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Reasons for Not Registering


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Reasons for Not Registering





Group G56  "Reasons for Not Registering"
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          706     11.8     47.6
Requires Name                            Q49          530      8.9     35.8
Requires Email                           Q50          478      8.0     32.3
Requires Address                         Q51          761     12.8     51.3
Terms                                    Q52         1114     18.7     75.2
Not Worth Risk                           Q53         1084     18.2     73.1
Don't Trust                              Q54          998     16.7     67.3
Always Register                          Q55           63      1.1      4.3
Other                                    Q56          231      3.9     15.6
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     5965    100.0    402.5

0 missing cases;  1,482 valid cases

Reasons for Not Registering




X1:         .

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           11     12.4     45.8
Requires Name                            Q49           12     13.5     50.0
Requires Email                           Q50            8      9.0     33.3
Requires Address                         Q51           14     15.7     58.3
Terms                                    Q52           16     18.0     66.7
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           13     14.6     54.2
Don't Trust                              Q54           11     12.4     45.8
Always Register                          Q55            2      2.2      8.3
Other                                    Q56            2      2.2      8.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses       89    100.0    370.8

0 missing cases;  24 valid cases



X1:         1   USA

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          569     11.6     46.5
Requires Name                            Q49          438      8.9     35.8
Requires Email                           Q50          388      7.9     31.7
Requires Address                         Q51          622     12.7     50.9
Terms                                    Q52          909     18.6     74.3
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          894     18.3     73.1
Don't Trust                              Q54          823     16.8     67.3
Always Register                          Q55           58      1.2      4.7
Other                                    Q56          197      4.0     16.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     4898    100.0    400.5

0 missing cases;  1,223 valid cases



X1:         2   Europe

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           65     13.3     50.8
Requires Name                            Q49           35      7.2     27.3
Requires Email                           Q50           37      7.6     28.9
Requires Address                         Q51           61     12.5     47.7
Terms                                    Q52           98     20.0     76.6
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           93     19.0     72.7
Don't Trust                              Q54           82     16.8     64.1
Always Register                          Q55            3       .6      2.3
Other                                    Q56           15      3.1     11.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      489    100.0    382.0

0 missing cases;  128 valid cases



X1:         3   Other

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           61     12.5     57.0
Requires Name                            Q49           45      9.2     42.1
Requires Email                           Q50           45      9.2     42.1
Requires Address                         Q51           64     13.1     59.8
Terms                                    Q52           91     18.6     85.0
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           84     17.2     78.5
Don't Trust                              Q54           82     16.8     76.6
Other                                    Q56           17      3.5     15.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      489    100.0    457.0

0 missing cases;  107 valid cases

Reasons for Not Registering




X4:       .

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           11     12.4     45.8
Requires Name                            Q49           12     13.5     50.0
Requires Email                           Q50            8      9.0     33.3
Requires Address                         Q51           14     15.7     58.3
Terms                                    Q52           16     18.0     66.7
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           13     14.6     54.2
Don't Trust                              Q54           11     12.4     45.8
Always Register                          Q55            2      2.2      8.3
Other                                    Q56            2      2.2      8.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses       89    100.0    370.8

0 missing cases;  24 valid cases



X4:      1.00   Female

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          172     10.4     37.6
Requires Name                            Q49          160      9.7     35.0
Requires Email                           Q50          114      6.9     24.9
Requires Address                         Q51          230     13.9     50.3
Terms                                    Q52          312     18.9     68.3
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          290     17.5     63.5
Don't Trust                              Q54          277     16.7     60.6
Always Register                          Q55           31      1.9      6.8
Other                                    Q56           69      4.2     15.1
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1655    100.0    362.1

0 missing cases;  457 valid cases



X4:      2.00   Male

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          523     12.4     52.2
Requires Name                            Q49          358      8.5     35.8
Requires Email                           Q50          356      8.4     35.6
Requires Address                         Q51          517     12.2     51.6
Terms                                    Q52          786     18.6     78.5
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          781     18.5     78.0
Don't Trust                              Q54          710     16.8     70.9
Always Register                          Q55           30       .7      3.0
Other                                    Q56          160      3.8     16.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     4221    100.0    421.7

0 missing cases;  1,001 valid cases

Reasons for Not Registering




X2:         .

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           23     10.5     44.2
Requires Name                            Q49           27     12.3     51.9
Requires Email                           Q50           21      9.5     40.4
Requires Address                         Q51           32     14.5     61.5
Terms                                    Q52           38     17.3     73.1
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           34     15.5     65.4
Don't Trust                              Q54           35     15.9     67.3
Always Register                          Q55            2       .9      3.8
Other                                    Q56            8      3.6     15.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      220    100.0    423.1

0 missing cases;  52 valid cases



X2:         1   11-20

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           35     12.2     44.3
Requires Name                            Q49           26      9.0     32.9
Requires Email                           Q50           23      8.0     29.1
Requires Address                         Q51           46     16.0     58.2
Terms                                    Q52           47     16.3     59.5
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           51     17.7     64.6
Don't Trust                              Q54           41     14.2     51.9
Always Register                          Q55            4      1.4      5.1
Other                                    Q56           15      5.2     19.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      288    100.0    364.6

0 missing cases;  79 valid cases



X2:         2   21-25

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           98     12.7     53.6
Requires Name                            Q49           74      9.6     40.4
Requires Email                           Q50           65      8.5     35.5
Requires Address                         Q51           96     12.5     52.5
Terms                                    Q52          142     18.5     77.6
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          128     16.6     69.9
Don't Trust                              Q54          125     16.3     68.3
Always Register                          Q55            8      1.0      4.4
Other                                    Q56           33      4.3     18.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      769    100.0    420.2

0 missing cases;  183 valid cases



X2:         3   26-50

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          439     12.0     49.1
Requires Name                            Q49          318      8.7     35.5
Requires Email                           Q50          303      8.3     33.9
Requires Address                         Q51          459     12.5     51.3
Terms                                    Q52          678     18.5     75.8
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          665     18.1     74.3
Don't Trust                              Q54          622     17.0     69.5
Always Register                          Q55           35      1.0      3.9
Other                                    Q56          148      4.0     16.5
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     3667    100.0    409.7

0 missing cases;  895 valid cases



X2:         4   50+

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          111     10.9     40.7
Requires Name                            Q49           85      8.3     31.1
Requires Email                           Q50           66      6.5     24.2
Requires Address                         Q51          128     12.5     46.9
Terms                                    Q52          209     20.5     76.6
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          206     20.2     75.5
Don't Trust                              Q54          175     17.1     64.1
Always Register                          Q55           14      1.4      5.1
Other                                    Q56           27      2.6      9.9
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1021    100.0    374.0

0 missing cases;  273 valid cases

Reasons for Not Registering




X3:         .

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           11     12.4     45.8
Requires Name                            Q49           12     13.5     50.0
Requires Email                           Q50            8      9.0     33.3
Requires Address                         Q51           14     15.7     58.3
Terms                                    Q52           16     18.0     66.7
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           13     14.6     54.2
Don't Trust                              Q54           11     12.4     45.8
Always Register                          Q55            2      2.2      8.3
Other                                    Q56            2      2.2      8.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses       89    100.0    370.8

0 missing cases;  24 valid cases



X3:         1   <1 Year

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           60      8.7     30.9
Requires Name                            Q49           76     11.0     39.2
Requires Email                           Q50           58      8.4     29.9
Requires Address                         Q51           96     13.9     49.5
Terms                                    Q52          137     19.8     70.6
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          114     16.5     58.8
Don't Trust                              Q54          111     16.1     57.2
Always Register                          Q55           15      2.2      7.7
Other                                    Q56           24      3.5     12.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      691    100.0    356.2

0 missing cases;  194 valid cases



X3:         2   1-3 Years

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          192     11.1     43.0
Requires Name                            Q49          154      8.9     34.5
Requires Email                           Q50          126      7.3     28.3
Requires Address                         Q51          226     13.1     50.7
Terms                                    Q52          337     19.5     75.6
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          316     18.3     70.9
Don't Trust                              Q54          278     16.1     62.3
Always Register                          Q55           21      1.2      4.7
Other                                    Q56           79      4.6     17.7
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1729    100.0    387.7

0 missing cases;  446 valid cases



X3:         3   >4 Years

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          443     12.8     54.2
Requires Name                            Q49          288      8.3     35.2
Requires Email                           Q50          286      8.3     35.0
Requires Address                         Q51          425     12.3     52.0
Terms                                    Q52          624     18.1     76.3
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          641     18.5     78.4
Don't Trust                              Q54          598     17.3     73.1
Always Register                          Q55           25       .7      3.1
Other                                    Q56          126      3.6     15.4
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     3456    100.0    422.5

0 missing cases;  818 valid cases

Reasons for Not Registering




X6:         .

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           11     12.4     45.8
Requires Name                            Q49           12     13.5     50.0
Requires Email                           Q50            8      9.0     33.3
Requires Address                         Q51           14     15.7     58.3
Terms                                    Q52           16     18.0     66.7
Not Worth Risk                           Q53           13     14.6     54.2
Don't Trust                              Q54           11     12.4     45.8
Always Register                          Q55            2      2.2      8.3
Other                                    Q56            2      2.2      8.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses       89    100.0    370.8

0 missing cases;  24 valid cases



X6:         1   Novice

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48           61      9.3     30.5
Requires Name                            Q49           67     10.2     33.5
Requires Email                           Q50           51      7.8     25.5
Requires Address                         Q51           89     13.5     44.5
Terms                                    Q52          130     19.8     65.0
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          106     16.1     53.0
Don't Trust                              Q54          103     15.7     51.5
Always Register                          Q55           17      2.6      8.5
Other                                    Q56           34      5.2     17.0
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses      658    100.0    329.0

0 missing cases;  200 valid cases



X6:         2   Intermediate

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          185     11.3     44.9
Requires Name                            Q49          164     10.0     39.8
Requires Email                           Q50          136      8.3     33.0
Requires Address                         Q51          210     12.8     51.0
Terms                                    Q52          305     18.6     74.0
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          291     17.8     70.6
Don't Trust                              Q54          275     16.8     66.7
Always Register                          Q55           20      1.2      4.9
Other                                    Q56           52      3.2     12.6
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1638    100.0    397.6

0 missing cases;  412 valid cases



X6:         3   Experienced

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          280     11.9     50.4
Requires Name                            Q49          193      8.2     34.7
Requires Email                           Q50          192      8.2     34.5
Requires Address                         Q51          301     12.8     54.1
Terms                                    Q52          440     18.7     79.1
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          446     19.0     80.2
Don't Trust                              Q54          399     17.0     71.8
Always Register                          Q55           13       .6      2.3
Other                                    Q56           87      3.7     15.6
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     2351    100.0    422.8

0 missing cases;  556 valid cases



X6:         4   Expert

Group G56  Reasons for Not Registering
     (Value tabulated = 1)

                                                             Pct of  Pct of
Dichotomy label                          Name       Count  Responses  Cases

Time                                     Q48          169     13.8     58.3
Requires Name                            Q49           94      7.6     32.4
Requires Email                           Q50           91      7.4     31.4
Requires Address                         Q51          147     12.0     50.7
Terms                                    Q52          223     18.1     76.9
Not Worth Risk                           Q53          228     18.6     78.6
Don't Trust                              Q54          210     17.1     72.4
Always Register                          Q55           11       .9      3.8
Other                                    Q56           56      4.6     19.3
                                                  -------    -----    -----
                                 Total responses     1229    100.0    423.8

0 missing cases;  290 valid cases


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

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Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280