--- title: "Questions and Data" description: "Survey results: August 2003 Omnibus Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates Interview Dates: August 5-11, 2003 n=1001 adults 18 and olderMargin of error: +/- 3.3% Q3  Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?[1. “*” indicates less than .5 percent.] Q4  All in […]" date: "2003-08-31" authors: - name: "Lee Rainie" job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2003/08/31/questions-and-data-14/" --- # Questions and Data ### Survey results: August 2003 Omnibus Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates *Interview Dates: August 5-11, 2003* n=1001 adults 18 and older Margin of error: +/- 3.3% --- **Q3 **Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?[1. “*” indicates less than .5 percent.] ![Q3 Do you ever go online to access the Internet or World Wide Web or to send and receive email?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/A92EDF50D1014B629556C55F9E3B69B5.jpg) **Q4 **All in all, how worried are you that you or someone in your family might become a victim of a terrorist attack? Would you say you are very worried, somewhat worried, not too worried or not at all worried? ![Q4 All in all, how worried are you that you or someone in your family might become a victim of a terrorist attack? Would you say you are very worried, somewhat worried, not too worried or not at all worried?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/2504FF67D72E441BBF8D293D4AB4C7BC.jpg) **Q5 **If you heard that there had been a terrorist attack on the community where you live, where would you go FIRST to get more information about this: television, radio, newspapers, news websites, government websites, your friends and family or government officials? ![Q5 If you heard that there had been a terrorist attack on the community where you live, where would you go FIRST to get more information about this: television, radio, newspapers, news websites, government websites, your friends and family or government officials?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/A9D03A4AAEB64A778B79F543E6D43A73.jpg) **Ask only if Answered on First source, Q5=1-7. (n=962)** **Q5b **And what is the second source you would go to for information if there had been a terrorist attack on the community where you live? ![Q5b And what is the second source you would go to for information if there had been a terrorist attack on the community where you live?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/B13F6E5B68A549A084D1FBFFBF12555A.jpg) **Q6** If there were a terrorist attack on the community where you live, how confident are you that the federal government would quickly provide you with accurate information to help you protect yourself and your family…very confident, somewhat confident, not very confident, not confident at all? ![Q6 If there were a terrorist attack on the community where you live, how confident are you that the federal government would quickly provide you with accurate information to help you protect yourself and your family…very confident, somewhat confident, not very confident, not confident at all?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/05905C26ED584D2BB5F6C25C713793DC.jpg) **Q7** Should the government notify Americans on their cell phones and pagers if there is a terrorist attack… or are there better ways for the government to notify people? *{NEW}* ![Q7 Should the government notify Americans on their cell phones and pagers if there is a terrorist attack… or are there better ways for the government to notify people? {New}](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/32DD1D72AE274EEA98D822A2A5FA00DE.jpg) **Q8** Should the government notify Americans via email if there is a terrorist attack … or are there better ways for the government to notify people? ![Q8 Should the government notify Americans via email if there is a terrorist attack … or are there better ways for the government to notify people?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/0941CF91ABB2452F9333CC7DE2F032D4.jpg) **Q9** The federal government is seeking information from major American corporations on how they may be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Some corporations have resisted providing such information, fearing it might be misused. Which is closer to your view: the government should get this information from corporations or corporations should NOT be required to provide this information? ![Q9 The federal government is seeking information from major American corporations on how they may be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Some corporations have resisted providing such information, fearing it might be misused. Which is closer to your view: the government should get this information from corporations or corporations should NOT be required to provide this information?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/300946CF7170413BA65BB9800E46FAD8.jpg) **Q10** Some experts have warned that terrorists may try to cripple major American banks, utilities and other corporations by hacking into their computers. How worried are you that terrorists might cripple American corporations by hacking into their computers? Would you say you are very worried, somewhat worried, not too worried or not at all worried? ![Q10 Some experts have warned that terrorists may try to cripple major American banks, utilities and other corporations by hacking into their computers. How worried are you that terrorists might cripple American corporations by hacking into their computers? Would you say you are very worried, somewhat worried, not too worried or not at all worried? ](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/50A98D79CED64800951869C26D3406DC.jpg) **Q11 **Have you ever gone online to a federal, state or local government website to look for information about how to protect yourself and your family in case of another terrorist attack? ![Q11 Have you ever gone online to a federal, state or local government website to look for information about how to protect yourself and your family in case of another terrorist attack?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/D756CD94A5FB4FA7A9D650D773D3CEC2.jpg) **ASK IF Went to website, Q11=1. (n=114)** **Q12 **At the government website(s) you visited, how much useful information did you find about protecting yourself and your family…a great deal of information, some, a little, or not much at all? ![Q12 At the government website(s) you visited, how much useful information did you find about protecting yourself and your family…a great deal of information, some, a little, or not much at all?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/3A36EF6381704C26B08E82D8010D1517.jpg) **Q13** You may have heard of the federal government’s Homeland Security Advisory System that uses different colors to indicate the current level of threats of terrorist attacks. Do you think this Advisory System provides you with useful information that you can use to decide what precautions to take in case of possible terrorist attacks? ![Q13 You may have heard of the federal government’s Homeland Security Advisory System that uses different colors to indicate the current level of threats of terrorist attacks. Do you think this Advisory System provides you with useful information that you can use to decide what precautions to take in case of possible terrorist attacks?](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/media/E110F693DBD044718CFDC87E706B1057.jpg) ### Contacts for further research **Judi Hasson** Editor at Large – author of cover story on the survey Federal Computer Week 703-876-5099 [jhasson@fcw.com](mailto:jhasson@fcw.com) **Kenneth B. Allen** Executive Director Partnership for Public Warning 703-883-7620 703-883-2745 [kballen@ppw.us](mailto:kballen@ppw.us) **Ivo H. Daalder** Senior Fellow – analyst of the survey data The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Tel. (202) 797-6185 [idaalder@brookings.edu](mailto:idaalder@brookings.edu) **Harris Miller** President Information Technology Association of America 703-284-5340 [hmiller@itaa.org](mailto:hmiller@itaa.org) **Evans Witt** President Princeton Survey Research Associates – survey firm that conducted the research 202-293-4710 ext. 8 [evans.witt@psra.com](mailto:evans.witt@psra.com)