GVU's Eighth WWW User Survey Use Graphs

Primary Uses of the Web


Notes:


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Table of Data for All Categories

Primary Uses of the Web All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
Communication 2371.00

32.84%

1470.00

32.54%

872.00

33.41%

2004.00

33.43%

616.00

30.11%

152.00

42.11%

417.00

32.94%

1397.00

33.41%

295.00

27.26%

904.00

38.19%

822.00

30.29%

616.00

30.11%

Education 4357.00

60.35%

2634.00

58.31%

1670.00

63.98%

3660.00

61.05%

1266.00

61.88%

263.00

72.85%

843.00

66.59%

2397.00

57.33%

643.00

59.43%

1355.00

57.25%

1683.00

62.01%

1266.00

61.88%

Entertainment 4720.00

65.38%

3032.00

67.12%

1631.00

62.49%

4066.00

67.82%

1134.00

55.43%

308.00

85.32%

942.00

74.41%

2636.00

63.05%

629.00

58.13%

1813.00

76.59%

1716.00

63.23%

1134.00

55.43%

Other 646.00

8.95%

401.00

8.88%

240.00

9.20%

571.00

9.52%

176.00

8.60%

38.00

10.53%

100.00

7.90%

349.00

8.35%

115.00

10.63%

259.00

10.94%

206.00

7.59%

176.00

8.60%

Personal info 5249.00

72.71%

3295.00

72.95%

1894.00

72.57%

4456.00

74.33%

1509.00

73.75%

234.00

64.82%

879.00

69.43%

3074.00

73.52%

828.00

76.52%

1740.00

73.51%

1940.00

71.48%

1509.00

73.75%

Shopping 2866.00

39.70%

1923.00

42.57%

900.00

34.48%

2476.00

41.30%

970.00

47.41%

90.00

24.93%

436.00

34.44%

1801.00

43.08%

414.00

38.26%

797.00

33.67%

1056.00

38.91%

970.00

47.41%

Time wasting 2903.00

40.21%

1894.00

41.93%

982.00

37.62%

2480.00

41.37%

815.00

39.83%

249.00

68.98%

698.00

55.13%

1543.00

36.91%

321.00

29.67%

954.00

40.30%

1107.00

40.79%

815.00

39.83%

Work 3949.00

54.70%

2585.00

57.23%

1317.00

50.46%

3130.00

52.21%

1620.00

79.18%

80.00

22.16%

657.00

51.90%

2594.00

62.04%

465.00

42.98%

651.00

27.50%

1631.00

60.10%

1620.00

79.18%











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