What we Indians want from the Internet

-- A Global Survey
A survey directed at Indian Internet Users (including NRIs)

This is a first of its kind survey. A survey about YOU - the INDIAN Internet user and what you use it for.

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The Global Indian Internet User Survey

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  1. Residential status
    Staying in India
    NRI residing outside India - Select Country
    Other (Please specify)

  2. Age group
    12 and under
    13 - 16
    17 - 21
    21 - 28
    30 - 40
    40 +

  3. Sex
    Male
    Female

  4. Marital Status
    Single
    Married
    Divorced

  5. Monthly household income (in Rupees)
    Upto Rs 15,000
    15,001 -- 25,000
    25,001 -- 50,000
    50,001 -- 1,00,000
    1,00,01 -- 3,00,000
    Above 3,00,000

  6. Education completed
    Schooling (Standards I to X)
    High School / Jr College (Standards XI to XII)
    Senior College (Bachelors Degree)
    Masters Degree
    Ph.D.

  7. Which of these best describes you?
    Architect
    Banker
    CA
    Doctor (Medicine)
    Doctor (Non-medicine)
    Engineer
    Executive
    Exporter / Importer
    Film / TV Personality
    Financial Consultant
    IT Professional
    Lawyer
    Management Consultant
    Politician
    Sportsperson
    Other (Please specify)

  8. What's your occupation?
    Businessman
    Self-employed professional
    Company director
    Middle management
    Senior management
    Salaried
    Student
    Retired
    Unemployed

  9. Which credit cards do you hold? [ OPTIONAL information ]
    American Express
    ANZ Grindlays
    Cancard
    Citibank Diners
    Hongkong Bank
    Standard Chartered Gold / Executive / Classic
    Andhra Bank Card
    BOB Card
    Citibank Classic / Gold
    Other (Please specify)

  10. Are you a cellular phone subscriber?
    Yes
    No

  11. Which of the following do you own?
    Music System
    Colour TV
    VCR / VCP
    Refrigerator
    Washing Machine
    Vacuum Cleaner
    Air-conditioner
    Microwave Oven
    Car

  12. What do you use the Internet primarily for?
    Research
    Entertainment
    Sales / Marketing / PR
    Communication

  13. In your opinion, what is the Internet's best attribute?
    Size of the network
    Cost to use
    Quality of information available
    Quantity of information available
    Lack of regulation
    Multi-cultural / World-wide
    Communication speed / performance
    User friendliness

  14. In your opinion, what is the Internet's 2nd best attribute?
    Size of the network
    Cost to use
    Quality of information available
    Quantity of information available
    Lack of regulation
    Multi-cultural / World-wide
    Communication speed / performance
    User friendliness

  15. What do you dislike about the Internet?
    Connectivity problems
    Cost to use
    Sheer size
    Concepts difficult to understand
    Shell unfriendly

  16. On the Internet, which applications do you use most?
    E-mail
    World Wide Web (surfing)
    Newsgroups (UseNet)
    IRC (Chat)
    Gopher
    Groupware (e.g. Lotus Notes)
    Internet Telephony

  17. Which is your 1st Most Valued Service?
    E-mail
    World Wide Web (surfing)
    Newsgroups (UseNet)
    IRC (Chat)
    Gopher
    Groupware (e.g. Lotus Notes)
    Internet Telephony

  18. Which is your 2nd Most Valued Service?
    E-mail
    World Wide Web (surfing)
    Newsgroups (UseNet)
    IRC (Chat)
    Gopher
    Groupware (e.g. Lotus Notes)
    Internet Telephony

  19. Why do you use the WWW (surf) ?
    More timely access to data
    Access to more news and information
    Discussion with others
    More convenient
    Faster response time
    More fun and interesting
    More cost effective

  20. Have you: (check all that apply)
    Purchased a product online?
    Bought a product you heard about online, from the physical world?
    Registered a Shareware program?
    Been responsible for others getting on the internet?
    Ever dated somebody you met online?

  21. Which is your favourite search engine?
    Yahoo
    Altavista
    Khoj
    Webcrawler
    Excite
    Infoseek
    Other (Please specify)

  22. You access the Internet primarily from...? Please specify the access method.
    Home
      TCP/IP access
      Shell access
    Office
      TCP/IP access
      Shell access
    Friends' place
      TCP/IP access
      Shell access
    School / College
      TCP/IP access
      Shell access
    Cybercafe
      TCP/IP access
      Shell access
    Others
      TCP/IP access
      Shell access


  23. What is your Internet access method?
    ISDN
    Direct Connection
    Modem
      9.6 Kbps
      14.4 Kbps
      28.8 Kbps
      33.6 Kbps
      56 Kbps
    Other
    Don't know

  24. What is the average time do you spend on the Internet daily?
    Upto 1 hour
    1 -- 3 hours
    4 -- 6 hours
    7 hours or more

  25. Comments:

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Your physical world address (snail mail) [ OPTIONAL ]


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