GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey General Graphs

Major Occupation

Notes:

Nearly a third of the users (30.24%) report being in a Computer related field, with 24.48% being in Education, 20.61% Professional, 14.73% Other and 9.95% Management. European users were more likely to be in Computers or Education than their US counterparts. Women are less likely as men to be in Computer related fields (20.28% Female vs. 34.77% Male), but are equally likely to be in Management or Professional positions. Almost half of those age 19-25 are in Education (48.74%) (which includes being a student). Those aged 26-50 (35.23%) are more likely to be in Computer fields than any other age group

Table of Data for All Categories

Major Occupation	All	Male	Female	USA	Europe	19-25	26-50	50+
Computer	5921.00 30.24%	4678.00 34.77%	1243.00 20.28%	4725.00 30.14%	483.00 36.07%	1144.00 30.72%	4135.00 35.23%	380.00 15.82%
Education	4793.00 24.48%	3048.00 22.65%	1745.00 28.47%	3633.00 23.18%	439.00 32.79%	1815.00 48.74%	1535.00 13.08%	321.00 13.36%
Management	1948.00 9.95%	1392.00 10.35%	556.00 9.07%	1527.00 9.74%	134.00 10.01%	143.00 3.84%	1399.00 11.92%	336.00 13.99%
Other	2885.00 14.73%	1626.00 12.09%	1259.00 20.54%	2441.00 15.57%	85.00 6.35%	253.00 6.79%	1751.00 14.92%	750.00 31.22%
Professional	4036.00 20.61%	2710.00 20.14%	1326.00 21.63%	3350.00 21.37%	198.00 14.79%	369.00 9.91%	2917.00 24.85%	615.00 25.60%

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