GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey Graphs

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Cookie Policy

Which of the following cookie policies do you primarily use when browsing?
Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Always accept 1273 38.7 38.7 38.7
Same domain 459 13.9 13.9 52.6
Warn 858 26.1 26.1 78.7
Never accept 226 6.9 6.9 85.6
What is cookie 175 5.3 5.3 90.9
Don't know policy 272 8.3 8.3 99.1
No support 28 .9 .9 100.0
Total 3291 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Location Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 34 40.0 40.0 40.0
Same domain 11 12.9 12.9 52.9
Warn 16 18.8 18.8 71.8
Never accept 3 3.5 3.5 75.3
What is cookie 7 8.2 8.2 83.5
Don't know policy 12 14.1 14.1 97.6
No support 2 2.4 2.4 100.0
Total 85 100.0 100.0
USA Valid Always accept 1005 37.9 37.9 37.9
Same domain 374 14.1 14.1 52.0
Warn 698 26.3 26.3 78.3
Never accept 172 6.5 6.5 84.7
What is cookie 149 5.6 5.6 90.4
Don't know policy 234 8.8 8.8 99.2
No support 22 .8 .8 100.0
Total 2654 100.0 100.0
Europe Valid Always accept 111 41.4 41.4 41.4
Same domain 31 11.6 11.6 53.0
Warn 72 26.9 26.9 79.9
Never accept 28 10.4 10.4 90.3
What is cookie 11 4.1 4.1 94.4
Don't know policy 14 5.2 5.2 99.6
No support 1 .4 .4 100.0
Total 268 100.0 100.0
Other Valid Always accept 123 43.3 43.3 43.3
Same domain 43 15.1 15.1 58.5
Warn 72 25.4 25.4 83.8
Never accept 23 8.1 8.1 91.9
What is cookie 8 2.8 2.8 94.7
Don't know policy 12 4.2 4.2 98.9
No support 3 1.1 1.1 100.0
Total 284 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Gender Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 34 40.0 40.0 40.0
Same domain 11 12.9 12.9 52.9
Warn 16 18.8 18.8 71.8
Never accept 3 3.5 3.5 75.3
What is cookie 7 8.2 8.2 83.5
Don't know policy 12 14.1 14.1 97.6
No support 2 2.4 2.4 100.0
Total 85 100.0 100.0
Female Valid Always accept 341 32.9 32.9 32.9
Same domain 93 9.0 9.0 41.8
Warn 275 26.5 26.5 68.3
Never accept 66 6.4 6.4 74.7
What is cookie 108 10.4 10.4 85.1
Don't know policy 148 14.3 14.3 99.3
No support 7 .7 .7 100.0
Total 1038 100.0 100.0
Male Valid Always accept 898 41.4 41.4 41.4
Same domain 355 16.4 16.4 57.8
Warn 567 26.2 26.2 83.9
Never accept 157 7.2 7.2 91.2
What is cookie 60 2.8 2.8 94.0
Don't know policy 112 5.2 5.2 99.1
No support 19 .9 .9 100.0
Total 2168 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Age Groups Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 43 33.6 33.6 33.6
Same domain 17 13.3 13.3 46.9
Warn 28 21.9 21.9 68.8
Never accept 9 7.0 7.0 75.8
What is cookie 10 7.8 7.8 83.6
Don't know policy 17 13.3 13.3 96.9
No support 4 3.1 3.1 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0
11-20 Valid Always accept 79 45.4 45.4 45.4
Same domain 29 16.7 16.7 62.1
Warn 24 13.8 13.8 75.9
Never accept 20 11.5 11.5 87.4
What is cookie 14 8.0 8.0 95.4
Don't know policy 7 4.0 4.0 99.4
No support 1 .6 .6 100.0
Total 174 100.0 100.0
21-25 Valid Always accept 176 45.0 45.0 45.0
Same domain 49 12.5 12.5 57.5
Warn 83 21.2 21.2 78.8
Never accept 23 5.9 5.9 84.7
What is cookie 27 6.9 6.9 91.6
Don't know policy 31 7.9 7.9 99.5
No support 2 .5 .5 100.0
Total 391 100.0 100.0
26-50 Valid Always accept 785 38.2 38.2 38.2
Same domain 306 14.9 14.9 53.1
Warn 556 27.1 27.1 80.2
Never accept 143 7.0 7.0 87.1
What is cookie 90 4.4 4.4 91.5
Don't know policy 161 7.8 7.8 99.4
No support 13 .6 .6 100.0
Total 2054 100.0 100.0
50+ Valid Always accept 190 34.9 34.9 34.9
Same domain 58 10.7 10.7 45.6
Warn 167 30.7 30.7 76.3
Never accept 31 5.7 5.7 82.0
What is cookie 34 6.3 6.3 88.2
Don't know policy 56 10.3 10.3 98.5
No support 8 1.5 1.5 100.0
Total 544 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Experience Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 34 40.0 40.0 40.0
Same domain 11 12.9 12.9 52.9
Warn 16 18.8 18.8 71.8
Never accept 3 3.5 3.5 75.3
What is cookie 7 8.2 8.2 83.5
Don't know policy 12 14.1 14.1 97.6
No support 2 2.4 2.4 100.0
Total 85 100.0 100.0
<1 Year Valid Always accept 86 24.4 24.4 24.4
Same domain 27 7.7 7.7 32.1
Warn 78 22.2 22.2 54.3
Never accept 18 5.1 5.1 59.4
What is cookie 61 17.3 17.3 76.7
Don't know policy 71 20.2 20.2 96.9
No support 11 3.1 3.1 100.0
Total 352 100.0 100.0
1-3 Years Valid Always accept 410 38.6 38.6 38.6
Same domain 109 10.3 10.3 48.9
Warn 273 25.7 25.7 74.6
Never accept 76 7.2 7.2 81.7
What is cookie 70 6.6 6.6 88.3
Don't know policy 114 10.7 10.7 99.1
No support 10 .9 .9 100.0
Total 1062 100.0 100.0
>4 Years Valid Always accept 743 41.5 41.5 41.5
Same domain 312 17.4 17.4 58.9
Warn 491 27.4 27.4 86.3
Never accept 129 7.2 7.2 93.5
What is cookie 37 2.1 2.1 95.5
Don't know policy 75 4.2 4.2 99.7
No support 5 .3 .3 100.0
Total 1792 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Skill Level Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 34 40.0 40.0 40.0
Same domain 11 12.9 12.9 52.9
Warn 16 18.8 18.8 71.8
Never accept 3 3.5 3.5 75.3
What is cookie 7 8.2 8.2 83.5
Don't know policy 12 14.1 14.1 97.6
No support 2 2.4 2.4 100.0
Total 85 100.0 100.0
Novice Valid Always accept 69 18.8 18.8 18.8
Same domain 18 4.9 4.9 23.7
Warn 66 18.0 18.0 41.7
Never accept 16 4.4 4.4 46.0
What is cookie 100 27.2 27.2 73.3
Don't know policy 90 24.5 24.5 97.8
No support 8 2.2 2.2 100.0
Total 367 100.0 100.0
Intermediate Valid Always accept 292 33.5 33.5 33.5
Same domain 84 9.6 9.6 43.2
Warn 239 27.4 27.4 70.6
Never accept 72 8.3 8.3 78.9
What is cookie 57 6.5 6.5 85.4
Don't know policy 113 13.0 13.0 98.4
No support 14 1.6 1.6 100.0
Total 871 100.0 100.0
Experienced Valid Always accept 539 40.9 40.9 40.9
Same domain 219 16.6 16.6 57.5
Warn 390 29.6 29.6 87.1
Never accept 102 7.7 7.7 94.8
What is cookie 10 .8 .8 95.6
Don't know policy 54 4.1 4.1 99.7
No support 4 .3 .3 100.0
Total 1318 100.0 100.0
Expert Valid Always accept 339 52.2 52.2 52.2
Same domain 127 19.5 19.5 71.7
Warn 147 22.6 22.6 94.3
Never accept 33 5.1 5.1 99.4
What is cookie 1 .2 .2 99.5
Don't know policy 3 .5 .5 100.0
Total 650 100.0 100.0

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