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November 2004 Activity Tracking Survey / Final Topline / 12/10/04
Data for November 23 – November 30, 2004
Princeton Survey Research Associates International
for the Pew Internet & American Life Project
Sample: n = 914 adults 18 and older
Interviewing dates: 11.23.04 – 11.30.04
Margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for results based on the full sample
Margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on Internet users

Q1 Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country today?

Satisfied / Dissatisfied / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 45 / 47 / 9
May/June 2004[1] / 33 / 56 / 11
February 2004[2] / 40 / 50 / 10
November 2003[3] / 43 / 49 / 9
July 2003[4] / 46 / 45 / 9
June 2003[5] / 49 / 42 / 9
April/May 2003[6] / 54 / 37 / 8
March 12-19, 2003[7] / 42 / 49 / 10
March 3-11, 2003[8] / 41 / 51 / 8
February 2003[9] / 38 / 54 / 9
December 2002[10] / 41 / 47 / 11
November 2002[11] / 43 / 48 / 10
October 2002[12] / 40 / 49 / 11
September 2002[13] / 44 / 45 / 10
July 2002[14] / 45 / 43 / 11
March/May 2002[15] / 52 / 37 / 11
January 2002[16] / 58 / 33 / 9
December 2001[17] / 61 / 29 / 10
November 2001[18] / 62 / 28 / 9
October 2001[19] / 57 / 33 / 10
September 2001[20] / 46 / 44 / 11
August 2001[21] / 44 / 46 / 10
February 2001[22] / 53 / 38 / 10
December 2000[23] / 50 / 42 / 8
November 2000[24] / 50 / 41 / 9
October 2000[25] / 53 / 39 / 8
September 2000[26] / 51 / 40 / 9
July/August 2000[27] / 52 / 39 / 9
May/June 2000[28] / 51 / 41 / 8
March/April 2000[29] / 50 / 41 / 9

Q5 Do you use a computer at your workplace, at school, at home, or anywhere else on at least an occasional basis?

Yes / No / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 70 / 30 / 0
May/June 2004 / 71 / 29 / *
February 2004 / 73 / 27 / *
November 2003 / 72 / 27 / *
July 2003 / 71 / 29 / *
June 2003 / 71 / 29 / *
April/May 2003 / 69 / 31 / *
March 20-25, 2003[30] / 70 / 30 / *
March 12-19, 2003 / 65 / 35 / 0
March 3-11, 2003 / 71 / 29 / *
February 2003 / 70 / 30 / 0
December 2002 / 68 / 32 / 0
November 2002 / 70 / 30 / *
October 2002 / 69 / 31 / *
September 2002 / 68 / 32 / *
July 2002 / 69 / 31 / *
March/May 2002 / 69 / 31 / *
January 2002 / 67 / 33 / 0
December 2001 / 64 / 36 / *
November 2001 / 65 / 35 / *
October 2001 / 62 / 38 / *
September 2001 / 63 / 37 / *
August 2001 / 66 / 34 / 0
February 2001 / 65 / 35 / 0
December 2000 / 69 / 31 / *
November 2000 / 65 / 35 / *
October 2000 / 64 / 36 / *
September 2000 / 62 / 38 / *
July/August 2000 / 63 / 37 / *
May/June 2000 / 60 / 40 / *
March/April 2000 / 63 / 37 / *


Q6 Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?

Goes Online / Does not Go Online
Current / 59 / 41
May/June 2004 / 63 / 37
February 2004 / 63 / 37
November 2003 / 64 / 36
July 2003 / 63 / 37
June 2003 / 62 / 38
April/May 2003 / 63 / 37
March 20-25, 2003 / 58 / 42
March 12-19, 2003 / 56 / 44
March 3-11, 2003 / 62 / 38
February 2003 / 64 / 36
December 2002 / 57 / 43
November 2002 / 61 / 39
October 2002 / 59 / 41
September 2002 / 61 / 39
July 2002 / 59 / 41
March/May 2002 / 58 / 42
January 2002 / 61 / 39
December 2001 / 58 / 42
November 2001 / 58 / 42
October 2001 / 56 / 44
September 2001 / 55 / 45
August 2001 / 59 / 41
February 2001 / 53 / 47
December 2000 / 59 / 41
November 2000 / 53 / 47
October 2000 / 52 / 48
September 2000 / 50 / 50
July/August 2000 / 49 / 51
May/June 2000[31] / 47 / 53
March/April 2000 / 48 / 52


Q6c Does anyone in your household go online from home to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive e-mail?

Based on non-Internet users [N=377]

current
% / 21 / Yes
77 / No
1 / Don’t know/Refused

Q6 Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?

Q6c Does anyone in your household go online from home to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive e-mail?

current
% / 68 / Total households with someone who goes online from home
32 / Total households without anyone who goes online from home


Q7 Did you happen to go online or check your email yesterday?

Based on Internet users [N=537]

Yes, went online yesterday / No, did not go online yesterday / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 53 / 46 / 1
May/June 2004 / 53 / 46 / 1
February 2004 / 55 / 44 / *
November 2003 / 54 / 45 / *
July 2003 / 52 / 47 / 1
June 2003 / 55 / 44 / *
April/May 2003 / 58 / 42 / *
March 20-25, 2003 / 56 / 44 / *
March 3-11, 2003 / 60 / 40 / 0
February 2003 / 60 / 40 / *
December 2002 / 56 / 44 / *
November 2002 / 57 / 43 / *
October 2002 / 57 / 43 / 0
September 2002 / 58 / 42 / *
June 26-July 26, 2002 / 53 / 47 / *
March/May 2002 / 57 / 43 / *
January 2002[1] / 59 / 41 / *
Dec. 17-23, 2001 / 58 / 42 / *
Nov. 19-Dec. 16 2001 / 60 / 40 / *
Oct. 19-Nov. 18 2001 / 61 / 39 / *
Oct. 8-18 2001 / 51 / 49 / 1
October 2-7 2001 / 56 / 43 / 1
Sept 20-Oct 1 2001 / 57 / 42 / 1
Sept 12-19 2001 / 51 / 49 / *
August 2001 / 56 / 44 / *
February 2001[2] / 59 / 41 / *
Fall 2000 / 56 / 44 / *
July/August 2000 / 50 / 50 / *
May/June 2000 / 52 / 48 / *
April 2000 / 55 / 45 / 0
March 2000 / 60 / 40 / *


Q8/9 When you went online yesterday, did you go online from home?

Did you go online from work yesterday?

Based on users who went online yesterday [N=286]

Online yesterday at home only / Online yesterday at work only / Both at home and at work / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 56 / 15 / 25 / 3
May/June 2004 / 58 / 16 / 24 / 2
February 2004 / 55 / 19 / 23 / 2
November 2003 / 54 / 17 / 26 / 4
July 2003 / 62 / 15 / 21 / 2
June 2003 / 58 / 19 / 21 / 2
April/May 2003 / 57 / 19 / 22 / 2
March 20-25, 2003 / 56 / 20 / 23 / 2
March 3-11, 2003 / 57 / 17 / 23 / 3
February 2003 / 53 / 20 / 24 / 4
December 2002 / 58 / 18 / 21 / 4
November 2002 / 52 / 21 / 24 / 3
October 2002 / 53 / 21 / 23 / 3
September 2002 / 60 / 20 / 19 / 2
June 26-July 26, 2002 / 59 / 18 / 20 / 2
March/May 2002 / 56 / 18 / 22 / 3
January 2002 / 61 / 16 / 20 / 2
Dec. 17-23, 2001 / 56 / 20 / 22 / 2
Nov. 19-Dec. 16 2001 / 57 / 19 / 20 / 4
Oct. 19-Nov. 18 2001 / 58 / 20 / 20 / 2
Oct. 8-18 2001 / 51 / 23 / 23 / 3
October 2-7 2001 / 55 / 20 / 23 / 2
Sept 20-Oct 1 2001 / 60 / 21 / 15 / 5
Sept 12-19 2001 / 54 / 22 / 20 / 3
August 2001 / 57 / 23 / 18 / 3
February 2001 / 59 / 17 / 21 / 3
Fall 2000 / 55 / 20 / 21 / 3
July/August 2000 / 61 / 18 / 19 / 2
May/June 2000 / 58 / 22 / 18 / 2
April 2000 / 55 / 21 / 21 / 3
March 2000 / 56 / 21 / 20 / 3


Q10 Counting all of your online sessions, how much time did you spend online yesterday?

Based on users who went online yesterday [N=286]

less than 15 min / 15 min to less than half hr / half hr or more but less than 1 hr / about
an hr / more than 1 hr but less than 2 hrs / 2 hrs or more but less than 3 hrs / 3 hrs or more but less than 4 hrs / 4 hrs or more / don’t know/ refused
Current / 12 / 14 / 14 / 14 / 9 / 13 / 6 / 17 / 1
April/May, 2003 / 7 / 12 / 17 / 22 / 8 / 15 / 9 / 10 / 1
March 20-25, 2003 / 8 / 11 / 19 / 17 / 10 / 15 / 8 / 11 / 1
March 12-19, 2003 / 9 / 12 / 13 / 22 / 12 / 13 / 6 / 11 / 1
March 3-11, 2003 / 9 / 13 / 16 / 19 / 7 / 14 / 8 / 14 / *
February 2003 / 7 / 12 / 21 / 20 / 8 / 13 / 5 / 13 / 1
December 2002 / 9 / 14 / 19 / 18 / 8 / 13 / 6 / 12 / *
January 2002 / 12 / 11 / 18 / 21 / 10 / 12 / 5 / 11 / *
Dec. 17-23, 2001 / 9 / 16 / 19 / 15 / 10 / 12 / 6 / 13 / 1
Nov. 19-Dec. 16 2001 / 12 / 13 / 16 / 18 / 10 / 12 / 6 / 12 / 1
Oct. 19-Nov. 18 2001 / 11 / 13 / 16 / 22 / 9 / 11 / 5 / 10 / 1
Oct. 8-18 2001 / 14 / 13 / 18 / 18 / 7 / 12 / 6 / 12 / 1
October 2-7 2001 / 11 / 13 / 16 / 18 / 7 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 0
Sept 20-Oct 1 2001 / 18 / 15 / 18 / 18 / 9 / 8 / 5 / 9 / 1
Sept 12-19 2001 / 14 / 17 / 15 / 16 / 9 / 11 / 4 / 14 / 1
August 2001 / 12 / 12 / 18 / 21 / 5 / 14 / 5 / 11 / 1
February 2001 / 12 / 12 / 19 / 20 / 9 / 12 / 5 / 9 / 1
Fall 2000 / 10 / 14 / 18 / 20 / 9 / 13 / 6 / 9 / 1
July/August 2000 / 11 / 15 / 19 / 17 / 9 / 13 / 6 / 9 / 1
May/June 2000 / 10 / 14 / 18 / 18 / 8 / 12 / 8 / 11 / 1


Q12 About how many years have you had access to the Internet? (Note Question Wording)[32]

Q12.1 About how many months is that?

Based on Internet users [N=537]

Within the last six months / A year ago / Two or three years ago / More than three years ago / ------
Four Years / ------
Five Years / ------
six or more / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 1 / 5 / 13 / 79 / 9 / 14 / 55 / 2
May/June 2004 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 78 / 9 / 16 / 54 / 1
February 2004 / 2 / 3 / 14 / 79 / 10 / 16 / 53 / 2
November 2003 / 2 / 4 / 16 / 77 / 9 / 19 / 49 / 1
July 2003 / 2 / 5 / 19 / 74 / 9 / 20 / 44 / 1
June 2003 / 2 / 5 / 19 / 73 / 12 / 19 / 42 / 2
April/May 2003 / 2 / 5 / 18 / 74 / 11 / 19 / 45 / 1
March 20-25, 2003 / 3 / 6 / 16 / 74 / 10 / 18 / 46 / 1
March 12-19, 2003 / 2 / 7 / 16 / 74 / 12 / 18 / 44 / 1
March 3-11, 2003 / 2 / 5 / 14 / 77 / 12 / 20 / 45 / 1
February 2003 / 1 / 4 / 19 / 73 / 9 / 18 / 46 / 1
December 2002 / 1 / 6 / 23 / 68 / 13 / 19 / 36 / 2
November 2002 / 2 / 5 / 23 / 70 / 12 / 19 / 39 / 1
October 2002 / 3 / 6 / 22 / 68 / 12 / 18 / 38 / 1
September 2002 / 2 / 5 / 23 / 68 / 13 / 18 / 38 / 1
July 2002 / 2 / 6 / 24 / 65 / 13 / 19 / 33 / 2
March/May 2002 / 7 / 10 / 31 / 52 / 10 / 15 / 25 / *
January 2002 / 8 / 13 / 36 / 43 / 8 / 13 / 21 / *
December 2001 / 6 / 13 / 34 / 47 / 10 / 14 / 20 / *
November 2001 / 7 / 12 / 34 / 47 / 12 / 12 / 20 / *
October 2001 / 5 / 15 / 32 / 47 / 12 / 14 / 19 / 1
September 2001 / 7 / 15 / 34 / 44 / 11 / 14 / 17 / *
August 2001 / 10 / 15 / 32 / 43 / 10 / 13 / 18 / *
February 2001 / 11 / 16 / 37 / 35 / 10 / 11 / 13 / 1
December 2000 / 12 / 19 / 35 / 34 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
November 2000 / 11 / 19 / 33 / 37 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
October 2000 / 12 / 20 / 33 / 35 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
September 2000 / 11 / 21 / 37 / 31 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
July/August 2000 / 14 / 21 / 33 / 32 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
May/June 2000 / 15 / 19 / 33 / 33 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
March/April 2000 / 18 / 20 / 32 / 30 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
October 1999[33] / 15 / 22 / 32 / 31 / n/a / n/a / n/a / 0
July 1999 / 17 / 23 / 32 / 28 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *
November 1998 / 20 / 26 / 34 / 19 / n/a / n/a / n/a / 1
October 1996 / 26 / 38 / 24 / 12 / n/a / n/a / n/a / *

Q13 Do you ever go online from home?

Q8 When you went online yesterday, did you go online from home?

Based on Internet users [N=537]

Total, go online from home / ------Went online from home yesterday / ------Go online from home (not yesterday) / Don't go online from home / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 88 / 43 / 45 / 12 / *
May/June 2004 / 88 / 43 / 45 / 12 / 0
February 2004 / 90 / 44 / 46 / 10 / 0
November 2003 / 87 / 43 / 44 / 13 / 0
July 2003 / 87 / 44 / 43 / 13 / *
June 2003 / 87 / 44 / 43 / 13 / *
April/May 2003 / 90 / 46 / 45 / 10 / 0
March 20-25, 2003 / 89 / 44 / 45 / 11 / *
March 3-11, 2003 / 89 / 49 / 40 / 11 / 0
February 2003 / 89 / 46 / 43 / 11 / 0
December 2002 / 87 / 44 / 43 / 12 / *
November 2002 / 87 / 44 / 43 / 13 / *
October 2002 / 88 / 43 / 45 / 12 / 0
September 2002 / 87 / 45 / 42 / 13 / 0
June 26-July 26, 2002 / 86 / 42 / 44 / 14 / 0
March/May 2002 / 87 / 45 / 42 / 13 / 0
January 2002 / 88 / 48 / 40 / 12 / *
Dec. 17-23, 2001 / 88 / 45 / 43 / 12 / 0
Nov. 19-Dec. 16 2001 / 88 / 46 / 42 / 12 / *
Oct. 19-Nov. 18 2001 / 87 / 47 / 40 / 13 / *
Oct. 8-18 2001 / 87 / 38 / 50 / 13 / 0
October 2-7 2001 / 89 / 43 / 45 / 11 / 0
Sept 20-Oct 1 2001 / 87 / 42 / 44 / 13 / *
Sept 12-19 2001 / 86 / 38 / 49 / 14 / *
August 2001 / 84 / 41 / 42 / 16 / 0
February 2001 / 85 / 47 / 38 / 15 / *
Fall 2000 / 83 / 43 / 41 / 17 / *
July/August 2000 / 84 / 39 / 45 / 16 / 0
May/June 2000 / 83 / 39 / 44 / 17 / 0
April 2000 / 83 / 42 / 41 / 17 / 0
March 2000 / 81 / 46 / 35 / 19 / 0


Q14 In general, how often do you go online from home — several times a day, about once a day, 3-5 days a week, 1-2 days a week, once every few weeks, or less often?

Based on users who go online from home [N=475]

Several times a day / About once a day / 3-5 days a week / 1-2 days a week / Every few weeks / Less often / Don’t know /Refused
Current / 26 / 27 / 19 / 18 / 7 / 3 / *
May/June 2004 / 28 / 25 / 18 / 19 / 6 / 4 / 1
February 2004 / 28 / 26 / 20 / 16 / 6 / 3 / 1
November 2003 / 26 / 28 / 22 / 16 / 5 / 3 / *
July 2003 / 23 / 28 / 21 / 16 / 8 / 3 / 1
June 2003 / 23 / 28 / 20 / 19 / 7 / 3 / *
April/May 2003 / 25 / 29 / 17 / 19 / 6 / 4 / *
March 20-25, 2003 / 25 / 27 / 21 / 16 / 7 / 3 / *
March 3-11, 2003 / 26 / 29 / 19 / 17 / 6 / 3 / 0
February 2003 / 26 / 26 / 20 / 17 / 7 / 4 / *
December 2002 / 24 / 28 / 18 / 18 / 8 / 4 / 1
November 2002 / 25 / 25 / 21 / 16 / 7 / 4 / *
October 2002 / 26 / 28 / 22 / 16 / 6 / 3 / *
September 2002 / 27 / 26 / 20 / 17 / 5 / 4 / *
June 26-July 26, 2002 / 23 / 24 / 22 / 19 / 8 / 4 / *
March/May 2002 / 24 / 25 / 21 / 19 / 6 / 3 / 1
January 2002 / 24 / 26 / 21 / 20 / 5 / 3 / *
Dec. 17-23, 2001 / 23 / 29 / 20 / 17 / 7 / 3 / 1
Nov. 19-Dec. 16 2001 / 24 / 28 / 21 / 16 / 6 / 4 / 1
Oct. 19-Nov. 18 2001 / 24 / 30 / 21 / 15 / 6 / 3 / 1
Oct. 8-18 2001 / 25 / 26 / 23 / 18 / 4 / 3 / 1
October 2-7 2001 / 26 / 26 / 23 / 18 / 4 / 3 / 0
Sept 20-Oct 1 2001 / 24 / 28 / 20 / 19 / 5 / 3 / *
Sept 12-19 2001 / 21 / 27 / 23 / 20 / 6 / 3 / *
August 2001 / 21 / 28 / 23 / 18 / 6 / 4 / *
February 2001 / 25 / 29 / 20 / 17 / 5 / 4 / 1
Fall 2000 / 22 / 29 / 22 / 18 / 6 / 3 / *
July/August 2000 / 23 / 28 / 21 / 22 / 4 / 2 / *
May/June 2000 / 23 / 30 / 22 / 16 / 6 / 3 / *
April 2000 / 24 / 30 / 20 / 18 / 5 / 3 / *
March 2000 / 23 / 29 / 24 / 16 / 5 / 2 / 1


Q15 Do you ever go online from work?