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Table 1 Home Shopping Among US Residents

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Table 1
Home Shopping Among US Residents

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Purchase Method % Margin of Error Population Estimates
Buyers who used one or more methods to make a purchase 50% 3.49% 104,816,696
Internet buyers 27% 3.02% 56,175,399
Telephone buyers 23% 2.80% 47,342,334
Mail-order (by mail) 15% 2.47% 30,468,253
Mail-order (by fax) 5% 1.45% 9,608,437
In person purchase for home delivery 10% 1.94% 19,942,542

SOURCE: US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Omnibus Household Survey, June 2003. Data cover activities for the month of May.