Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted March 24 - 25, 2007
| March 24 - 25, 2007 | Have you ever heard of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Yes | 38% | 41% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 42% | 46% | 40% | 51% | 32% | 43% | 32% | 37% | 40% | 38% | 29% | 52% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 30% | 14% | 19% | 34% | 36% | 34% | 50% | 59% |
| No | 56% | 53% | 58% | 58% | 54% | 55% | 52% | 53% | 41% | 63% | 51% | 61% | 57% | 54% | 56% | 62% | 44% | 46% | 49% | 48% | 63% | 73% | 75% | 54% | 58% | 64% | 46% | 38% |
| March 24 - 25, 2007 | Have you ever read anything on Wikipedia that you knew was inaccurate? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Yes | 25% | 19% | 31% | 20% | 27% | 28% | 18% | 20% | 45% | 25% | 30% | 18% | 23% | 28% | 26% | 20% | 26% | 33% | 22% | 33% | 13% | 7% | 49% | 16% | 26% | 16% | 27% | 27% |
| No | 56% | 63% | 49% | 58% | 58% | 53% | 70% | 60% | 55% | 47% | 51% | 65% | 54% | 59% | 59% | 74% | 36% | 62% | 58% | 49% | 56% | 49% | 32% | 65% | 58% | 57% | 53% | 57% |
| March 24 - 25, 2007 | Have you ever posted or corrected information on Wikipedia? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Yes | 9% | 6% | 12% | 6% | 12% | 8% | 19% | 1% | 23% | 8% | 6% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 21% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 19% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 12% |
| No | 88% | 92% | 83% | 90% | 84% | 89% | 81% | 96% | 77% | 85% | 90% | 84% | 89% | 86% | 89% | 87% | 83% | 79% | 92% | 94% | 90% | 78% | 80% | 80% | 92% | 100% | 96% | 84% |
| March 24 - 25, 2007 | How trustworthy is the information found on Wikipedia? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Very trustworthy | 10% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 21% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 15% | 12% | 9% | 10% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 7% | 14% |
| Somewhat trustworthy | 36% | 41% | 32% | 36% | 37% | 36% | 42% | 40% | 44% | 29% | 35% | 39% | 36% | 37% | 33% | 45% | 50% | 43% | 45% | 41% | 29% | 23% | 30% | 38% | 33% | 30% | 44% | 48% |
| Not very trustworthy | 12% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 4% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 9% | 7% | 18% | 10% |
| Not at all trustworthy | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 2% |
| March 24 - 25, 2007 | Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Wikipedia? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Very favorable | 14% | 18% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 31% | 14% | 17% | 9% | 13% | 16% | 11% | 19% | 13% | 9% | 25% | 24% | 16% | 17% | 9% | 3% | 13% | 15% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 25% |
| Somewhat favorable | 32% | 36% | 28% | 35% | 32% | 28% | 37% | 36% | 31% | 27% | 36% | 27% | 33% | 29% | 28% | 40% | 44% | 34% | 37% | 40% | 25% | 22% | 22% | 30% | 35% | 26% | 43% | 35% |
| Somewhat unfavorable | 15% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 17% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 13% | 6% | 9% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 14% | 21% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 18% | 18% |
| Very unfavorable | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 0% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 3% |