Figure 1: Summary of Disability Responses from the GVU User Surveys
Data are reported for the following Disability Categories:
Vision, Motor, Hearing, Multiple, Cognitive, as well as All Disabilities, None, Rather not say.
Disability questions were not asked in the first Survey, conducted January 1994. Data are reported for the following GVU World Wide Web User's Surveys that are conducted in April and October of each year:
2nd (October, 1994) Total number of respondents was 3,522.
3rd (April, 1995) Total number of respondents was 13,006 (Note: when all categories are added, the total is 13,004).
4th (October, 1995) Total number of respondents was 23,348.
5th (April, 1996) Total number of respondents was 11,736.
Note: Disability questions were not asked in the 6th (October, 1996) and 7th (April, 1997) Surveys.
8th (October, 1997) Total number of respondents was 10,109.
9th (April, 1998) Total number of respondents was 12,591.
Following are the responses for the category Vision.
2nd survey: 118 or 3.5 percent.
3rd survey: 396 or 3.04 percent.
4th survey: 802 or 3.43 percent.
5th survey: 436 or 3.72 percent.
8th survey: 447 or 4.42.percent.
9th survey: 520 or 4.1 percent.
Following are the responses for the category Motor.
2nd survey: 23 or .65 percent.
3rd survey: 123 or .95 percent.
4th survey: 196 or .84 percent.
5th survey: 116 or .99 percent.
8th survey: 209 or 2.07 percent.
9th survey: 242 or 1.9 percent.
Following are the responses for the category Hearing.
2nd survey: 20 or .57 percent.
3rd survey: 115 or .88 percent.
4th survey: 185 or .79 percent.
5th survey: 102 or .87 percent.
8th survey: 176 or 1.74 percent.
9th survey: 175 or 1.4 percent.
Following are the responses for the category Multiple.
2nd survey: 10 or .28 percent.
3rd survey: 80 or .62 percent.
4th survey: 166 or .71 percent.
5th survey: 75 or .64 percent.
8th survey: The category Multiple was not a choice; respondents were asked to check all categories that applied.
9th survey: The category Multiple was not a choice; respondents were asked to check all categories that applied.
Following are the responses for the category Cognitive.
2nd survey: 9 or .26 percent.
3rd survey: 30 or .31 percent.
4th survey: 74 or .32 percent.
5th survey: 46 or .39 percent.
8th survey: 71 or .70 percent.
9th survey: 96 or .80 percent.
Following are the responses for the category All Disabilities.
2nd survey: 180 or 5.11 percent.
3rd survey: 754 or 5.80 percent.
4th survey: 1,423 or 6.09 percent.
5th survey: 775 or 6.61 percent.
8th survey: 784 or 7.76 percent.
Note: The total of all disability categories is 903. The figure 784 is the total number of survey respondents minus the number of respondents who selected "None" and "Rather not say."
9th survey: 881 or 6.99 percent.
Note: The total of all disability categories is 1,033. The figure 881 is the number of survey respondents minus the number of respondents who selected "None" and "Rather not say."
Following are the responses for the category None.
2nd survey: 3,342 or 94.89 percent.
3rd survey: 11,939 or 91.81 percent.
4th survey: 21,450 or 91.87 percent.
5th survey: 10,761 or 91.69 percent.
8th survey: 9,168 or 90.69 percent.
9th survey: 11,507 or 90.30 percent.
Following are the responses for the category Rather Not Say.
2nd survey: Not a choice.
3rd survey: 311 or 2.39 percent.
4th survey: 475 or 2.03 percent.
5th survey: 200 or 1.70 percent.
8th survey: 157 or 1.55 percent.
9th survey: 203 or 1.60 percent.
Source: GVU. (1998). GVU's WWW User Surveys. [Online]. Available:
http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/