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Since the last survey, this region saw strong growth in the
computer and education fields, each up about 8 percent. |
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While not exactly synonymous, the terms "liberal" and
"conservative"
have similar connotations in most areas of Europe. It is possible, given the educational level of most Web users, that many respondents answered the question understanding the Americ
an definitions of the terms. The survey question did not give any such
definitions, however. Overall, 18.1 percent of Europeans answered this
question either "other" (7.24%) "not_say" (4.88%) or don't_know" (5.98%).
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These percentages reflect the average for the European
dataset. |
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Overall Europe has more users in the lower income brackets,
with 31.6
percent making more than $50,000 (32 percent in this
region). |
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This question was changed for the 5th GVU Survey, so it is
difficult
to compare the results. In general, Europeans are less resistant to paying for Web page access than Amercans, perhaps because Europeans often access the Web via business or edcation
al institutions. This eliminates the double payment which occurs with
people who pay for their home access to the Internet. |