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A. Have you ever first come into contact with someone on the Internet"through a chat room, bulletin board, news group, discussion forum, or other interactive site, or through their Web page"with whom you later established a relationship outside the Internet?
Met someone online who became an offline relationship · Asked in 2 waves, 2000–2002 · 1,464 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 | Yes | No | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 11% | 89% | 722 | ±4 | |
| Northeast | 8% | 92% | 144 | ±9 | |
| Midwest |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 722 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 742 |
| 11% |
| 89% |
| 169 |
| ±9 |
| South | 7% | 93% | 249 | ±7 |
| West | 19% | 81% | 160 | ±9 |
General Social Survey 2002 · 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.