Hours Per Week of "Work" Computing

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Notes:

• Overall, the response profile across the categories is relatively flat. Only 25.1% spend less than 5 hours of computing time on work, while 18.5% spend over 41 hours. This is almost identical to the profile from the fourth survey.

• As with the fourth survey, European respondents spend more hours per week working with computers than do US respondents: 56.4% of Europeans spend more than 21 hours per week compared to only 44.8% of Americans.

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Notes:

• Females generally spend less time using their computers for work than do males. Over a quarter of females spend 1-5 hours, opposed to just over 17% for males.

• Twice as many males spend over 50 hours per week than females (10.1% males, 4.7% females).

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Notes:

• Users in the 26-50 age range rely on computers for work much more than the other age ranges. Nearly 40% of 26-50 year olds use computers for work for more than 30 hours per week.

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Table of Data for All Categories

work	All	Male	Female	USA	Europe	19-25	26-50	50+
11_to_20	1806 15.39%	1280 15.91%	526 14.25%	1315 15.27%	194 15.28%	464 16.96%	1027 14.77%	172 17.66%
1_to_5	2311 19.69%	1382 17.18%	929 25.17%	1728 20.07%	175 13.78%	614 22.44%	1072 15.42%	179 18.38%
21_to_30	1584 13.50%	1124 13.97%	460 12.46%	1119 13.00%	210 16.54%	340 12.43%	1018 14.65%	141 14.48%
31_to_40	1598 13.62%	1059 13.16%	539 14.60%	1148 13.33%	248 19.53%	322 11.77%	1132 16.29%	91 9.34%
41_to_50	1180 10.05%	906 11.26%	274 7.42%	874 10.15%	144 11.34%	228 8.33%	870 12.52%	59 6.06%
6_to_10	1633 13.91%	1106 13.75%	527 14.28%	1224 14.22%	142 11.18%	454 16.59%	822 11.83%	160 16.43%
none	634 5.40%	373 4.64%	261 7.07%	482 5.60%	43 3.39%	114 4.17%	311 4.47%	114 11.70%
over_50	990 8.44%	815 10.13%	175 4.74%	719 8.35%	114 8.98%	200 7.31%	699 10.06%	58 5.95%

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280