Ligue des Bibliothèques Europeénnes de Recherche, Groupe des Cartothécaires de LIBER


Report on the 'Inquiry into Map-Use and User-Habits in Europe'

Percentages under question 1 are related to the total amount of questionnaires.
Percentages under question 2 to 6 inclusive and second percentages in later questions relate to absolute numbers per couny in question 1.
Percentages under question 7 to 21 relate to the totals of these questions.

Statistics were made with 'PlanPerfect 3.0'in 1990-1991 and transcribed to HTML in March 2003.


Results of the inquiry in figures
Number Question Austria Catalunya Danmark Nederland Sverige TOTAL
1 total questionnaires 160 52 102 1,312 227 1,853
8.6% 2.8% 5.5% 70.8% 12.3% 100.0%
2a native 147 52 94 1,276 222 1,782
91.9% 100.0% 92.2% 96.6% 97.8% 96.2%
2b foreign 13 6 32 5 56
8.1% 5.9% 2.4% 2.2% 3.0%
2c no answer 2 13 15
2.0% 1.0% 0.8%
2a - 2c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.1% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
2d 16-20 years 6 3 2 121 6 138
3.8% 508% 2.0% 9.2% 2.6% 7.4%
2e 20-30 years 86 18 20 707 55 886
53.8% 34.6% 19.6% 53.9% 24.2% 47.8%
2f 30-50 years 42 21 50 345 92 550
26.3% 40.4% 49.0% 26.3% 40.5% 29.7%
2g over 50 years 26 10 28 139 71 274
16.3% 19.2% 27.5% 10.6% 31.3% 14.8%
2h no answer 2 3 5
2.0% 1.3% 0.3%
2d - 2h TOTAL 100.2% 100.0% 100.1% 100.0% 100.2% 100.0%
3a used before 98 40 63 892 154 1,274
61.3% 76.9% 61.8% 68.0% 67.8% 67.3%
3b not used before
no answer
62 12 39 420 73 606
38.8% 23.1% 38.2% 32.0% 32.2% 32.7%
3a - 3b TOTAL 100.1% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
4a scientist 50 32 47 395 97 621
31.3% 61.5% 46.1% 30.1% 42.7 33.5%
4b student 82 12 20 611 55 780
51.3% 23.1% 19.6% 46.6% 24.2% 42.1%
4c documentalist 6 3 4 23 7 43
3.8% 5.8% 3.9% 1.8% 3.1% 2.3%
4e educational researcher 16 19 12 47
15.7% 1.4% 5.3% 2.5%
4f map amateur 3 3 7 58 23 94
1.9% 5.8% 6.9% 4.4% 10.1% 5.1%
4g exhibitions 5 5 34 2 46
3.1% 4.9% 2.6% 0.9% 2.5%
4k other 14 2 18 148 31 213
8.8% 3.8% 17.6% 11.3% 13.7% 11.5%
4l no answer 9 3 24 36
5.6% 2.9% 1.8% 1.9%
4a - 4l TOTAL
including multiple answers
105.8% 100.1% 117.6% 100.0% 100.0% 101.4%
5aTD> single document 116 4 11 431 52 614
72.5% 7.7% 10.8% 32.9% 22.9% 33.1%
5b group of documents 29 47 88 830 158 1,152
18.1% 90.4% 86.3% 63.3% 69.6% 62.2%
5c no answer 15 1 3 51 17 87
9.4% 1.9% 209% 3.9% 7.5% 4.7%
5a - 5c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.1% 100.0% 100.0%
6.1 agriculture 5 1 4 9 12 31
2.8% 1.9% 4.0% 0.7% 5.2% 1.7%
6.2 anthropology/ethnography 1 4 3 8
1.9% 0.3% 1.3% 0.4%
6.3 archeology 1 1 9 20 31
0.6% 1.0% 0.7% 8.6% 1.7%
6.4 architecture 1 8 4 13
0.6% 0.6% 1.7% 0.7%
6.5 art-history 26 26
2.0% 1.4%
6.6 astronomy 1 1
1.0% 0.1%
6.7 bathymetry/oceanography 4 4
0.3% 0.2%
6.8 biogeography 12 6 18
0.9% 2.6% 1.0%
6.9 cartography 2 4 1 72 1 80
1.1% 7.5% 1.0% 5.5% 0.4% 4.3%
6.10 cartography, history of 18 8 1 62 9 98
10.1% 15.1% 1.0% 4.7% 3.9% 5.2%
6.11 climatology/meteorology 3 1 13 1 18
1.7% 1.0% 1.0% 0.4% 1.0%
6.12 demography 1 1 4 2 8
0.6% 1.0% 0.3% 1.9% 0.4%
6.13 ecology 1 7 9 17
0.6% 0.5% 3.9% 0.9%
6.14 economy 3 11 14
3.0% 0.8% 0.7%
6.15 education 1 3 181 4 189
1.9% 3.0% 13.8% 1.7% 10.1%
6.16 genealogy 14 13 27
1.1% 5.6% 1.4%
6.17 geodesy/triangulation 2 1 3
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
6.18 geography 1 6 70 25 102
1.9% 6.0% 5.3% 10.8% 5.4%
6.19 geography, history of 8 1 4 62 1 76
4.5% 1.9% 4.0% 4.7% 0.4% 4.1%
6.20 geology 33 5 4 17 14 73
18.4% 9.4% 4.0% 1.3% 6.0% 3.9%
6.21 geomorphology 2 3 1 22 19 47
1.1% 5.7% 1.0% 1.7% 8.2% 2.5%
6.22 glaciology 1 1 2
0.6% 1.0% 0.9% 0.2%
6.23 history 10 67 38 115
10.0% 5.1% 16.4% 6.1%
6.24 hydrography 2 2 24 4 32
1.1% 2.0% 1.8% 1.7% 1.7%
6.25 land use/soil maps 1 13 21 7 42
1.9% 13.0% 1.6% 3.0% 2.2%
6.26 language/toponomy 2 11 6 19
1.1% 0.8% 2.6% 1.0%
6.27 law 4 4
0.3% 0.2%
6.28 military geography 1 3 2 1 7
0.6% 3.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4%
6.29 mining 4 4
1.7% 0.2%
6.30 politics 2 3 5
3.8% 0.2% 0.3%
6.31 recreation/tourism 5 1 9 4 19
9.4% 1.0% 0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
6.32 religion 2 2
0.2% 0.1%
6.33 remote sensing 7 1 8
0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
6.34 topography 26 4 22 231 4 287
14.5% 7.5% 22.0% 17.6% 1.7% 15.3%
6.35 town/country-planning 46 7 15 108 13 189
24.7% 13.2% 15.0% 8.2% 5.6% 10.1%
6.36 traffic 1 3 1 32 4 41
0.6% 5.7% 1.0% 2.4% 1.7% 2.2%
6.37 other 20 20
1.5% 1.1%
6.38 no answer 25 6 1 162 194
14.0% 11.3% 1.0% 12.3% 10.3%
6.1 - 6.38 TOTAL 179
100.0%
53
100.0%
100
100.0%
1,312
100.0%
232
100.0%
1,876
100.0%
7a <1500 3 17 50 15 85
1.9% 7.0% 2.2% 5.2% 2.8%
7b 1500-1700 6 3 62 232 10 313
3.8% 6.4% 25.4% 10.2% 3.5% 10.4%
7c 1700-1800 13 3 54 203 33 306
8.1% 6.4% 22.1% 8.9% 11.5% 10.2%
7d 1800-1900 40 4 54 425 49 572
25.0% 8.5% 22.1% 18.7% 17.0% 19.0%
7e >1900 41 18 36 1,360 64 1,519
25.6% 38.3% 14.8% 59.9% 22.2% 50.5%
7f longer periods 19 26 45
40.4% 9.0% 1.5%
7g no answer 57 21 91 169
35.6% 8.6% 31.6% 5.6%
7a - 7g TOTAL 160 47 244 2,270 288 3,009
7a - 7g TOTAL
with multiple answers
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
90.4%
100.0%
239.2%
100.0%
173.0%
100.0%
126.9%
100.0%
162.4%
8a town/city 62 19 36 464 50 631
29.1% 25.3% 16.5% 32.7% 15.6% 28.1%
8b province 25 25 52 443 127 672
11.7% 33.3% 23.9% 31.2% 39.6% 29.9%
8c country 82 24 32 330 71 539
38.5% 32.0% 14.7% 23.2% 22.1% 24.0%
8d other 44 7 21 184 56 312
20.7% 9.3% 9.6% 12.9% 17.4% 13.9%
8e no asnwer 2 17 19
0.9% 5.3% 0.8%
8a - 8e TOTAL 213 75 218 1,421 321 2,248
8a - 8e TOTAL
with multiple answers
100.0%
133.1%
100.0%
144.2%
100.0%
213.7%
100.0%
108.3%
100.0%
141.4%
100.0%
121.3%
9a atlas 29 25 24 532 26 636
12.6% 21.2% 12.4% 24.6% 7.0% 20.7%
9b topographic map 49 38 57 769 131 1,044
21.3% 32.2% 29.5% 35.5% 35.3% 33.9%
9c chart 3 7 15 114 13 152
1.3% 5.9% 7.8% 5.3% 3.5% 4.9%
9d town plan 40 12 24 256 30 362
17.4% 10.2% 12.4% 11.8% 8.1% 11.8%
9e topographic view 9 11 68 19 107
7.6% 5.7% 3.1% 5.1% 3.5%
9f globe 2 2 24 28
1.0% 1.0% 1.1% 0.9%
9g thematic map 63 21 35 338 43 500
27.4% 17.8% 18.1% 15.6% 11.6% 16.2%
9h other 46 4 22 66 94 232
20.0% 3.4% 11.4% 3.0% 25.3% 7.5%
9i no answer 3 15 18
1.6% 4.0% 0.6%
9a - 9i TOTAL 230 118 193 2,167 371 3,079
9a - 9i TOTAL
with multiple answers
100.0%
143.8%
100.0%
226.9%
100.0%
189.2%
100.0%
165.2%
100.0%
163.4%
100.0%
166.2%
10a author's catalogue 75 18 13 70 9 185
29.9% 22.0% 10.6% 5.3% 3.4% 9.1%
10b geographic catalogue 38 38 36 346 98 556
15.1% 46.3% 29.3% 26.4% 37.1% 27.4%
10c thematic catalogue 73 3 19 133 16 244
29.1% 3.7% 15.4% 10.1% 6.1% 12.0%
10d bibliographies, etc. 37 13 6 41 10 107
14.7% 15.9% 4.9% 3.1% 3.8% 5.3%
10e other 28 10 31 268 79 416
11.2% 4.0% 25.2% 20.4% 29.9% 20.5%
10f no answer 18 454 52 524
14.6% 34.6% 19.7% 25.8%
10a - 10g TOTAL 251 82 123 1,312 265 2,032
10a - 10g TOTAL
with multiple answers
100.0%
156.9%
100.0%
157.7%
100.0%
120.6%
100.0%
173.0%
100.0%
116.3%
100.0%
109.7%
11a staff help 98 39 82 1,103 149 1,471
61.3% 75.0% 82.0% 84.1% 65.5% 79.5%
11b no help 58 12 14 209 74 367
35.3% 23.1% 14.0% 15.9% 32.6% 19.8%
11c no answer 4 1 4 4 13
2.5% 1.9% 4.0% 1.8% 0.7%
11a-11c TOTAL 160 52 100 1,312 227 1,851
11a - 11c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
12a reference 99 34 50 260 62 505
61.9% 65.4% 49.0% 19.8% 27.3% 27.3%
12b no reference 50 14 28 1,052 147 1,291
31.3% 26.9% 27.5% 80.2% 64.8% 69.7%
12c no answer 11 4 24 18 57
609% 7.7% 23.5% 7.9% 3.1%
12a - 12c TOTAL 160 52 102 1,312 227 1,853
12a - 12c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
13a adequate reference 106 28 39 90 263
66.3% 52.8% 37.9% 39.6% 48.4%
13b non-adequate reference 22 15 16 25 78
13.8% 28.3% 15.5% 11.0% 14.4%
13c no answer 32 10 48 112 202
20.0% 18.9% 46.6% 49.3% 37.2%
13a - 13c TOTAL 160 53 103 227 543
13a - 13c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
14a always 23 4 33 507 31 598
14.2% 7.7% 32.4% 38.6% 13.7% 32.2%
14b mosttimes 118 38 50 505 166 877
72.8% 73.1% 49.0% 38.5% 73.1% 47.3%
14c hardly 21 6 2 9 3 41
13.0% 11.5% 2.0% 0.7% 1.3% 2.2%
14d no answer 4 17 291 27 339
7.7% 16.7% 22.2% 11.9% 18.3%
14a - 14d TOTAL 162 52 102 1,312 227 1,855
14a - 14d TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
15a satisfied 121 32 71 918 185 1,327
75.6% 61.5% 69.6% 70.0% 81.5% 71.6%
15b dissatisfied 23 17 14 24 18 96
14.4% 32.7% 13.7% 1.8% 7.9% 5.2%
15c no answer 16 3 17 370 24 430
10.0% 5.8% 16.7% 28.2% 10.6% 23.2%
15a - 15c TOTAL 160 52 102 1,312 227 1,853
15a - 15c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
16a satisfied opening 115 27 65 867 193 1,276
71.9% 51.9% 64.4% 66.1% 85.0% 68.4%
16b dissatisfied opening 12 22 26 36 16 112
7.5% 42.3% 25.7% 2.7% 7.0% 6.0%
16c no answer 23 3 10 409 18 463
14.4% 5.8% 9.9% 31.2% 7.9% 25.0%
16a - 16c TOTAL 162 52 101 1,312 227 1,852
16a - 16c TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
17a Xeroc-copy used 114 23 37 239 124 537
71.3% 44.2% 36.3% 18.2% 54.6% 29.0%
17b Xerox-copy not used 33 29 55 91 208
20.6% 55.8% 53.9% 40.1% 11.2%
17c no answer 13 10 1,073 12 1,108
8.1% 9.8% 81.8% 5.3% 59.8%
17a - 17c TOTAL 160 52 102 1,312 227 1,853
14a - 14d TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
18a costs 3 1 9 25 20 58
2.6% 4.3% 24.3% 10.5% 16.1% 10.8%
18b easy use 5 3 4 41 16 69
4.4% 13.0% 10.8% 17.2% 12.9% 12.8%
18c speed 4 8 25 15 52
17.4% 21.6% 10.5% 6.3% 9.7%
18d quality 3 4 4 35 20 66
2.6% 17.4% 10.8% 14.6% 16.1% 12.3%
18e other 6 4 5 26 19 60
5.3% 17.4% 13.5% 10.9% 13.3% 11.2%
18f no answer 97 7 7 87 34 232
85.1% 30.4% 18.9% 36.4% 27.4% 43.2%
18a - 18f TOTAL 114 23 37 239 124 537
18a - 18f TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
19a photo b/w 41 8 42 118 59 268
percentage requests
percentage total
32.0%
25.6%
13.3%
15.4%
45.2%
41.2%
50.4%
9.0%
33.3%
26.0%
38.7%
14.5%
19b photo colour 22 14 18 32 18 104
percentage requests
percentage total
17.2%
13.8%
22.3%
26.9%
19.4%
17.6%
13.7%
2.4%
10.2%
15.0%
15.0%
5.6%
19.6 photo negative 3 3 11 16 33
percentage requests
percentage total
5.0%
5.8%
3.2%
2.9%
4.7%
0.8%
9.0%
7.0%
4.8%
1.8%
19d slides b/w 15 2 5 10 7 39
percentage requests
percentage total
11.7%
9.4%
3.3%
3.8%
5.4%
4.9%
4.3%
0.8%
4.0%
3.1%
5.6%
2.1%
19e slides colour 24 8 11 47 38 128
percentage requests
percentage total
18.8%
15.0%
13.3%
15.4%
11.8%
10.8%
20.1%
3.6%
16.2%
16.7%
18.5%
6.9%
19f microfiche/film 19 3 2 1 21 46
percentage requests
percentage total
14.8%
11.9%
5.0%
5.8%
2.2%
2.0%
0.4%
0.1%
11.9%
9.3%
6.6%
2.5%
19g other 7 22 12 15 18 74
percentage requests
percentage total
5.5%
4.4%
36.7%
13.8%
12.9%
11.8%
6.4%
1.1%
10.2%
7.9%
10.7%
4.0%
19a - 19g TOTAL 128 60 93 234 177 692
TOTAL percentage requests
TOTAL percentage total
100.0%
80.0%
100.0%
115.4%
100.0%
91.2%
100.0%
17.8%
100.0%
78.0%
100.0%
37.3%
21a other collections 32 30 37 305 95 499
20.0% 57.7% 36.3% 23.2% 41.9% 26.9%
21b no other collection 116 22 57 104 299
72.5% 42.3% 55.9% 45.8% 16.1%
21c no answer 12 8 1,007 28 1,055
7.5% 7.8% 76.8% 12.3% 56.9%
21a - 21c TOTAL 160 52 102 1,312 227 1,853
TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


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