GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey General Graphs

Willingness to Pay Fees


Notes:


Some sites are starting to charge for the use of their web pages. What is the main reason that you would not be willing to pay to access a site?

Table of Data for All Categories

Willingness to Pay Fees All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
Already paying 3402.00

33.66%

1840.00

29.60%

1562.00

40.14%

3023.00

35.52%

121.00

17.95%

191.00

30.96%

475.00

24.82%

1820.00

31.82%

697.00

47.97%

1786.00

48.24%

1189.00

30.76%

427.00

16.80%

Cost too high 811.00

8.02%

529.00

8.51%

282.00

7.25%

662.00

7.78%

77.00

11.42%

87.00

14.10%

188.00

9.82%

430.00

7.52%

78.00

5.37%

271.00

7.32%

313.00

8.10%

227.00

8.93%

Don't trust 128.00

1.27%

69.00

1.11%

59.00

1.52%

105.00

1.23%

9.00

1.34%

7.00

1.13%

29.00

1.52%

75.00

1.31%

12.00

0.83%

73.00

1.97%

41.00

1.06%

14.00

0.55%

Don't trust 212.00

2.10%

138.00

2.22%

74.00

1.90%

161.00

1.89%

24.00

3.56%

19.00

3.08%

53.00

2.77%

117.00

2.05%

13.00

0.89%

88.00

2.38%

80.00

2.07%

44.00

1.73%

Other sources 4155.00

41.11%

2677.00

43.06%

1478.00

37.99%

3530.00

41.48%

270.00

40.06%

245.00

39.71%

915.00

47.81%

2433.00

42.54%

463.00

31.87%

1079.00

29.15%

1720.00

44.50%

1356.00

53.36%

Payment mechanism 236.00

2.33%

177.00

2.85%

59.00

1.52%

150.00

1.76%

45.00

6.68%

12.00

1.94%

53.00

2.77%

142.00

2.48%

23.00

1.58%

68.00

1.84%

102.00

2.64%

66.00

2.60%

Poor quality 504.00

4.99%

377.00

6.06%

127.00

3.26%

337.00

3.96%

83.00

12.31%

12.00

1.94%

102.00

5.33%

330.00

5.77%

46.00

3.17%

83.00

2.24%

172.00

4.45%

249.00

9.80%

Other (Reasons) 541.00

5.35%

321.00

5.16%

220.00

5.65%

458.00

5.38%

34.00

5.04%

41.00

6.65%

92.00

4.81%

311.00

5.44%

76.00

5.23%

206.00

5.56%

206.00

5.33%

129.00

5.08%

Yes, regardless 119.00

1.18%

89.00

1.43%

30.00

0.77%

84.00

0.99%

11.00

1.63%

3.00

0.49%

7.00

0.37%

61.00

1.07%

45.00

3.10%

48.00

1.30%

42.00

1.09%

29.00

1.14%











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