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How Users Find out About WWW Pages


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How Users Find out About WWW Pages





Group G45  "How Users Find out About WWW Pages"
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36         2351      5.2     25.7
Friends                                  Q37         5731     12.7     62.7
WWW Pages                                Q38         7917     17.6     86.6
Search Engines                           Q39         7639     17.0     83.5
Directories                              Q40         5889     13.1     64.4
Usenet                                   Q41         2072      4.6     22.7
Printed Media                            Q42         5534     12.3     60.5
Sigs                                     Q43         2636      5.9     28.8
TV                                       Q44         3089      6.9     33.8
Other                                    Q45         2107      4.7     23.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    44965    100.0    491.6

0 missing cases;  9,147 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X1:         .

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36           31      5.3     24.8
Friends                                  Q37           77     13.2     61.6
WWW Pages                                Q38           98     16.8     78.4
Search Engines                           Q39          101     17.4     80.8
Directories                              Q40           68     11.7     54.4
Usenet                                   Q41           33      5.7     26.4
Printed Media                            Q42           66     11.3     52.8
Sigs                                     Q43           32      5.5     25.6
TV                                       Q44           35      6.0     28.0
Other                                    Q45           41      7.0     32.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      582    100.0    465.6

0 missing cases;  125 valid cases



X1:         1   USA

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36         1991      5.3     26.1
Friends                                  Q37         4852     12.9     63.7
WWW Pages                                Q38         6606     17.6     86.7
Search Engines                           Q39         6337     16.8     83.2
Directories                              Q40         4973     13.2     65.3
Usenet                                   Q41         1641      4.4     21.5
Printed Media                            Q42         4652     12.4     61.1
Sigs                                     Q43         2134      5.7     28.0
TV                                       Q44         2677      7.1     35.1
Other                                    Q45         1770      4.7     23.2
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    37633    100.0    493.9

0 missing cases;  7,619 valid cases



X1:         2   Europe

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          117      4.5     21.9
Friends                                  Q37          306     11.7     57.3
WWW Pages                                Q38          461     17.6     86.3
Search Engines                           Q39          468     17.8     87.6
Directories                              Q40          334     12.7     62.5
Usenet                                   Q41          187      7.1     35.0
Printed Media                            Q42          319     12.2     59.7
Sigs                                     Q43          205      7.8     38.4
TV                                       Q44          123      4.7     23.0
Other                                    Q45          105      4.0     19.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     2625    100.0    491.6

0 missing cases;  534 valid cases



X1:         3   Other

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          212      5.1     24.4
Friends                                  Q37          496     12.0     57.1
WWW Pages                                Q38          752     18.2     86.5
Search Engines                           Q39          733     17.8     84.3
Directories                              Q40          514     12.5     59.1
Usenet                                   Q41          211      5.1     24.3
Printed Media                            Q42          497     12.0     57.2
Sigs                                     Q43          265      6.4     30.5
TV                                       Q44          254      6.2     29.2
Other                                    Q45          191      4.6     22.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     4125    100.0    474.7

0 missing cases;  869 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X4:       .

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36           31      5.3     24.8
Friends                                  Q37           77     13.2     61.6
WWW Pages                                Q38           98     16.8     78.4
Search Engines                           Q39          101     17.4     80.8
Directories                              Q40           68     11.7     54.4
Usenet                                   Q41           33      5.7     26.4
Printed Media                            Q42           66     11.3     52.8
Sigs                                     Q43           32      5.5     25.6
TV                                       Q44           35      6.0     28.0
Other                                    Q45           41      7.0     32.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      582    100.0    465.6

0 missing cases;  125 valid cases



X4:      1.00   Female

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          926      5.4     26.7
Friends                                  Q37         2288     13.3     66.1
WWW Pages                                Q38         3039     17.7     87.8
Search Engines                           Q39         2851     16.6     82.4
Directories                              Q40         2330     13.6     67.3
Usenet                                   Q41          536      3.1     15.5
Printed Media                            Q42         2131     12.4     61.6
Sigs                                     Q43         1033      6.0     29.8
TV                                       Q44         1237      7.2     35.7
Other                                    Q45          823      4.8     23.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    17194    100.0    496.6

0 missing cases;  3,462 valid cases



X4:      2.00   Male

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36         1394      5.1     25.1
Friends                                  Q37         3366     12.4     60.5
WWW Pages                                Q38         4780     17.6     86.0
Search Engines                           Q39         4687     17.2     84.3
Directories                              Q40         3491     12.8     62.8
Usenet                                   Q41         1503      5.5     27.0
Printed Media                            Q42         3337     12.3     60.0
Sigs                                     Q43         1571      5.8     28.3
TV                                       Q44         1817      6.7     32.7
Other                                    Q45         1243      4.6     22.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    27189    100.0    489.0

0 missing cases;  5,560 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X2:         .

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36           34      5.5     26.0
Friends                                  Q37           81     13.1     61.8
WWW Pages                                Q38          103     16.7     78.6
Search Engines                           Q39          106     17.2     80.9
Directories                              Q40           73     11.8     55.7
Usenet                                   Q41           35      5.7     26.7
Printed Media                            Q42           69     11.2     52.7
Sigs                                     Q43           34      5.5     26.0
TV                                       Q44           37      6.0     28.2
Other                                    Q45           45      7.3     34.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      617    100.0    471.0

0 missing cases;  131 valid cases



X2:         1   11-20

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          227      4.6     22.0
Friends                                  Q37          676     13.8     65.6
WWW Pages                                Q38          894     18.2     86.7
Search Engines                           Q39          854     17.4     82.8
Directories                              Q40          656     13.4     63.6
Usenet                                   Q41          200      4.1     19.4
Printed Media                            Q42          516     10.5     50.0
Sigs                                     Q43          315      6.4     30.6
TV                                       Q44          330      6.7     32.0
Other                                    Q45          241      4.9     23.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     4909    100.0    476.1

0 missing cases;  1,031 valid cases



X2:         2   21-25

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          323      5.0     24.5
Friends                                  Q37          895     13.7     68.0
WWW Pages                                Q38         1147     17.6     87.1
Search Engines                           Q39         1116     17.1     84.7
Directories                              Q40          862     13.2     65.5
Usenet                                   Q41          305      4.7     23.2
Printed Media                            Q42          758     11.6     57.6
Sigs                                     Q43          411      6.3     31.2
TV                                       Q44          449      6.9     34.1
Other                                    Q45          251      3.9     19.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     6517    100.0    494.8

0 missing cases;  1,317 valid cases



X2:         3   26-50

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36         1363      5.2     26.0
Friends                                  Q37         3239     12.4     61.8
WWW Pages                                Q38         4585     17.6     87.5
Search Engines                           Q39         4418     17.0     84.3
Directories                              Q40         3392     13.0     64.7
Usenet                                   Q41         1243      4.8     23.7
Printed Media                            Q42         3253     12.5     62.1
Sigs                                     Q43         1500      5.8     28.6
TV                                       Q44         1774      6.8     33.9
Other                                    Q45         1253      4.8     23.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    26020    100.0    496.6

0 missing cases;  5,240 valid cases



X2:         4   50+

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          404      5.9     28.3
Friends                                  Q37          840     12.2     58.8
WWW Pages                                Q38         1188     17.2     83.2
Search Engines                           Q39         1145     16.6     80.2
Directories                              Q40          906     13.1     63.4
Usenet                                   Q41          289      4.2     20.2
Printed Media                            Q42          938     13.6     65.7
Sigs                                     Q43          376      5.4     26.3
TV                                       Q44          499      7.2     34.9
Other                                    Q45          317      4.6     22.2
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     6902    100.0    483.3

0 missing cases;  1,428 valid cases

How Users Find out About WWW Pages




X3:         .

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36           31      5.3     24.8
Friends                                  Q37           77     13.2     61.6
WWW Pages                                Q38           98     16.8     78.4
Search Engines                           Q39          101     17.4     80.8
Directories                              Q40           68     11.7     54.4
Usenet                                   Q41           33      5.7     26.4
Printed Media                            Q42           66     11.3     52.8
Sigs                                     Q43           32      5.5     25.6
TV                                       Q44           35      6.0     28.0
Other                                    Q45           41      7.0     32.8
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      582    100.0    465.6

0 missing cases;  125 valid cases



X3:         1   <1 Year

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          366      5.4     24.2
Friends                                  Q37          917     13.6     60.6
WWW Pages                                Q38         1220     18.1     80.6
Search Engines                           Q39         1124     16.6     74.3
Directories                              Q40          919     13.6     60.7
Usenet                                   Q41          150      2.2      9.9
Printed Media                            Q42          860     12.7     56.8
Sigs                                     Q43          307      4.5     20.3
TV                                       Q44          571      8.5     37.7
Other                                    Q45          320      4.7     21.2
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     6754    100.0    446.4

0 missing cases;  1,513 valid cases



X3:         2   1-3 Years

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36         1000      5.2     25.0
Friends                                  Q37         2440     12.7     60.9
WWW Pages                                Q38         3469     18.1     86.6
Search Engines                           Q39         3329     17.3     83.1
Directories                              Q40         2530     13.2     63.2
Usenet                                   Q41          732      3.8     18.3
Printed Media                            Q42         2446     12.7     61.1
Sigs                                     Q43         1040      5.4     26.0
TV                                       Q44         1352      7.0     33.8
Other                                    Q45          850      4.4     21.2
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    19188    100.0    479.2

0 missing cases;  4,004 valid cases



X3:         3   >4 Years

Group G45  How Users Find out About WWW Pages
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Books                                    Q36          954      5.2     27.2
Friends                                  Q37         2297     12.5     65.5
WWW Pages                                Q38         3130     17.0     89.3
Search Engines                           Q39         3085     16.7     88.0
Directories                              Q40         2372     12.9     67.7
Usenet                                   Q41         1157      6.3     33.0
Printed Media                            Q42         2162     11.7     61.7
Sigs                                     Q43         1257      6.8     35.9
TV                                       Q44         1131      6.1     32.3
Other                                    Q45          896      4.9     25.6
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses    18441    100.0    526.1

0 missing cases;  3,505 valid cases


Source: GVU's Ninth WWW User Survey (Conducted April 1998)
URL:http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
Copyright 1998 GTRC - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Contact: www-survey@cc.gatech.edu

For more information or to submit comments:
send email 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