Below are the highlights of this survey's results, along with the total number of respondents. The survey participants were viewers of "American Porn" and/or visitors to the Web site who answered the questions over the first few months following the original February 2002 broadcast.
| 10453 | respondents |
| Sex of the respondents |  | | male
80% (8454) | |  |
| female
17% (1792) | |  |
| | Age group of the respondents | | | 18 - 20 years
11% (1161) | | |
| 21 - 30 years
31% (3281) | | |
| 31 - 40 years
29% (3081) | | |
| 41 - 50 years
15% (1619) | | |
| 51 - 60 years
7% (756) | | |
| 61 - 70 years
2% (227) | | |
| 71 or older
1% (118) | | |
| | How often have you viewed sexual images in the past month? | | | Not once, and I have never before
3% (315) | | |
| Not once, but I have in the past
20% (2119) | | |
| One or two times
16% (1768) | | |
| Once a week
10% (1138) | | |
| A few times a week
27% (2851) | | |
| Once a day
9% (953) | | |
| Several times a day
10% (1126) | | |
| | If you use pornography, how much time per week did you spend on it during the past month? | | | I did not use porn during the past month
11% (1195) | | |
| Less than one hour
18% (1968) | | |
| 1-5 hours
37% (3889) | | |
| 6-15 hours
16% (1708) | | |
| 16-25 hours
6% (690) | | |
| 26-50 hours
3% (395) | | |
| More than 50 hours
3% (337) | | |
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| · The top five feelings expressed about porn |
| 86% | It can educate people |
| 72% | It offers a harmless outlet for unconventional or other private fantasies |
| 68% | It can lead to more open attitudes about (one's own) sexuality |
| 55% | It can improve relationships |
| 49% | It is offensive and degrading |
|
| · Why do you use porn? (top five answers) |
| 72% | To masturbate/for physical release |
| 69% | To sexually arouse myself and/or others |
| 54% | Out of curiosity |
| 43% | Because I can fantasize about things I would not necessarily want in real life |
| 38% | To distract myself |
|
| · Why do you think other people use porn? (top five answers) |
| 87% | Out of curiosity |
| 83% | To masturbate/for physical release |
| 82% | To sexually arouse themselves and/or others |
| 77% | To entertain themselves |
| 65% | Because they don't have a sexual partner |
|
| · If you used porn, how do you feel about this? |
| 80% | I am fine with my porn use |
| 30% | I feel bad while I'm using porn |
| 19% | I am fine with it, but my partner doesn't (or would not) like me using porn |
| 16% | I feel bad after using porn |
| 9% | I have tried to stop using it but I can't |
|
| · If you used pornography in the past, but not anymore, why do you not use it anymore? (top five answers) |
| 4% | Other reasons |
| 4% | I got bored with it |
| 2% | Change in life circumstances (new job, new relationship, children) |
| 2% | It led from bad to worse (e.g., I became "addicted") |
| 1% | It was starting to affect my relationships with others, my work, or other activities |
|
| · If you have never used pornography, why not? (top five answers) |
| 3% | It is offensive and degrading |
| 2% | I am not interested in it |
| 2% | It goes against my values |
| 1% | It violates my religious principles |
| 1% | It confirms stereotypes of men, women, and/or of what sex really is about |
