Howdy, Folks!

Here are the first results from the Survey so many of you kindly filled 
out. In fact, 112 of you completed the survey. Now, not everyone 
answered every question and some of you provided multiple answers. 
All that is fine with me, makes the information richer IMHO.

The number in parenthesis in front of the question is the number of 
responses for that question. The number of responses for each part is 
given and in  parenthesis is the percentage of the 112 respondents. 
Therefore, do not expect the percentages to add up to 100 percent. 
Some are over and some are  under. Also, I have rounded the 
percentages to the nearest whole. 
The stories and explanations are not included here. Sorry...you will 
just have to read the chapters in the dissertation. But, you are lucky, 
because I will be posting them here.

Have fun!
Holly
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                           SURVEY
I. Demographic Information

(112) 2. Nickname used on AGM: 47 use nicknames (42)

(109) 3. Address:
         USA    60 (54) from 27 states
         UK     17 (15)
         Canada 14 (13) from 5 provinces
         Other  18 (16) from 12 countries
                           
(111) 5. Age
      Under 12   1 ( 1)
         13-16   4 ( 4)
         17-18   2 ( 2)
         19-21  11 (10)
         22-25  20 (18)
         26-30  16 (14)
         31-35  10 ( 9)
         36-40  14 (13)
         41-50  24 (21) 
         51-60   4 ( 4) 
         61-70   4 ( 4)
  71 and older   1 ( 1)

(112) 6. Gender
         Male   48 (43)
         Female 64 (57)

(111) 7. Please indicate the highest level of education completed.
         (Because of US-centered knowledge, this was more difficult 
         than expected.)
      5 ( 4) Grammar School
      9 ( 8) High School
      3 ( 3) Vocational/Technical School
     30 (27) Some College
     41 (37) College Graduate
     19 (17) Master's Degree
      2 ( 2) Doctoral Degree
      2 ( 2) Professional Degree

(116) 8. Which classification best describes your primary occupation?
         (Some of you have more than one primary occupation! And I left
          out some classifications.)
     31 (28) Student
      4 ( 4) Retired
      0 ( 0) Unemployed
     21 (19) Education
      9 ( 8) Service
      0 ( 0) Publishing
      0 ( 0) Manufacturing
     11 (10) Government, non-military
      0 ( 0) Military
      6 ( 5) Sales
      7 ( 6) Arts/Creative
     14 (13) Computer related
      2 ( 2) Volunteer
      2 ( 2) Research

II. Computer System Information 
(111) 9. How many personal computers do you own?
     13 (12) None
     66 (59) 1 computer
     21 (19) 2 computers
     11 (10) 3 or more computers

(129) 10. What is the primary computer hardware you use?
     80 (71) PC
     26 (23) Macintosh
     10 ( 8) Sun
      7 ( 6) Terminal
      2 ( 2) Don't Know
      2 ( 2) IBM ES9000
      2 ( 2) Silicon Graphics Indy

(141) 11. What is the primary operating system you use? 
          (Very embarrassed that I left out the Mac OS....)
     24 (21) DOS
     17 (15) Mac OS
     23 (21) Unix
      1 ( 1) VMS
     45 (40) Windows
      2 ( 2) Windows NT
     18 (16) Windows 95
      7 ( 6) Don't Know
      4 ( 4) Other 

(130) 12. Where is the computer system you use to access AGM?
     74 (66) Home
     25 (22) School
     27 (24) Work
      1 ( 1) Friends
      1 ( 1) Home/office
      2 ( 2) Portable
 
(120) 13. What is the nature of your primary Internet access provider?
     20 (18) Major Online Service (e.g., Prodigy, Compuserve, AOL, etc.)
     36 (32) Local Internet Access Provider (e.g., Freenet, BBS, etc.)
     42 (38) Educational
     13 (12) Commercial
      2 ( 2) Government
      0 ( 0) Military
      7 ( 6) Organization

III. Computer Usage Information 
(109) 14. How many hours per week do you use your computer for work?
     28 (25) Under 5 hours
     18 (16) 6 to 10 hours
     14 (13) 11 to 20 hours
     16 (14) 21 to 30 hours
     17 (15) 31 to 40 hours
     11 (10) 41 to 50 hours
      5 ( 4) Over 50 hours

(111) 15. How many hours per week do you use your computer for fun/play?
     21 (19) Under 5 hours
     28 (25) 6 to 10 hours
     29 (26) 11 to 20 hours
     19 (17) 21 to 30 hours
      6 ( 5) 31 to 40 hours
      3 ( 3) 41 to 50 hours
      5 ( 4) Over 50 hours

(109) 16. How many computer accounts do you have?
     56 (50) 1 account 
     26 (23) 2 accounts
     13 (12) 3 accounts 
     14 (13) 4 or more accounts 

(111) 17. Do you post from your own account?
    108 (96) Yes
      2 ( 2) No, I use a relative's account
      1 ( 1) No, I use a work account

(110) 18. How long have you been on the Internet?
      5 ( 4) Less than 6 months
     20 (18) 6 to 12 months
     65 (58) 1 to 3 years
     12 (11) 4 to 6 years
      8 ( 7) 6 years or more

(151) 19. What is your primary use of the Internet?
     15 (13) Research
     55 (49) Entertainment
     65 (58) Communication
      2 ( 2) Sales/Marketing/Public Relations
     14 (13) Education

(123) 20. What is your most-used Internet application?
     67 (60) E-Mail
     13 (12) WWW
     20 (18) Newsgroups
      2 ( 2) IRC
     18 (16) Telnet
      1 ( 1) Ftp
      1 ( 1) Gopher
      1 ( 1) WinWorlds
 
(116) 21. What is your second most-used Internet application?
     27 (24) E-Mail
     23 (21) WWW
     44 (39) Newsgroups
     17 (15) Telnet
      3 ( 3) Ftp
      2 ( 2) Gopher

(112) 22. Do you have a web home page?
     43 (38) Yes

IV. alt.good.morning information
(111) 25. How often do you read AGM?
     68 (60) Daily
     15 (13) Weekly
     18 (16) Occasionally
      1 ( 1) Seldom
      2 ( 2) Every couple of days
      2 ( 2) Seldom or Daily, no middle ground
      4 ( 4) Used to be daily, now it's occasionally due to work
      1 ( 1) Whenever the system's up and I can get on

(109) 26. How would you classify your posting habits on AGM?
      0 ( 0) Heavy
     28 (25) Regular
     69 (62) Occasional
      1 ( 1) Never
      1 ( 1) Occasional or heavy, no middle ground
      2 ( 2) Used to be regular, now it's occasionally due to work
      2 ( 2) Rarely
      3 ( 3) Erratic or variable
      1 ( 1) Once every couple of weeks
      1 ( 1) Not as often as I'd like
 
(122) 27. How would you classify your affiliation to AGM?
     33 (29) Oldbie
     13 (12) Newbie
     57 (51) AGMer
     16 (14) Lurker
      1 ( 1) Nuts
      1 ( 1) Not sure
      1 ( 1) Oldbie lurker, forced to read by my parent

(464) 30. How do you communicate with AGMers? Mark all that apply.
    104 (93) Post on AGM
     67 (60) Talker
    105 (94) Email
     59 (53) Snail mail
     62 (55) Telephone
     61 (54) Face to face
      3 ( 3) Spiritually
      1 ( 1) I live with some
      1 ( 1) Silly questionnaires
      1 ( 1) Talk address

(112) 31. Do you talk about AGM to other AGMers?
     88 (79) Yes

(112) 32. Do you talk about AGM to others outside of AGM?
     83 (74) Yes
      3 ( 3) Occasionally

(112) 33. Has AGM affected your life? If so, do you consider these 
    changes for the better?
     81 (72) Yes, yes
      1 ( 1) Yes, no

(112) 34. Have you ever been to an AGM irl meeting?
     49 (43) Yes

(238) 35. How do you keep up with the volume of posts on AGM? 
     55 (49) Read daily
     58 (52) Read selected threads
     55 (49) Read selected people
     23 (21) Download and read offline
     10 ( 9) Killfiles
     17 (15) Use the catchup key
      7 ( 6) This is not a high volume newsgroup
      2 ( 2) Can't keep up
      3 ( 3) Read when I have the chance
      2 ( 2) Don't read the followups
      1 ( 1) Don't read that often, so I talk to people a lot
      1 ( 1) Speedread
      1 ( 1) Enjoy the volume
      1 ( 1) Read once in a while
      1 ( 1) Read selected posts

(112) 36. Do you consider yourself addicted to AGM? 
    44 (39) Yes
     9 ( 8) Used to be
     4 ( 4) Important
     1 ( 1) Somewhat
 
(112) 37. Do you consider yourself addicted to newsgroups? 
    10 ( 9) Yes
     2 ( 2) Maybe
     1 ( 1) Some of them
     1 ( 1) Not as much
 
(112) 38. Do you consider yourself addicted to IRC (chat or talker)?
    17 (15) Yes
     9 ( 8) Talker
     3 ( 3) Used to be
     1 ( 1) IRC
     1 ( 1) Important

(112) 41. Have you ever crossposted, spammed, or flamed any newsgroup? 
     5 Crossposted
     2 Flamed
     1 Hot Debate
     1 Yes
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     9 (8)

(112) 42. Have you ever spammed or flamed any individual?
   10 Yes
    7 Flamed
    1 Irritated and sarcastic remarks
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   18 (16) 

(112) 43. Have you read "Rules for posting to Usenet?"  
   50 (45) Yes
    6 ( 5) Probably

(112) 48. Have you ever been harassed on-line, via email, or via talker?
   26 (23) Yes, female
   20 (18) Yes, male


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