than 1 a month
0.6% 48 201-500/day
0.6% 45 2000+/day
0.1% 10 501-1000/day
0.1% 5 1000-2000/day

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