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Would you rate your ability to use the World Wide Web as excellent, good, fair, poor, or very poor?
Self-rated ability to use the web · Asked in 2 waves, 2002–2004 · 1,541 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | Very poor | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 28% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 690 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 851 |
| 42% |
| 20% |
| 6% |
| 4% |
| 690 |
| ±4 |
| White | 26% | 44% | 19% | 6% | 5% | 524 | ±5 |
| Black | 39% | 30% | 21% | 6% | 4% | 77 | ±13 |
| Hispanic † | 26% | 50% | 19% | 5% | – | 64 | ±15 |
| Asian † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | ±24 |
| Other † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ±54 |
General Social Survey 2004 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.