Analysis of Facebook survey
A1. Do you have a facebook account?
N Pct
Yes 416 74%
No 145 26%
Total 561 100%
People with Facebook accounts
B1. Facebook "friends" B2. Weekly contacts B3.     "True" friends
No answer 0 2 1
Fewer than 5 7 24 47
Five to 10 4 54 85
11 to 25 17 95 97
26 to 50 34 109 99
51 to 100 74 80 58
101 to 150 67 33 18
151 to 200 67 10 4
201 to 250 57 6 0
251 to 300 37 1 5
More than 300 52 2 2
Total 416 416 416
Subtotals B1. Facebook "friends" B2. Weekly contacts B3.     "True" friends
>50 62 15% 282 68% 328 79%
51 to 200 208 50% 123 30% 80 19%
<200 146 35% 9 2% 7 2%
B2. Weekly contacts
Facebook "friends" Fewer than 5 Five to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 51 to 100 101 to 150 151 to 200 201 to 250 251 to 300 More than 300 Total
Fewer than 5 7                   7
Five to 10 3   1               4
11 to 25 2 8 5 1             16
26 to 50 5 12 12 5             34
51 to 100 5 16 25 25 3           74
101 to 150 1 7 24 20 13 1   1     67
151 to 200   5 13 24 17 8         67
201 to 250 1 4 5 16 17 11 3       57
251 to 300   1 4 8 13 7 3   1   37
More than 300   1 6 10 17 6 4 5   2 51
Total 24 54 95 109 80 33 10 6 1 2 414
Percent of total 17.0% 38.3% 67.4% 77.3% 56.7% 23.4% 7.1% 4.3% 0.7% 1.4%
B3. "True" friends
Facebook "friends" Fewer than 5 Five to 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 51 to 100 101 to 150 151 to 200 201 to 250 251 to 300 More than 300 Total
Fewer than 5 7                   7
Five to 10 3 1                 4
11 to 25 7 7 3               17
26 to 50 8 14 10 1             34
51 to 100 10 29 17 15 3           74
101 to 150 7 9 27 20 3 1         67
151 to 200 2 9 14 25 12 5         67
201 to 250   6 11 18 16 4   2     57
251 to 300 1 2 6 11 10 4 2 1 0   37
More than 300 2 8 9 9 14 4 2 2   2 52
Total 47 85 97 99 58 18 4 5 0 2 416
Percent of total 11.3% 20.4% 23.3% 23.8% 13.9% 4.3% 1.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.5%
B4. How often do you access Facebook?
Facebook "friends" More than once a day Once a day Several times a week Once a week Several times a month Once a month Less than once a month Total
Fewer than 5 1 1   1 1 2 1 7
Five to 10   2   1 1     4
11 to 25 1 4 5 4 3     17
26 to 50 3 11 11 6 2 1   34
51 to 100 19 20 19 13 1 1   74
101 to 150 26 22 10 6 3     67
151 to 200 33 13 17 2 2     67
201 to 250 28 13 12 4       57
251 to 300 23 4 8   1 1   37
More than 300 31 10 7 4       52
Total 165 100 89 41 14 5 1 416
Percent of total 39.7% 24.0% 21.4% 9.9% 3.4% 1.2% 0.2%
Do you click on ads on Facebook?
Facebook "friends" No answer Never Seldom Some- times Often Always Total
Fewer than 5   7         7
Five to 10   3 1       4
11 to 25   16   1     17
26 to 50 2 28 3 1     34
51 to 100 2 61 8 3     74
101 to 150 3 51 10 3     67
151 to 200 5 49 12 1     67
201 to 250 5 39 8 5     57
251 to 300 3 25 7 1 1   37
More than 300 1 38 9 3   1 52
Total 21 317 58 18 1 1 416
Percent of total 5.0% 76.2% 13.9% 4.3% 0.2% 0.2%
B7. Bad experience?
Facebook "friends" Yes No Not   sure Total
Fewer than 5 1 6   7
Five to 10 1 3   4
11 to 25 2 15   17
26 to 50   33 1 34
51 to 100 8 64 2 74
101 to 150 14 50 3 67
151 to 200 3 62 2 67
201 to 250 11 42 3 57
251 to 300 8 29   37
More than 300 10 38 4 52
Total 58 342 15 416
Percent of total 13.9% 82.2% 3.6%
B8. How bad was your experience?
Score Number who selected
0 3
1 11
2 9
3 9
4 7
5 4
6 5
7 6
8 2
10 2
Total 58
Average 4
Median 3
   
People without Facebook accounts
C1. Have you ever had Facebook account?
N Percent
No answer 2 1.4%
Yes 13 9.0%
No 127 87.6%
Not sure 3 2.1%
Total 145
Non-facebook C3. Friends and acquaintances C4. Weekly contacts C5. "True" friends
No answer 10 7% 10 7% 9 6%
Fewer than 5 4 3% 38 27% 23 17%
Five to 10 13 9% 40 29% 24 17%
11 to 25 24 17% 29 21% 32 23%
26 to 50 25 18% 15 11% 34 24%
51 to 100 24 17% 6 4% 8 6%
101 to 150 17 12% 1 1% 6 4%
151 to 200 8 6% 0   1 1%
201 to 250 8 6% 0   2 1%
251 to 300 2 1% 0   0  
More than 300 4 3% 0   0  
Total 139   139   139  
Demographics
Do you have a Facebook account?
D1. Other Web sites Yes No Total
No answer 3 1% 3 7% 6 1%
Yes 141 34% 22 49% 163 29%
No 269 65% 118 262% 387 69%
Not sure 3 1% 2 4% 5 1%
Total 416   145   561
Percent with a facebook account
No answer 50%
Yes 87%
No 70%
Not sure 60%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D3. Gender Yes No Total
No answer 6 6 12
Female 262 62 324
Male 148 77 225
Total 416 145 561
Percent with a facebook account
No answer 50%
Female 81%
Male 66%
D4. Age N Percent
No answer 7 1.2%
17 2 0.4%
18 65 11.6%
19 103 18.4%
20 154 27.5%
21 132 23.5%
22 56 10.0%
23 23 4.1%
24 7 1.2%
25 4 0.7%
26 4 0.7%
27 1 0.2%
28 1 0.2%
32 1 0.2%
45 1 0.2%
Total 561 100.0%
Younger than 23 535 95%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D5. Marital status Yes No Total
No answer 14 3 17
Single 398 137 535
Married 4 5 9
Total 416 145 561
Percent with a facebook account
No answer 82%
Single 74%
Married 44%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D6. Student status Yes No Total
No answer 8 5 13
Part time 17 14 31
Full time 391 126 517
Total 416 145 561
Percent with a facebook account
No answer 62%
Part time 55%
Full time 76%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D7. Live on campus? Yes No Total
No answer 7 2% 3 2% 10 2%
Yes 212 51% 40 28% 252 45%
No 197 47% 102 70% 299 53%
Total 416   145   561
Percent with a facebook account
No answer 70%
Live on camput 84%
Live off campus 66%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D8. Academic status Yes No Total
No answer 2 0% 2 1% 4 1%
Freshman 64 15% 14 10% 78 14%
Sophomore 90 22% 29 20% 119 21%
Junior 152 37% 44 30% 196 35%
Senior 98 24% 49 34% 147 26%
Graduate student 10 2% 7 5% 17 3%
Total 416   145   561
Percent with a facebook account
No answer 50%
Freshman 82%
Sophomore 76%
Junior 78%
Senior 67%
Graduate student 59%
 
Do you have a Facebook account?
D9. Greek? Yes No Total
No answer 8 2% 2 1% 10 2%
Yes 144 35% 27 19% 171 30%
No 264 63% 116 80% 380 68%
Total 416   145   561
Percent with a facebook account
Greek 84%
Non-greek 69%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D10. Came from: Yes No Total
No answer 5 1% 1 1% 6 1%
In-state 280 67% 109 75% 389 69%
Out-of-state 131 31% 35 24% 166 30%
Total 416   145   561
Percent with a Facebook account
In-state 72%
Out-of-state 79%
Do you have a Facebook account?
D11. Race Yes No Total
No answer 1 0% 1 1% 2 0%
White 334 80% 107 74% 441 79%
Black 39 9% 26 18% 65 12%
Hispanic 7 2% 4 3% 11 2%
Asian-Pacific Islander 20 5% 1 1% 21 4%
American Indian 1 0% 1 1% 2 0%
Other 9 2% 2 1% 11 2%
International 5 1% 3 2% 8 1%
Total 416   145   561
Percent with a Facebook account
White 76%
Black 60%
Hispanic 64%
Asian-Pacific Islander 95%
American Indian 50%
Other 82%
International 63%
Facebook vs. non-facebook
Friends/acquantances "True" Friends Weekly contact
Numbers Yes No Yes No Yes No
Fewer than 5 7 4 47 23 24 38
Five to 10 4 13 85 24 54 40
11 to 25 17 24 97 32 95 29
26 to 50 34 25 99 34 109 15
51 to 100 74 24 58 8 80 6
101 to 150 67 17 18 6 33 1
151 to 200 67 8 4 1 10 0
201 to 250 57 8 0 2 6 0
251 to 300 37 2 5 0 1 0
More than 300 52 4 2 0 2 0
Total 416 129 415 130 414 129
Friends/acquantances "True" Friends Weekly contact
Percentages Yes No Yes No Yes No
Fewer than 5 2% 3% 11% 18% 6% 29%
Five to 10 1% 10% 20% 18% 13% 31%
11 to 25 4% 19% 23% 25% 23% 22%
26 to 50 8% 19% 24% 26% 26% 12%
51 to 100 18% 19% 14% 6% 19% 5%
101 to 150 16% 13% 4% 5% 8% 1%
151 to 200 16% 6% 1% 1% 2% 0%
201 to 250 14% 6% 0% 2% 1% 0%
251 to 300 9% 2% 1% 0% 0% 0%
More than 300 13% 3% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Friends/acquantances "True" Friends Weekly contact
Percentages Yes No Yes No Yes No
Less than 25 7% 32% 55% 61% 42% 83%
25 to 100 26% 38% 38% 32% 45% 16%
101 to 200 32% 19% 5% 5% 10% 1%
More than 200 35% 11% 2% 2% 2% 0%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%