GVU's Sixth WWW User Survey General Graphs

Since Getting On The Net I Have Become

Notes:

Almost half (46.1%) of the respondents felt more connected to people who share their interests since coming online. This provides some evidence for the claim that the internet is more than just an information source, rather it's building new communities based on common interests instead of common geographic locations.

Table of Data for All Categories

Community Building	All	Male	Female	USA	Europe	19-25	26-50	50+
Don't Know	4133.00 28.34%	2677.00 26.75%	1456.00 31.80%	3433.00 28.45%	235.00 25.91%	685.00 25.62%	2348.00 27.05%	623.00 36.18%
Equally	3374.00 23.13%	2418.00 24.16%	956.00 20.88%	2773.00 22.98%	255.00 28.11%	666.00 24.91%	2071.00 23.86%	371.00 21.54%
Less	355.00 2.43%	237.00 2.37%	118.00 2.58%	290.00 2.40%	19.00 2.09%	78.00 2.92%	207.00 2.38%	39.00 2.26%
More	6724.00 46.10%	4676.00 46.72%	2048.00 44.74%	5570.00 46.16%	398.00 43.88%	1245.00 46.56%	4055.00 46.71%	689.00 40.01%

For more information or to submit comments:
send e-mail to www-survey@cc.gatech.edu.
GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280