  This study determined the profile and pattern of Internet usage of
respondents in cyber cafes in Manila. The study employed an
exploratory-descriptive design in which a validated descriptive-survey form was
used as the research instrument. Forty-seven cyber cafes in 14 districts in the
City of Manila were randomly selected. There were 545 respondents. It was found
that most of the respondents were Manila settlers (f = 368, 70%), students (f =
382, 73%), pursuing or had attained a college degree (f = 374, 72%), male (f =
356, 68%), young (19 and below) (f = 314, 60%), Roman Catholic (f = 423, 81%),
single (f = 470, 90%), had a computer at home (f = 269, 51%), belonged to the
middle-income class (f = 334, 64%), and used the Internet in the afternoon (f =
274, 50.3%,chi^2 = 113.98, DF = 2, p < 0.01) once to twice a week (f = 193,
36.9%, chi^2 = 90.04, DF = 3, p < 0.01). Frequency of visit of Internet users
was not equally distributed during the week and Internet users showed the
tendency to visit cyber cafes at a particular time of the day when grouped
according to profile. The first hypothesis stated that frequency of visiting a
cyber cafe would not be equally distributed during the week when grouped
according to profile was accepted. The second hypothesis, which stated that
respondents would not show a tendency to use the internet in a cyber cafe at a
particular time of the day was rejected. The study also discusses the
limitations and implications of the findings.
