Over one in five Japanese might donate to Wikipedia

Only one person has actually put their hand in their pocket, but a surprisingly large number of people would not be averse to sending some money to Wikipedia, according to this survey from iBridge Research Plus and reported on by japan.internet.com.

Demographics

On the 8th of February 2010 300 members of the iBridge monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their twenties, 26.0% in their thirties, 29.7% in their forties, 21.3% in their fifties, and 6.3% in their sixties.

I wouldn’t give Wikipedia a penny.

Research results

Of the sample, 235 people, or 78.3%, had used Wikipedia. They were asked the following.

Q1: How often do you use Wikipedia? (Sample size=235)

Almost every day	13.6%
Several times a week	41.3%
Several times a month	36.2%
Several times a year	8.1%
Less than that	0.9%

If we add back in the non-users, we get this.

Q1A: How often do you use Wikipedia? (Sample size=300)

Almost every day	10.7%
Several times a week	32.3%
Several times a month	28.3%
Several times a year	6.3%
Less than that	0.7%
Never	21.7%

Q2: Did you know that Wikipedia was soliciting donations from ordinary users? (Sample size=235)

Yes	51.9%
No	48.1%

Q3: Would you donate to Wikipedia? (Sample size=235)

Yes, have already	0.4%
Yes, but haven’t yet	27.2%
No	72.3%