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Men in the 2006 political blogs reader survey

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1. Age?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
<14
0.03% 8
14-21
2.08% 547
21-30
15.13% 3970
31-40
24.45% 6416
41-50
25.65% 6729
51-60
21.50% 5641
61-70
8.69% 2280
71+
2.46% 646
Total Respondents 26237
(skipped this question) 0
2. Sex
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Male
100.00% 26237
Female
0.00% 0
Total Respondents 26237
(skipped this question) 0
3. Annual family income:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
0-$10,000
1.82% 463
$10-$20,000
2.99% 760
$20-30,000
5.02% 1277
$30-$45,000
9.51% 2421
$45-$60,000
13.20% 3361
$60-$90,000
21.23% 5405
$90-$120,000
19.35% 4925
$120-$150,000
10.11% 2573
$150-$200,000
8.30% 2114
$200-$300,000
4.89% 1245
$300-$500,000
1.98% 503
>$500,000
1.61% 411
Total Respondents 25458
(skipped this question) 779
4. Household size:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
1
23.18% 5962
2
36.79% 9463
3
15.27% 3927
4
15.83% 4072
5
6.05% 1556
6
1.76% 452
7
0.54% 140
8+
0.59% 152
Total Respondents 25724
(skipped this question) 513
5. Job title:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Accountant/auditor
1.10% 289
Admin Assistant
0.77% 201
Analyst
2.25% 591
Artist/musician/entertainer
1.88% 492
Architect
0.55% 145
Associate
0.58% 153
Broker/trader/adviser
0.85% 224
CEO/Chairman/President
2.01% 527
CFO,COO,CTO,CIO
0.93% 243
Clergy
0.35% 91
Clerical worker
0.66% 173
Computer professional
10.28% 2698
Consultant
3.73% 979
Director
2.20% 576
Doctor
1.35% 355
Educator
5.60% 1470
Engineer
6.05% 1588
Entrepreneur
2.21% 579
Government official
1.58% 414
Health care worker (other than Dr.)
0.96% 251
Homemaker
0.40% 106
Lawyer/Judge
5.41% 1419
Manager
5.02% 1318
Military officer
0.55% 145
Partner/principal/owner
1.83% 481
Researcher
1.93% 506
Sales
2.87% 752
Skilled labor
1.85% 486
Scientist
2.68% 703
Service provider
0.87% 228
Student
6.16% 1617
Supervisor
0.81% 213
Technician
2.18% 572
Vice President
1.33% 350
Writer/editor
3.94% 1034
Retired
8.37% 2196
Other (please specify)
7.90% 2072
Total Respondents 26237
(skipped this question) 0
6. Your education:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
High school graduate
3.04% 792
Some college
18.36% 4781
College graduate
39.18% 10202
Post-graduate degree
39.41% 10261
Total Respondents 26036
(skipped this question) 201
7. Industry:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Accounting
0.89% 224
Agriculture
0.69% 173
Architecture, Design
1.15% 290
Arts, Entertainment
4.45% 1124
Computers, Software, Tech
12.25% 3090
Construction
2.85% 719
Consulting
2.87% 724
Education
12.48% 3149
Engineering
4.59% 1159
Finance, Banking, Brokerage
4.99% 1258
Government, Diplomacy
4.97% 1254
Health care
5.02% 1266
Homemaker
0.25% 64
Import, Export, Trade
0.36% 90
Information Management/Library
1.17% 294
Insurance
1.45% 367
Legal
6.73% 1698
Manufacturing
4.74% 1196
MarCom, Advertising, PR
1.68% 425
Media
4.02% 1014
Military
1.76% 445
Non-profit/Associations
2.27% 572
Pharmaceuticals
1.01% 256
Politics
1.15% 291
Real-estate
1.59% 401
Recruiting/HR
0.18% 46
Religious
0.48% 120
Retired
2.70% 680
R&D
1.86% 470
Retail
2.40% 606
Social Services
0.69% 173
Telecommunications
2.42% 610
Transport
1.89% 477
Travel, Hospitality
1.13% 284
Wholesale
0.88% 222
Total Respondents 25231
(skipped this question) 1006
8. Politically, you are:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Apolitical
1.95% 499
Democrat
44.61% 11408
Republican
22.45% 5740
Libertarian
7.02% 1795
Independent
19.86% 5078
Green
4.11% 1050
Total Respondents 25570
(skipped this question) 667
9. In the last 6 months, how much money have you spent online in each of the following categories?
Spending range
  0 $1-$100 $100-$199 $200-$499 $500-$999 $1000-$1499 $1500-$2499 $2500-$4999 $5000+ Response
Total
Contributed to a cause/campaign 34% (7970) 30% (7187) 14% (3340) 12% (2873) 5% (1295) 2% (524) 1% (244) 1% (176) 1% (174) 23783
Clothes 36% (8434) 19% (4509) 15% (3503) 17% (3878) 8% (1810) 3% (653) 1% (268) 1% (117) 0% (47) 23219
Software 36% (8284) 31% (7168) 16% (3652) 11% (2590) 4% (988) 2% (371) 1% (119) 0% (84) 0% (57) 23313
Music 32% (7417) 43% (10017) 15% (3545) 8% (1820) 2% (490) 1% (142) 0% (42) 0% (18) 0% (16) 23507
Books 14% (3348) 35% (8642) 24% (5935) 19% (4631) 6% (1410) 2% (376) 1% (130) 0% (49) 0% (35) 24556
Plane tickets 36% (8624) 1% (203) 2% (518) 13% (3004) 19% (4586) 12% (2929) 8% (1978) 5% (1243) 3% (746) 23831
Computer 47% (10929) 10% (2244) 7% (1657) 8% (1900) 8% (1946) 8% (1756) 6% (1492) 4% (816) 1% (297) 23037
Consumer electronics 39% (9058) 15% (3479) 12% (2736) 16% (3746) 10% (2374) 4% (946) 2% (435) 1% (311) 1% (165) 23250
Subscription to a publication 46% (10467) 41% (9401) 9% (2139) 3% (751) 1% (145) 0% (39) 0% (12) 0% (4) 0% (7) 22965
Total Respondents 25629
(skipped this question) 608
10. Which of the following have you done in the last twelve months:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Written or called any politician at the state, local, or national level
72.59% 16839
Attended a political rally, speech, or organized protest of any kind
35.99% 8349
Attended a public meeting on town or school affairs
35.39% 8209
Held or run for political office
1.90% 440
Served on a committee for some local organization
23.86% 5536
Served as an officer for some club or organization
22.48% 5216
Written a letter to the Editor of a newspaper or magazine or called a live radio or TV show to express an opinion
46.01% 10674
Signed a petition
73.19% 16978
Worked for a political party
18.03% 4183
Made a speech
13.50% 3131
Written an article for a magazine or newspaper
14.68% 3405
Been an active member of any group that tries to influence public policy or government
32.13% 7454
Total Respondents 23198
(skipped this question) 3039
11. In an average week, how many friends and colleagues do you e-mail, IM or talk with about political news or opinions? (Please exclude web postings.)
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
1-5
48.07% 12407
5-10
31.06% 8018
11-20
11.56% 2985
21-30
4.04% 1044
31-40
1.41% 365
41-50
1.29% 332
51-60
0.72% 186
61-70
0.19% 50
71-80
0.10% 27
81-100
0.33% 86
101-150
0.32% 82
151-200
0.11% 28
200+
0.78% 202
Total Respondents 25812
(skipped this question) 425
12. What newspapers do you read at least once a week?
  Print Online Respondents
Total
The New York Times 23% (3346) 88% (12645) 14446
USA Today 35% (1239) 68% (2401) 3539
The Washington Times 7% (296) 94% (3885) 4118
The Boston Globe 16% (483) 89% (2777) 3111
The Wall Street Journal 37% (2588) 73% (5146) 7067
The Financial Times 19% (378) 84% (1696) 2014
The Guardian 4% (228) 97% (4977) 5131
The Washington Post 9% (1062) 95% (11664) 12261
The Hill 6% (106) 95% (1686) 1771
The Los Angeles Times 13% (795) 90% (5644) 6263
The Philadelphia Inquirer 27% (311) 81% (944) 1161
The Christian Science Monitor 5% (140) 95% (2543) 2666
Roll Call 8% (107) 93% (1262) 1350
National Journal 7% (80) 95% (1051) 1111
The Jerusalem Post 2% (31) 98% (1216) 1243
Total Respondents 20461
(skipped this question) 5776
13. Magazines you read regularly:
  Print Online Respondents
Total
The Advocate 67% (619) 41% (379) 923
American Rifleman 91% (1018) 10% (110) 1119
The American Prospect 26% (513) 79% (1561) 1966
Atlantic Monthly 77% (2163) 30% (854) 2826
Barrons 64% (355) 41% (228) 552
Business 2.0 69% (356) 35% (180) 513
Business Week 62% (805) 43% (565) 1302
Christianity Today 41% (145) 64% (223) 350
Depatures 84% (31) 16% (6) 37
The Economist 65% (2543) 44% (1718) 3938
Editor & Publisher 5% (98) 96% (1948) 2032
Esquire 89% (647) 13% (97) 729
Forbes 57% (836) 48% (696) 1462
Foreign Policy 47% (469) 57% (573) 1006
Fortune 68% (478) 36% (256) 706
Guidepost 89% (119) 11% (15) 133
Harpers 80% (1890) 24% (576) 2372
Harvard Business Review 66% (227) 38% (133) 346
Inc. 75% (146) 28% (54) 195
The Jerusalem report 27% (38) 76% (108) 142
Money 75% (567) 26% (198) 754
Mother Jones 52% (1144) 53% (1166) 2199
National Geographic 87% (2820) 16% (515) 3242
The Nation 49% (1851) 60% (2267) 3803
National Review 28% (1216) 85% (3708) 4346
New York 66% (285) 38% (166) 435
The New Yorker 75% (3466) 30% (1395) 4644
The New York Review of Books 61% (986) 44% (711) 1607
The New Republic 27% (489) 80% (1457) 1830
New Scientist 35% (341) 70% (677) 968
Newsweek 67% (2595) 38% (1454) 3858
NRA Rifleman 85% (588) 16% (112) 695
Onion 16% (853) 88% (4819) 5450
Popular Science 72% (995) 32% (439) 1385
Reason Magazine 33% (354) 76% (812) 1073
Rolling Stone 71% (1111) 32% (500) 1557
Scientific American 72% (1627) 33% (744) 2246
The Smithsonian 89% (1219) 13% (173) 1368
Salon 4% (175) 96% (4371) 4537
Slate 3% (153) 97% (4294) 4439
Smart Money 66% (260) 38% (148) 391
Soldier of Fortune 79% (127) 22% (36) 161
Time 63% (1816) 42% (1220) 2894
The Week 89% (393) 12% (52) 440
Time 60% (662) 46% (512) 1110
US News & World Reports 64% (1031) 40% (648) 1619
Utne Reader 75% (486) 27% (176) 649
Vanity Fair 79% (1104) 23% (314) 1390
The Washington Monthly 19% (408) 85% (1803) 2109
Weekly Standard 22% (703) 85% (2659) 3135
Wired 55% (1669) 52% (1574) 3018
Total Respondents 20591
(skipped this question) 5646
14. Please rate how well the following media provide you with news and opinion:
Usefulness
  NA Worthless Somewhat useful Useful Extremely useful Response
Total
Word of mouth 14% (2900) 18% (3873) 50% (10633) 15% (3167) 4% (788) 21361
Television 4% (888) 38% (9084) 45% (10801) 12% (2943) 2% (411) 24127
Radio 9% (2163) 14% (3261) 31% (7354) 31% (7190) 15% (3396) 23364
Newspapers (print) 11% (2584) 18% (4090) 39% (9078) 25% (5719) 7% (1616) 23087
Newspapers (online) 6% (1287) 5% (1225) 39% (8983) 37% (8520) 14% (3308) 23323
Magazines (print) 14% (3145) 12% (2613) 38% (8295) 28% (6092) 8% (1777) 21922
Magazines (online) 16% (3469) 6% (1283) 38% (8096) 31% (6607) 8% (1728) 21183
Blogs 0% (104) 1% (179) 10% (2519) 33% (8200) 56% (14012) 25014
Forums 41% (7896) 14% (2723) 24% (4596) 13% (2571) 7% (1297) 19083
% of total media consumption
  0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Response
Total
Word of mouth 38% (6317) 52% (8591) 7% (1114) 2% (268) 1% (94) 0% (78) 0% (23) 0% (25) 0% (16) 0% (10) 0% (11) 16547
Television 26% (5500) 46% (9717) 18% (3674) 6% (1278) 2% (392) 1% (227) 0% (85) 0% (48) 0% (25) 0% (20) 0% (8) 20974
Radio 19% (3866) 38% (7630) 22% (4423) 11% (2242) 4% (896) 3% (516) 1% (178) 1% (127) 0% (86) 0% (43) 0% (27) 20034
Newspapers (print) 26% (5009) 45% (8601) 18% (3493) 6% (1240) 2% (443) 1% (285) 0% (81) 0% (44) 0% (27) 0% (9) 0% (8) 19240
Newspapers (online) 10% (2006) 46% (9515) 25% (5084) 11% (2244) 4% (805) 2% (458) 1% (168) 1% (105) 0% (57) 0% (34) 0% (17) 20493
Magazines (print) 27% (4753) 52% (9121) 15% (2652) 4% (706) 1% (175) 1% (111) 0% (34) 0% (31) 0% (12) 0% (5) 0% (7) 17607
Magazines (online) 23% (3862) 56% (9361) 15% (2450) 4% (702) 1% (162) 1% (107) 0% (36) 0% (35) 0% (20) 0% (11) 0% (9) 16755
Blogs 1% (219) 12% (2796) 23% (5326) 23% (5313) 15% (3612) 12% (2800) 6% (1384) 4% (1003) 3% (626) 1% (281) 0% (111) 23471
Forums 55% (7093) 29% (3688) 8% (1021) 3% (446) 1% (187) 1% (162) 0% (58) 1% (66) 0% (47) 0% (35) 0% (20) 12823
Total Respondents 25793
(skipped this question) 444
15. Do you have your own blog?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Yes
18.48% 4849
No
81.52% 21388
Total Respondents 26237
(skipped this question) 0
16. Why do you blog?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
To influence public opinion.
37.80% 1798
To let off steam.
49.65% 2362
For money.
4.08% 194
For fame.
5.95% 283
To meet new people.
12.36% 588
To formulate new ideas.
46.73% 2223
To stay in touch with old friends.
22.32% 1062
To keep track of my thoughts.
52.24% 2485
I'm not sure, but I love it.
21.11% 1004
To smite my enemies.
16.63% 791
To praise my friends.
8.22% 391
Other (please specify)
18.31% 871
Total Respondents 4757
(skipped this question) 21480
17. When did you start blogging?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
1998
2.46% 117
1999
1.64% 78
2000
2.81% 134
2001
5.06% 241
2002
7.98% 380
2003
14.17% 675
2004
24.46% 1165
2005
33.61% 1601
2006
7.81% 372
Total Respondents 4763
(skipped this question) 21474
18. How many blogs do you read daily?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
1
3.99% 1003
2
7.14% 1797
3
11.35% 2855
4
9.98% 2511
5
17.02% 4284
6
8.08% 2033
7
4.23% 1064
8
4.67% 1175
9
1.07% 269
10
10.80% 2717
11-15
13.04% 3282
16-25
5.71% 1438
26-50
2.05% 517
51-100
0.58% 146
101-200
0.16% 40
200+
0.14% 34
Total Respondents 25165
(skipped this question) 1072
19. Do you leave comments in other people's blogs?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Yes
52.87% 13112
No
47.13% 11690
Total Respondents 24802
(skipped this question) 1435
20. In an average week, roughly how many hours do you spend reading blogs?
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
0
0.21% 52
1
1.82% 457
2
5.21% 1311
3
5.72% 1439
4
5.94% 1496
5
9.63% 2424
6
5.07% 1277
7
6.64% 1671
8
5.69% 1433
9
1.36% 342
10
18.96% 4771
11
0.61% 153
12
5.01% 1262
13
0.52% 130
14
5.01% 1260
15
6.89% 1734
16
1.16% 292
17
0.33% 83
18
1.18% 298
19-24
8.38% 2109
24-30
2.48% 625
30-36
0.68% 170
36+
1.49% 376
Total Respondents 25165
(skipped this question) 1072
21. You read blogs for:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Faster news
65.15% 16299
Latest trends
28.24% 7065
Transparent biases
44.75% 11196
Better perspective
80.33% 20099
More personality
37.97% 9500
More honesty
67.15% 16800
News I can't find elsewhere
82.99% 20764
Links
50.77% 12702
Humor
53.90% 13485
Other (please specify)
8.02% 2006
Total Respondents 25019
(skipped this question) 1218
22. List up to ten of your favorite blogs (to make this data parsable and useful for bloggers, please put each blog name on a new row and provide at least the first full word of blog's name):
23. Referring blog:
24. You read blogs via RSS:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Never
69.57% 15957
Occasionally
19.23% 4410
Often
6.80% 1560
Always
4.74% 1086
Total Respondents 22935
(skipped this question) 3302
25. You listen to how many podcasts each week:
    Response
Percent
Response
Total
Never
75.22% 18386
1
9.76% 2386
2
5.52% 1350
3
2.94% 719
4
1.38% 338
5
2.19% 535
6
0.45% 111
7
0.28% 69
8
0.20% 49
9
0.07% 17
10
0.79% 193
11-15
0.66% 162
16-25
0.24% 58
>25
0.29% 71
Total Respondents 24444
(skipped this question) 1793

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