An Exploratory Analysis on the Risk to be Offended on the Internet

Susanne Kirchner and Leopold Sögner
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Susanne Kirchner: Department of Economics and Finance, Institute for Advanced Studies
Leopold Sögner: Department of Economics and Finance, Institute for Advanced Studies and Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF)

No 325, Economics Series from Institute for Advanced Studies

Abstract: Questionnaire data is used to identify socio-demographic as well as the risk-awareness characteristics of users offended on the Internet. The data comprises a representative sample of 3,000 individuals, containing information on employment, education, age, the frequency of Internet usage and security measures taken by the users. By means of a cluster analysis, within the sub-sample of offended users, we identify a female group, where employment and education are high, a male cluster with similar characteristics, a group of urban users with low security awareness and a group of young users. Regressions show that the frequency of using the Internet increases, while to communicate only to people known in real life reduces the risk to be offended on the Internet.

Keywords: Cyber-Crime; Cluster Analysis; Internet Victimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2016-10
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