GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey Purchase Graphs

Past Purchases


Notes:


During the past six months, how often have you made any purchases from each of the following sources?

Catalog Store, or Mail Order, NOT online (e.g., Service Merchandise, L.L. Bean, catalogs through US mail or telephone, Best Buy)


Other Retail Stores/Service Outlets (e.g., specialty stores, supermarkets, Department stores, etc.)


Online Shopping (e.g., Prodigy, Bulletin board, Internet/Web Vendors, etc.)



Table of Data for All Categories

Catalog/Mail Order All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
2 to 4 times a month 386.00

15.56%

231.00

14.71%

152.00

17.23%

365.00

17.52%

4.00

2.48%

11.00

18.64%

40.00

11.11%

235.00

15.81%

81.00

17.27%

142.00

17.32%

138.00

16.03%

103.00

13.36%

Hardly ever 580.00

23.39%

378.00

24.08%

192.00

21.77%

396.00

19.01%

79.00

49.07%

9.00

15.25%

106.00

29.44%

341.00

22.95%

95.00

20.26%

174.00

21.22%

207.00

24.04%

189.00

24.51%

Less often than once a month 734.00

29.60%

458.00

29.17%

270.00

30.61%

635.00

30.48%

37.00

22.98%

19.00

32.20%

109.00

30.28%

444.00

29.88%

132.00

28.14%

237.00

28.90%

255.00

29.62%

236.00

30.61%

Less often thanonce a month 48.00

1.94%

32.00

2.04%

16.00

1.81%

38.00

1.82%

8.00

4.97%

2.00

3.39%

7.00

1.94%

30.00

2.02%

8.00

1.71%

11.00

1.34%

22.00

2.56%

15.00

1.95%

More than once a week 71.00

2.86%

40.00

2.55%

30.00

3.40%

68.00

3.26%

1.00

0.62%

2.00

3.39%

11.00

3.06%

39.00

2.62%

14.00

2.99%

33.00

4.02%

25.00

2.90%

12.00

1.56%

Not Answered 87.00

3.51%

61.00

3.89%

25.00

2.83%

67.00

3.22%

8.00

4.97%

3.00

5.08%

14.00

3.89%

42.00

2.83%

20.00

4.26%

39.00

4.76%

32.00

3.72%

15.00

1.95%

Once a month 554.00

22.34%

356.00

22.68%

191.00

21.66%

497.00

23.86%

22.00

13.66%

13.00

22.03%

71.00

19.72%

345.00

23.22%

112.00

23.88%

181.00

22.07%

170.00

19.74%

196.00

25.42%

Retail Store All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
2 to 4 times a month 769.00

31.01%

484.00

30.83%

277.00

31.41%

662.00

31.78%

41.00

25.47%

25.00

42.37%

101.00

28.06%

478.00

32.17%

129.00

27.51%

233.00

28.41%

281.00

32.64%

247.00

32.04%

Hardly ever 96.00

3.87%

69.00

4.39%

26.00

2.95%

80.00

3.84%

8.00

4.97%

3.00

5.08%

9.00

2.50%

50.00

3.36%

26.00

5.54%

48.00

5.85%

26.00

3.02%

21.00

2.72%

Less often than once a month 107.00

4.31%

70.00

4.46%

36.00

4.08%

91.00

4.37%

3.00

1.86%

7.00

11.86%

15.00

4.17%

53.00

3.57%

27.00

5.76%

50.00

6.10%

28.00

3.25%

28.00

3.63%

More than once a week 1175.00

47.38%

707.00

45.03%

455.00

51.59%

976.00

46.86%

81.00

50.31%

17.00

28.81%

191.00

53.06%

701.00

47.17%

226.00

48.19%

375.00

45.73%

407.00

47.27%

380.00

49.29%

Not Answered 45.00

1.81%

34.00

2.17%

10.00

1.13%

40.00

1.92%

2.00

1.24%

1.00

1.69%

5.00

1.39%

19.00

1.28%

13.00

2.77%

24.00

2.93%

16.00

1.86%

4.00

0.52%

Once a month 201.00

8.10%

156.00

9.94%

41.00

4.65%

166.00

7.97%

15.00

9.32%

4.00

6.78%

24.00

6.67%

135.00

9.08%

30.00

6.40%

70.00

8.54%

64.00

7.43%

63.00

8.17%

Online Shopping All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
2 to 4 times a month 237.00

9.56%

160.00

10.19%

76.00

8.62%

203.00

9.75%

16.00

9.94%

3.00

5.08%

35.00

9.72%

160.00

10.77%

34.00

7.25%

50.00

6.10%

79.00

9.18%

107.00

13.88%

Hardly ever 1084.00

43.71%

618.00

39.36%

456.00

51.70%

927.00

44.50%

58.00

36.02%

39.00

66.10%

157.00

43.61%

607.00

40.85%

221.00

47.12%

460.00

56.10%

366.00

42.51%

248.00

32.17%

Less often than once a month 550.00

22.18%

368.00

23.44%

174.00

19.73%

455.00

21.84%

37.00

22.98%

10.00

16.95%

88.00

24.44%

343.00

23.08%

92.00

19.62%

134.00

16.34%

200.00

23.23%

208.00

26.98%

More than once a week 33.00

1.33%

22.00

1.40%

10.00

1.13%

27.00

1.30%

1.00

0.62%

0.00

0.00%

3.00

0.83%

19.00

1.28%

9.00

1.92%

10.00

1.22%

9.00

1.05%

13.00

1.69%

Not Answered 168.00

6.77%

97.00

6.18%

67.00

7.60%

142.00

6.82%

6.00

3.73%

1.00

1.69%

20.00

5.56%

85.00

5.72%

47.00

10.02%

87.00

10.61%

54.00

6.27%

23.00

2.98%

Once a month 377.00

15.20%

283.00

18.03%

90.00

10.20%

304.00

14.59%

39.00

24.22%

6.00

10.17%

54.00

15.00%

252.00

16.96%

58.00

12.37%

73.00

8.90%

137.00

15.91%

163.00

21.14%




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