Geoprivacy Attitudes and Personal Location Masking Strategies of Internet Users, California, 2017-2018 (ICPSR 37870)
Version Date: Oct 13, 2020 View help for published
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Dara E. Seidl, San Diego State University;
Piotr Jankowski, San Diego State University
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37870.v1
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This study contains the results of an online survey testing geoprivacy-related attitudes and behavior among adult California internet users. The major goals of this project are to examine public attitudes towards geoprivacy and the extent to which Internet users attempt to obscure or mask their locations. This project specifically tests the propensity of individuals to provide a precise and accurate home location when prompted. Hypothesized intervening variables for predicting personal location masking behavior collected in this survey are rural location, previous privacy infringement, experience with hacking or identity theft, and knowledge of location identifying power. The survey achieved a total of 214 responses, with 113 respondents from a probability postal address-based sample and 101 respondents from an open online sample.
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There were two samples, a probability address-based sample and an online open sample. The address-based sample consisted of 2,300 addresses, with 2,000 addresses selected at random across the state of California, and 300 addresses selected at random within rural Census tracts in California.
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Adult internet users in California.
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In the probability address-based sample, 2,300 individuals were contacted by postal mail, resulting in 113 responses, or a response rate of 5 percent.
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Several Likert-type scales were used.
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