General Social Survey, 2002

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WWWLINE1 At your home are you connected to the World Wide Web through a regular telephone line connected to your computer, or through some other means?   1) Regular telephone   2) Other means   8) Don't know   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regular telephone	536	80.4%	80.4%	-.29
Other means	119	17.8%	98.2%	.62
Don't know	1	.1%	98.4%	6.08
No answer	11	1.6%	100%	6.99

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Regular telephone	79.1% 453	90.6% 48	80.0% 501
Other means	19.4% 111	7.5% 4	18.4% 115
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
No answer	1.6% 9	1.9% 1	1.6% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 573	100.0% 53	626

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Regular telephone	81.8% 302	76.9% 20	78.3% 72	81.8% 18	78.5% 124	80.4% 536
Other means	17.1% 63	23.1% 6	20.7% 19	13.6% 3	17.7% 28	17.8% 119
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	4.5% 1	3.8% 6	1.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 369	100.0% 26	100.0% 92	100.0% 22	100.0% 158	667

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Regular telephone	82.1% 115	79.8% 170	80.5% 206	77.6% 45	80.4% 536
Other means	15.7% 22	19.7% 42	18.0% 46	15.5% 9	17.8% 119
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	2.1% 3	0.5% 1	1.2% 3	6.9% 4	1.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 213	100.0% 256	100.0% 58	667

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Regular telephone	89.3% 25	85.4% 41	83.3% 15	79.2% 411	80.3% 492
Other means	3.6% 1	10.4% 5	16.7% 3	19.8% 103	18.3% 112
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	7.1% 2	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 48	100.0% 18	100.0% 519	613

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Regular telephone	77.0% 147	78.9% 183	83.9% 193	91.7% 11	80.3% 534
Other means	20.4% 39	20.3% 47	14.3% 33	0.0% 0	17.9% 119
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	2.1% 4	0.9% 2	1.7% 4	8.3% 1	1.7% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 232	100.0% 230	100.0% 12	665

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Regular telephone	83.5% 259	79.7% 141	60.0% 9	69.5% 73	90.9% 50	0.00% 0	80.4% 532
Other means	15.5% 48	17.5% 31	33.3% 5	28.6% 30	9.1% 5	0.00% 0	18.0% 119
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	1.0% 3	2.3% 4	6.7% 1	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 310	100.0% 177	100.0% 15	100.0% 105	100.0% 55	100.0% 0	662

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Regular telephone	86.8% 33	83.1% 270	80.0% 44	76.1% 118	76.3% 71	80.5% 536
Other means	13.2% 5	14.8% 48	20.0% 11	21.9% 34	22.6% 21	17.9% 119
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
No answer	0.0% 0	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	1.1% 1	1.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 38	100.0% 325	100.0% 55	100.0% 155	100.0% 93	666

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Regular telephone	77.4% 261	83.3% 275	80.4% 536
Other means	20.5% 69	15.2% 50	17.8% 119
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
No answer	1.8% 6	1.5% 5	1.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 337	100.0% 330	667