Necessary data is presented here for internet usage for the purpose of informing the people about where and when internet is being used. This will give the relevant stakeholders the chance to review the relevant data for decisions that will be made in relation to it. Likewise, it will provide the users a collective view of how internet is also used. This particular report regarding internet usage will dwell on two variables of household income and occupation and its relationship to access of internet and the usage of such in the last 30 days.
The study from which the data will be taken includes ten variables, which are sex, census region, age, marital status, educational attainment, whether employed full time or part time, occupation, household income, and size of the household that expands from the year 1997 to 2000. The categories under access to place where internet is available and usage in the last 30 days amount to three, which are home or work, work only, and home only. Scope of the Information
The information presented here includes the areas of “Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania” in the Northeast region; “Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas” in the Midwest; “Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas” in the South; and “Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii” in the West (Mediamark Research Inc. ). The total of the said information includes people from different occupations for the year 2000 and for all the years, data is collected from people who are 18 years old and above. The years covered are 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 and the data are collected as of spring. Internet Usage Date Presentation Figure 1 below shows the line graph of the data presenting where internet is available for use by the people by income categories, which are less than $50,000, $50,000 to $74,999, $75,000 to $149,999, and $150,000 or more. The data presented is in percentage form. Figure 1. Internet Availability by Household Income
Source: Mediamark Research Inc. CyberStats, spring 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Retrieved May 23 2000, from http://www. mediamark. com. Figure 1 above represents the number of people under the different income categories who have internet access in the home or work, home only, and work only. It can be noticed that there is no particular relationship that can be concluded since the lines for the home or work category and home only the same patterns of fall-rise-fall. The same can be said about the category of work only which has a pattern of rise-rise-fall. There is a close number of frequencies for the incomes $50,000 to $74,999 and for $150,000 or more.
It can be noticed that the lowest frequency occur in the income category $150,000 or more for the three categories home or work, home only, and work only. On the other hand, the highest income category that has internet access under the categories home only and work only is the category $75,000 to $149,999. Likewise, those with incomes below $50,000 chose to have internet access in both their home and in their work place. Figure 2. Internet Availability by Occupation Source: Mediamark Research Inc. CyberStats, spring 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Retrieved May 23 2000, from http://www. mediamark. com. Figure 2 above represents internet availability for the categories home or work, home only, and work only by occupation.
The categories of occupations considered are professional, executive/manager/administrator, clerical/sales/technical, and precision/crafts/repair. The data is presented in percentage. The lowest percentage occurs in the last category which is the precision/crafts/repair. This low frequency of internet access in the said three locations may be due to their low need for internet access to supplement their work. On the other hand, the highest percentage is with the category of clerical/sales/technical which may be duly accounted to the fact that they need this in relation to their work. Likewise, the line of internet access in home only category has the highest frequency for the firs three categories of occupation.
This is because of the need of organizations related to these occupations for the completion of tasks and responsibilities. Figure 3. Used the Internet for the last 30 days by Household Income Source: Mediamark Research Inc. CyberStats, spring 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Retrieved May 23 2000, from http://www. mediamark. com. Figure 3 above presents the data related to the use of internet within the last 30 days in the work or in the home, the home only, or in the work place only by household income. The data presented is in percentage form. Considerably, the patterns of the lines took the same path as that of Figure 1, which is the graph representing internet access in the three abovementioned areas by household income.
The likeness in the patterns may be attributed to the fact that people who have internet access are more likely to use their internet for the last 30 days and thus, are related. Figure 4. Used the internet in the last 30 days by Occupation Source: Mediamark Research Inc. CyberStats, spring 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Retrieved May 23 2000, from http://www. mediamark. com. Figure 4 above represents people categorized by occupation who used the internet within the last 30 days. The patterns of the lines are almost similar to that of Figure 2 above which represents the people classified by their occupation who have internet access in their homes. Conclusion The information provided will give stakeholders, groups, and individuals may benefit from the data presented above.
The variables under study are occupation and household income vis-a-vis their internet access and those who have accessed the internet in the last 30 days in the home or work, home only, and work only. The patterns for internet access and those who have accessed the internet in the last 30 days are almost the same and the access to such are related to the need of the different professions in relation to their needs. However, the income has no definite relationship as the capacity to have one is not a question in availing one because of the affordability that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) gives to its subscribers.
Work Cited
Mediamark Research Inc. CyberStats, spring 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Retrieved May 23 2000, from http://www. mediamark. com.