B e r k m a n C e n t e r f o r

I n t e r n e t & S o c i e t y

A u g u s t 2 0 1 1

Full Survey Results

The following document includes the full survey results for

the Berkman Center’s International Bloggers and Internet

Control survey. For a full description of the methods of this

survey and a summary and discussion of the findings, see:

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2011/Internatio

nal_Bloggers_Internet_Control

This document includes the full aggregated results from

the survey, except for unstructured text answers, which

were removed for privacy reasons.

International

Bloggers and

Internet Control

We gratefully acknowledge support for this research from the US Department of State via a subgrant

through Internews Network (USA). We are also grateful for the participation of Global Voices Online

and for the work of those who translated our blogger survey into more than a dozen languages. We

offer our special thanks to the bloggers that participated in the survey.

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1. In what country do you currently reside?

Answer

Response %

Algeria

1 0%

Australia

1 0%

Bahrain

2 1%

Belarus

1 0%

Belgium

1 0%

Brazil

25 12%

Burma

(Myanmar)

3 1%

Cambodia

1 0%

Canada

4 2%

China

12 6%

Egypt

8 4%

France

1 0%

Georgia

3 1%

Germany

1 0%

Ghana

2 1%

Guatemala

1 0%

Hong Kong

2 1%

India

2 1%

Iran

1 0%

Israel

1 0%

Japan

2 1%

Kazakhstan

3 1%

Kenya

2 1%

Lebanon

2 1%

Libya

1 0%

Malawi

1 0%

Malaysia

1 0%

Morocco

6 3%

Pakistan

8 4%

Portugal

1 0%

Russia

31 14%

Saudi Arabia

8 4%

2

Senegal

1 0%

Singapore

3 1%

South Africa

8 4%

South Korea

1 0%

Spain

1 0%

Sudan

1 0%

Sweden

1 0%

Switzerland

1 0%

Syria

3 1%

Thailand

8 4%

Tunisia

2 1%

Turkey

3 1%

Ukraine

2 1%

United Arab

Emirates

4 2%

United Kingdom

8 4%

United States of

America

27 13%

Uruguay

1 0%

Vietnam

1 0%

Yemen

1 0%

Total 216 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 3

Max Value 197

Mean 119.04

Variance 4,057.22

Standard Deviation 63.70

Total Responses 216

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2. What languages do you use primarily on the Internet?

Answer Response %

Arabic 26 26%

Catalan 1 1%

Chinese 6 6%

Dutch 1 1%

English 71 70%

Farsi 2 2%

French 10 10%

Georgian 2 2%

German 2 2%

Italian 2 2%

Kazakh 1 1%

Kurdish 2 2%

Portuguese 21 21%

Russian 18 18%

Spanish 11 11%

Tibetan 1 1%

Urdu 1 1%

Total Respondents

(Note: respondents were allowed to include more than one

language in their responses)

101 100%

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3. Where do you use the Internet at least once a week? Choose all

that apply.

# Answer

Response %

1 Home

216 96%

2 Workplace

147 66%

3 School

26 12%

4

Cybercafés or

public venues

that offer

Internet access

51 23%

6

On a mobile

device such as

a cell phone

118 53%

5 Other (specify)

10 4%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 6

Total Responses 224

4. Where do you most frequently use the Internet? Choose one.

# Answer

Response %

1 Home

146 65%

2 Workplace

59 26%

3 School

0 0%

4

Cybercafés or

public venues

that offer

Internet access

8 4%

5

On a mobile

device such as

a cell phone

6 3%

6 Other (specify)

5 2%

Total 224 100%

5

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 6

Mean 1.59

Variance 1.23

Standard Deviation 1.11

Total Responses 224

5. What is your principal Internet connection at this location? Choose

one.

# Answer

Response %

1 Modem/dialup

8 4%

2 Cable modem

48 21%

3 DSL

130 58%

6 Public wireless

hotspot

6 3%

7

Mobile device

such as a cell

phone

6 3%

5 Other (specify)

22 10%

4 Not sure

4 2%

Total 224 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 7

Mean 3.12

Variance 1.43

Standard Deviation 1.20

Total Responses 224

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6. Do you use the Internet for the following? Choose all that apply.

# Answer

Response %

1 Web browsing

203 91%

2

Entertainment

(including gaming,

radio streaming,

video, etc.)

152 68%

3 E-mail

217 97%

4 Instant messaging

(IM)

131 59%

5

Voice over

Internet Protocol

(VoIP)

100 45%

6 Blogging

215 96%

7 Chat forums (BBS)

46 21%

8

Social networking

(LinkedIn,

MySpace,

Facebook, dating

sites)

189 85%

9 Work

194 87%

10

Educational and

research

purposes

181 81%

11

Making

purchases/paying

bills

157 70%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 11

Total Responses 223

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7. How often do you post content online (including blogging,

comments on web pages, social media status updates, web page

content)?

# Answer

Response %

1 More than

once per day

158 72%

2 Once per day

51 23%

3 Once per

month or less

9 4%

4 Never

2 1%

Total 220 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 4

Mean 1.34

Variance 0.36

Standard Deviation 0.60

Total Responses 220

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8. Do you know how to do the following online? Choose all that

apply.

# Answer

Response %

1 Instant message

(IM)/chat

205 92%

2 E-mail

219 99%

3

Browse the Web

for news and

other

information

219 99%

4

Voice over

Internet

Protocol (VoIP)

services

165 74%

5 Purchase items

online

196 88%

6 Pay bills online

190 86%

7

Cut and paste

pre-scripted

HTML code to

build a webpage

or website

182 82%

8

Write my own

HTML code to

create a

webpage or

website

103 46%

9

Use

programming

languages other

than HTML to

write and run

scripts on or for

the Internet

47 21%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 9

Total Responses 222

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9. What is your highest level of education?

# Answer

Response %

1 No formal

education

0 0%

2

Elementary

school/primary

school

0 0%

3

High

school/secondary

school

30 14%

4 University degree

108 49%

5 Post-graduate

degree

84 38%

Total 222 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 3

Max Value 5

Mean 4.24

Variance 0.46

Standard Deviation 0.68

Total Responses 222

10. What is your age?

# Answer

Response %

1 Under 20

0 0%

2 20-30

93 42%

3 31-40

69 31%

4 41-50

37 17%

5 51-60

14 6%

6 61-70

6 3%

7 71+

1 0%

Total 220 100%

10

Statistic Value

Min Value 2

Max Value 7

Mean 2.97

Variance 1.17

Standard Deviation 1.08

Total Responses 220

11. What is your gender?

# Answer

Response %

1 Male

164 74%

2 Female

57 26%

Total 221 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 2

Mean 1.26

Variance 0.19

Standard Deviation 0.44

Total Responses 221

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12. In your opinion, is national filtering of Internet content for adults

acceptable in the following categories?

# Question Yes No Sometimes Responses Mean

1 Sexual

content 38 127 47 212 2.04

2 Gambling

sites 50 130 31 211 1.91

3 Religious

content 7 171 28 206 2.10

4 Political

content 10 187 11 208 2.00

5

Downloading

of copyrighted

media

55 102 54 211 2.00

6 Social

networking 9 183 14 206 2.02

7 Dating sites 12 177 17 206 2.02

8 Hacking

content 57 102 51 210 1.97

9

Circumvention

/ proxy /

anonymity

tools

14 159 33 206 2.09

Statistic Sexual

content

Gambling

sites

Religious

content

Political

content

Downloading

of

copyrighted

media

Social

networking

Dating

sites

Hacking

content

Circumvention

/ proxy /

anonymity

tools

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max

Value 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Mean 2.04 1.91 2.10 2.00 2.00 2.02 2.02 1.97 2.09

Variance 0.40 0.38 0.16 0.10 0.52 0.11 0.14 0.52 0.22

Standard

Deviation 0.63 0.61 0.40 0.32 0.72 0.33 0.38 0.72 0.47

Total

Responses 212 211 206 208 211 206 206 210 206

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13. In your opinion, is national filtering of Internet content for minors

acceptable in the following categories?

# Question Yes No Sometimes Responses Mean

1 Sexual

content 114 52 47 213 1.69

2 Gambling

sites 124 50 36 210 1.58

3 Religious

content 32 133 39 204 2.03

4 Political

content 27 151 25 203 1.99

5

Downloading

of copyrighted

media

61 96 48 205 1.94

6 Social

networking 18 151 33 202 2.07

7 Dating sites 51 109 43 203 1.96

8 Hacking

content 75 85 45 205 1.85

9

Circumvention

/ proxy /

anonymity

tools

52 118 33 203 1.91

Statistic Sexual

content

Gambling

sites

Religious

content

Political

content

Downloading

of

copyrighted

media

Social

networking

Dating

sites

Hacking

content

Circumvention

/ proxy /

anonymity

tools

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max

Value 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Mean 1.69 1.58 2.03 1.99 1.94 2.07 1.96 1.85 1.91

Variance 0.66 0.59 0.35 0.26 0.53 0.25 0.46 0.57 0.41

Standard

Deviation 0.81 0.77 0.59 0.51 0.73 0.50 0.68 0.75 0.64

Total

Responses 213 210 204 203 205 202 203 205 203

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14. In your opinion, which organizations or people should be

permitted to carry out filtering of Internet content? Please check all

that apply.

# Answer

Response %

1 National

government

65 30%

2 Local

government

24 11%

3 Internet Service

Provider (ISP)

25 12%

4

Search engines

and Internet

hosting services

23 11%

5 Elementary and

high schools

100 47%

10 Universities

59 28%

6

Businesses,

corporations,

and employers

for work-related

Internet use

88 41%

7 Family

127 59%

8 Not sure

15 7%

9

None; filtering

of the Internet is

always

inappropriate

48 22%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 10

Total Responses 214

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15. In your opinion, should Internet Service Providers be legally

permitted to block content that they decide is inappropriate for

users?

# Answer

Response %

1 Yes

9 4%

2

Yes, but only

with prior

government

approval

31 14%

3 No

158 74%

4 Not sure

16 7%

Total 214 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 4

Mean 2.85

Variance 0.37

Standard Deviation 0.60

Total Responses 214

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16. In your opinion, should Internet Service Providers be legally

required to block content that the government decides is

inappropriate for users?

# Answer

Response %

1 Yes

39 18%

2

No,

governments

should carry out

filtering

themselves

27 13%

3

No, I oppose all

government

mandated

Internet filtering

127 59%

4 Not sure

22 10%

Total 215 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 4

Mean 2.61

Variance 0.81

Standard Deviation 0.90

Total Responses 215

17. Is there national filtering in your country?

# Answer

Response %

1 Yes

92 43%

2 No

72 33%

3 Not sure

52 24%

Total 216 100%

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Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 3

Mean 1.81

Variance 0.64

Standard Deviation 0.80

Total Responses 216

18. Who is carrying out national filtering of the Internet in your

country? Please check all that apply.

# Answer

Response %

1 National

government

80 87%

2 Local

government

24 26%

3 Internet Service

Provider (ISP)

50 54%

4 Don't know

8 9%

5 Other (specify)

9 10%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 5

Total Responses 92

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19. Which of the following types of content are subject to national

filtering in your country?

# Question Yes No Not sure Responses Mean

1 Sexual

content 64 13 7 84 1.32

2 Gambling

sites 39 21 15 75 1.68

3 Religious

content 45 22 11 78 1.56

4 Political

content 75 8 6 89 1.22

5

Downloading

of copyrighted

media

24 29 20 73 1.95

6 Social

networking 38 35 6 79 1.59

7 Dating sites 28 31 16 75 1.84

8 Hacking

content 27 23 25 75 1.97

9

Circumvention

/ proxy /

anonymity

tools

43 16 21 80 1.73

Statistic Sexual

content

Gambling

sites

Religious

content

Political

content

Downloading

of

copyrighted

media

Social

networking

Dating

sites

Hacking

content

Circumvention

/ proxy /

anonymity

tools

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max

Value 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Mean 1.32 1.68 1.56 1.22 1.95 1.59 1.84 1.97 1.73

Variance 0.39 0.63 0.53 0.31 0.61 0.40 0.57 0.70 0.73

Standard

Deviation 0.62 0.79 0.73 0.56 0.78 0.63 0.75 0.84 0.86

Total

Responses 84 75 78 89 73 79 75 75 80

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20. Do you agree or disagree with this statement: National filtering in

my country is beneficial to society.

# Answer

Response %

1 Strongly agree

5 2%

2 Agree

11 5%

3 Neither Agree

nor Disagree

27 13%

4 Disagree

38 18%

5 Strongly

Disagree

74 34%

6

There is no

government

filtering in my

country

60 28%

Total 215 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 6

Mean 4.60

Variance 1.64

Standard Deviation 1.28

Total Responses 215

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21. In your opinion, should Internet users be required to reveal their

identity while online?

# Answer

Response %

1

Internet users

should never

be required to

reveal their

identity online

77 37%

2

Internet users

should be

identified only

if they have

committed a

crime

93 45%

3

Internet users

should be

required to

identify

themselves

when posting

content, but

not required to

identify

themselves

when browsing

31 15%

4

Internet users

should always

be required to

identify

themselves

online

6 3%

Total 207 100%

20

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 4

Mean 1.84

Variance 0.61

Standard Deviation 0.78

Total Responses 207

22. How capable do you think are each of the following people /

organizations of monitoring your online activities?

# Question Definitely

capable

Probably

capable

Probably

not

capable

Definitely

not

capable

Not

sure

Responses Mean

1 Government 108 54 17 26 5 210 1.89

2 Internet Service

Provider (ISP) 123 53 9 17 6 208 1.70

3 Websites visited or

search engines 74 81 23 22 7 207 2.07

4 Family/spouse 29 47 48 76 6 206 2.92

5 Employer/company 53 69 28 46 10 206 2.47

6 Cybercafé 40 91 32 33 11 207 2.44

7 Advertisers 40 82 34 37 14 207 2.53

21

Statistic Government Internet

Service

Provider

(ISP)

Websites

visited

or

search

engines

Family/spouse Employer/company Cybercafé Advertisers

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max

Value 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Mean 1.89 1.70 2.07 2.92 2.47 2.44 2.53

Variance 1.30 1.14 1.20 1.28 1.51 1.28 1.41

Standard

Deviation 1.14 1.07 1.10 1.13 1.23 1.13 1.19

Total

Responses 210 208 207 206 206 207 207

23. Which of the following people / organizations do you believe are

currently monitoring your online activities:

# Question Definitely

monitoring

Probably

monitoring

Probably

not

monitoring

Definitely

not

monitoring

Not

sure

Responses Mean

1 Government 72 60 46 10 16 204 2.21

2 Internet Service

Provider (ISP) 52 66 59 11 17 205 2.39

3 Websites visited or

search engines 57 99 31 3 14 204 2.11

4 Family/spouse 5 8 48 129 7 197 3.63

5 Employer/company 22 25 51 86 14 198 3.23

6 Cybercafé 10 40 65 58 26 199 3.25

7 Advertisers 47 86 38 18 16 205 2.37

22

Statistic Government Internet

Service

Provider

(ISP)

Websites

visited

or

search

engines

Family/spouse Employer/company Cybercafé Advertisers

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max

Value 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Mean 2.21 2.39 2.11 3.63 3.23 3.25 2.37

Variance 1.45 1.36 1.10 0.54 1.24 1.16 1.34

Standard

Deviation 1.20 1.16 1.05 0.73 1.11 1.08 1.16

Total

Responses 204 205 204 197 198 199 205

24. What do you think are the risks in viewing material critical of the

government in your country?

# Question High risk Low risk No risk Not sure Responses Mean

1

Detention,

arrest, or

criminal

investigation

28 63 99 11 201 2.46

2 Monetary

fine 12 52 116 16 196 2.69

3

Violence

directed at

self or

family

15 60 110 14 199 2.62

4

Public

reporting of

Internet

activity

24 57 98 18 197 2.56

5

Loss of

employment

or demotion

20 57 98 26 201 2.65

23

Statistic Detention,

arrest, or

criminal

investigation

Monetary fine Violence

directed at self

or family

Public

reporting of

Internet

activity

Loss of

employment

or demotion

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1

Max Value 4 4 4 4 4

Mean 2.46 2.69 2.62 2.56 2.65

Variance 0.64 0.50 0.53 0.68 0.69

Standard

Deviation 0.80 0.71 0.73 0.82 0.83

Total

Responses 201 196 199 197 201

25. What do you think are the risks in posting material critical of the

government in your country?

# Question High risk Low risk No risk Not sure Responses Mean

1

Detention,

arrest, or

criminal

investigation

79 68 42 10 199 1.91

2 Monetary

fine 45 69 63 18 195 2.28

3

Violence

directed at

self or

family

53 64 65 16 198 2.22

4

Public

reporting of

Internet

activity

46 63 69 17 195 2.29

5

Loss of

employment

or demotion

64 55 59 21 199 2.19

24

Statistic Detention,

arrest, or

criminal

investigation

Monetary fine Violence

directed at self

or family

Public

reporting of

Internet

activity

Loss of

employment

or demotion

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1

Max Value 4 4 4 4 4

Mean 1.91 2.28 2.22 2.29 2.19

Variance 0.81 0.85 0.87 0.86 1.01

Standard

Deviation 0.90 0.92 0.93 0.93 1.01

Total

Responses 199 195 198 195 199

26. What do you think are the risks in downloading copyrighted

material (music, videos, software, etc.) without permission in your

country?

# Question High risk Low risk No risk Not sure Responses Mean

1

Detention,

arrest, or

criminal

investigation

11 76 98 14 199 2.58

2 Monetary

fine 20 83 78 15 196 2.45

3

Violence

directed at

self or

family

1 33 147 14 195 2.89

4

Public

reporting of

Internet

activity

8 58 111 18 195 2.71

5

Loss of

employment

or demotion

7 46 123 18 194 2.78

25

Statistic Detention,

arrest, or

criminal

investigation

Monetary fine Violence

directed at self

or family

Public

reporting of

Internet

activity

Loss of

employment

or demotion

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1

Max Value 4 4 4 4 4

Mean 2.58 2.45 2.89 2.71 2.78

Variance 0.50 0.61 0.25 0.47 0.43

Standard

Deviation 0.71 0.78 0.50 0.69 0.66

Total

Responses 199 196 195 195 194

27. Have you ever chosen not to post content because of possible

risks?

# Answer

Response %

1 Yes

120 59%

2 No

72 35%

3 Not sure

12 6%

Total 204 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 3

Mean 1.47

Variance 0.37

Standard Deviation 0.61

Total Responses 204

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28. I have decided not to post the following type of content because

of the risks involved:

# Answer

Response %

1 Politics and current events

105 89%

2 Religion

36 31%

3 Gambling

6 5%

4 Sexuality

21 18%

5 Copyrighted media

27 23%

6 Social networking

16 14%

7 Dating

6 5%

8 Hacking

8 7%

9 Circumvention/proxy/anonymity

tools

7 6%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 9

Total Responses 118

29. Which of the following statements best reflects your behavior

regarding risky content:

# Answer

Response %

1

I post content

that might

entail possible

risks.

49 68%

2

I only post

content that

does not entail

possible risks

23 32%

Total 72 100%

27

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 2

Mean 1.32

Variance 0.22

Standard Deviation 0.47

Total Responses 72

30. Have you ever used a circumvention / proxy / anonymity tool to

hide your identity or circumvent filtering while browsing the web?

# Answer

Response %

1 Yes

118 58%

2 No

84 42%

Total 202 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 2

Mean 1.42

Variance 0.24

Standard Deviation 0.49

Total Responses 202

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31. What is the primary reason you do not use these tools?

# Answer

Response %

1

There is no

filtering in my

country

27 32%

2

I have no need

to access

blocked content

26 31%

3

I do not know

how/lack proper

tools to

circumvent

17 20%

4 I am using a

public computer

1 1%

5 I agree with

filtering policy

1 1%

6

Fear of

incrimination by

government or

government

agencies

3 4%

7

Fear of

incrimination by

non-

government

paramilitary or

other

threatening

groups

0 0%

8

Fear of

incrimination by

employer

1 1%

9 Other (specify)

8 10%

Total 84 100%

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Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 9

Mean 2.82

Variance 5.74

Standard Deviation 2.40

Total Responses 84

32. How frequently do you use circumvention / proxy / anonymity

tools?

# Answer

Response %

1

More than 5

times per

week

24 21%

2 2-4 times per

week

15 13%

3 1 time per

week or less

74 65%

Total 113 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 3

Mean 2.44

Variance 0.68

Standard Deviation 0.82

Total Responses 113

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33. The following questions will refer to the circumvention / proxy /

anonymity tool you listed in the above question. What is the primary

reason you use this tool?

# Answer

Response %

1

To access

filtered

content

61 54%

2 To protect my

privacy

50 45%

3 Other (specify)

1 1%

Total 112 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 3

Mean 1.46

Variance 0.27

Standard Deviation 0.52

Total Responses 112

34. How did you first hear about this tool?

# Answer

Response %

1

Offline

recommendation

of a friend or

colleague

43 38%

2 Chat room

2 2%

3 Social networking

site

15 13%

4 Search engine

36 32%

5 Other (specify)

17 15%

Total 113 100%

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Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 5

Mean 2.84

Variance 2.46

Standard Deviation 1.57

Total Responses 113

35. How important is each aspect of this tool?

# Question Very

important

Important Not very

important

Not at all

important

Not

sure

Responses Mean

1

Ease of

discovery

and

downloading

41 33 14 10 6 104 2.11

2 Ease of

installation 37 41 9 9 6 102 2.08

3 Speed 47 36 10 3 6 102 1.87

4 Privacy 70 23 4 2 5 104 1.55

5

Functionality

of specific

websites

(e.g.,

YouTube,

Facebook,

Gmail)

47 31 14 5 4 101 1.89

6 Cost 41 39 11 7 5 103 1.99

7

Compatibility

with my

computer /

operating

system

52 35 4 5 6 102 1.80

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Statistic Ease of

discovery

and

downloading

Ease of

installation

Speed Privacy Functionality

of specific

websites

(e.g.,

YouTube,

Facebook,

Gmail)

Cost Compatibility

with my

computer /

operating

system

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max Value 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Mean 2.11 2.08 1.87 1.55 1.89 1.99 1.80

Variance 1.44 1.34 1.20 1.03 1.16 1.23 1.25

Standard

Deviation 1.20 1.16 1.10 1.01 1.08 1.11 1.12

Total

Responses 104 102 102 104 101 103 102

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36. How does this tool perform in each of the following areas?

# Question Very

poor

Poor Fair Good Very

good

Not

sure

Responses Mean

1

Ease of

discovery

and

downloading

2 6 32 29 26 9 104 3.94

2 Ease of

installation 1 8 16 34 34 10 103 4.18

3 Speed 6 17 35 17 19 10 104 3.54

4 Privacy 1 8 15 34 30 16 104 4.27

5

Functionality

of specific

websites

(e.g.,

YouTube,

Facebook,

Gmail)

2 16 21 29 24 10 102 3.85

6 Cost 2 4 22 13 50 11 102 4.35

7

Compatibility

with my

computer /

operating

system

1 2 14 24 51 10 102 4.49

34

Statistic Ease of

discovery

and

downloading

Ease of

installation

Speed Privacy Functionality

of specific

websites

(e.g.,

YouTube,

Facebook,

Gmail)

Cost Compatibility

with my

computer /

operating

system

Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Max Value 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Mean 3.94 4.18 3.54 4.27 3.85 4.35 4.49

Variance 1.32 1.25 1.88 1.38 1.63 1.36 0.97

Standard

Deviation 1.15 1.12 1.37 1.18 1.28 1.17 0.98

Total

Responses 104 103 104 104 102 102 102

37. When using this tool, whose filtering are you seeking to avoid?

# Answer

Response %

1 Government

75 72%

2 Internet Service

Provider (ISP)

58 56%

3 Websites visited or

search engines

29 28%

4 Family/spouse

4 4%

5 Employer/company

14 13%

6 Cybercafé

9 9%

7 Advertisers

8 8%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 7

Total Responses 104

35

38. When using this tool, whose monitoring are you seeking to avoid?

# Answer

Response %

1 I am not seeking to

avoid monitoring

28 26%

2 Government

64 59%

3 Internet Service

Provider (ISP)

45 42%

4 Websites visited or

search engines

25 23%

5 Family/spouse

3 3%

6 Employer/company

13 12%

7 Cybercafe

6 6%

8 Advertisers

9 8%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 8

Total Responses 108

39. Where do you use this tool? Please check all that apply.

# Answer

Response %

1 Home

95 88%

2 Workplace

48 44%

4 School

12 11%

5

Cybercafes or

public venues

that offer

Internet access

30 28%

6

On a mobile

device such as

a cell phone

11 10%

3 Other (specify)

3 3%

36

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 6

Total Responses 108

40. To the best of your knowledge, is the use of

circumvention/proxy/anonymity tools illegal in your country?

# Answer

Response %

1 Yes

12 11%

2 No

53 49%

3 Not sure

44 40%

Total 109 100%

Statistic Value

Min Value 1

Max Value 3

Mean 2.29

Variance 0.43

Standard Deviation 0.66

Total Responses 109