Hours of Web Use Because of our methodology of attracting survey respondents by advertising on other web sites, we tend to get respondents who spend a substantial of time using the web. In other words, the more time you spend online, the more likely you are to find out about our survey. Respondents who have been online for more years tend to spend more hours using the web, but statistically the relationship is still fairly weak.
Males are more likely to be very frequent users than females.
At the time, we were surprised to learn that such a high percentage of respondents found the web to be indispensable and nearly as many found email to be also. For the Ninth survey, those percentages have risen even higher and email rose 9 percentage points to become the most indispensable technology among those we listed. This figure is virtually unchanged over the last 3 surveys. Community Membership Respondents could choose more than one answer to this question. Younger respondents connect more through their hobbies and religious groups while older respondents connect to professional or family groups.