Questionnaire

Department of sociology, MSW programme, VNSGU

A study on impacts of internet on youth

1) Name:

2) Gender : Male Female

3) Age: Below 18

19 to 25

25 to 30

Above 35

4) Education:

5) Do you own a computer? Yes No

6) When did you begin to use the computers?

• Before 5 years

• Before 4 years

• Before 3 years

• Before 2 years

• Before a year
7) Where do you access internet?
• At home

• In cyber café

• At friend’s home

• In institution’s lab

• In mobile

8) How many hours do you spend on internet per day?

• Less than an hour

• 1 to 2 hours

• 3 to 6 hours

• More than 6 hours

9) How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time?

• Never

• 1 to 2 times

• 3 to 6 times

• More than 6 times

10) Have your studies suffered because of the internet?

• Yes

• No
 11) How often do you lack sleep due to late-night log-ins?

• Never

• Rarely

• Sometimes

• Often

12) Please answer the following questions, please estimate the number of times
you used the following applications in an average time.

No Never Once a Several Once a Several

week times a day times a
week day
I. E-mail
a

II Chat (e.g. Facebook,

. Orkut, Twitter)
b

II Newsgroups/Discussion
I. Groups
c

I Game Web Sites

V
.
e

V Other specialist Web Sites

. (e.g. Sports web sites, TV
f) web sites etc)
V Surfing the web with no set
I. purpose
g
 V Shopping
II
.
i)
V Downloading (e.g.
II Pictures, Games, Music,
I. Movies, Videos, animation,
j) text, software)
I Listening to radio stations
X over the World Wide Web
.
h

X Other (please specify)

.

13)Please tick one box after each of the statements below to indicate how
much you agree or disagree with each statement. Please do not leave
any blank.

No. Strongly Disagree Neither Agree Strongly

disagree agree nor Agree
disagree
1 When there is an
. opportunity I always
2 get involved in using
the Internet
2 I like people who use
. the Internet frequently

3 Using the Internet is a

. very important aspect
3 of being a student

4 I am very similar to
. other Internet users
3
 5 I am more anxious
. about using the
4 Internet than I should
be
6 I am very different from
. Internet users
4

7 When I access internet

. I forget usual
things(e.g. eating,
reading, meeting
friends)
8 I get angry when
. people disturb me
while I’m accessing
internet
9 I usually fight with my
. parents when they take
me away from the
internet

14) Do you have at least one nickname you use in chat, instant message, or email?

• Yes
• No

15) Do you ever pretend to be someone else (e.g., different age, sex, or appearance) in
chat, instant message, or email?

• Yes
• No

16) Have you ever become romantically involved while on-line with someone you did
not know in person but met through chat or instant messaging?

• Yes
• No
17) Overall, how important do you consider the internet in your life?

• Not very important

• Somewhat important
• Very important

18) How many rupees do you spend on internet monthly?

• Less than `100

• `101 to `500
• More than `500

19) Have you ever tried to commit cyber crime?

• Yes
• No

20) Which sites do you use the most to download movies, games, music etc?

21) Do you think that does internet impact on your life? If yes than how describe it?

• Yes
• No

22) Do you aware of the laws of cyber crime?

• Yes
• No
23) Have you ever felt the stress due to the internet?
• Yes
• No

24) Does internet impact on your life? What are the views on it?

25) Do you think that internet is being addiction of modern youth?

• Yes
• No

26) Have you ever been a victim of cyber crime?

• Yes
• No