Table 2

Preferred Source of Information for Personal Use by Job Status

Note: Percentages are calculated in relation to the total number of respondents (416). Because some respondents selected more than one response in a category, percentages in each group may exceed 100%.

	People	Books	Periodicals	Internet	Browsing in Libraries	Other
Student (5)	20%	0%	0%	80%	0%	0%
Student - Traditional (49)	16%	6%	8%	67%	2%	0%
Student - Returning (25)	24%	24%	4%	36%	12%	0%
Professional (31)	29%	16%	3%	45%	6%	0%
Professional - Education (72)	17%	15%	4%	58%	3%	1%
Professional - Health Care (17)	24%	18%	6%	41%	0%	12%
Professional - Law (6)	83%	0%	0%	0%	17%	0%
Professional - Other (106)	23%	12%	2%	61%	3%	0%
Clerical, Sales, and Trade Worker (48)	31%	10%	2%	48%	6%	0%
Not Employed (19)	0%	16%	0%	53%	6%	0%
Senior -Retired (32)	44%	16%	6%	22%	6%	0%
Total All Job Status (416)	24%	13%	4%	52%	5%	1%

The most common response is noted in bold green type.

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Last revised 9 November 2003.