Graphic, Visualization, & Usability Center's (GVU) WWW User Survey, from Georgia Tech, has been tracking various demographics of WWW users since January 1994. All of the surveys are available from the site. Demographic data include age, gender, location, marital status, occupations, political party, etc. Additional questions cover data privacy, censorship, security, information gathering and purchasing behavior, and a special section regarding web authoring. The survey included some 15,000 unique respondents. The results are presented in multiple forms from various summaries to graphical presentations to survey methodology. Full results and data sets are not yet posted. The press release contains various conclusions, and states that "the rate of introducing new users has slowed...[and will remain slow until the introduction of] new and inexpensive "plug and play" technologies such as Web TV or the Internet phone become widely available."
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