Study Publisher: CSID
Study Date: September 2012
Study URL: http://www.csid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CS_PasswordSurvey_FullReport_FINAL.pdf

Study Overview:
"CSID and consumer research firm Research Now teamed up to survey a demographically representative sample of 1,200 U.S. adults (age 18 and above) from the Research Now Consumer Panel. The sample framework is selected based on U.S. Census data for age, ethnicity, gender, region and income. The survey also collected demographic data for education level and marital status."

Statistics From This Study:

• Almost nine out of ten people feel secure with their current password habits
• Factors considered by a person when creating their password
• How age affects concern for the ease of remembering a password
• How frequently do people change passwords
• How many password are used daily by a person
• Length of passwords a user chooses to use
• Likelihood of password reuse by age group
• Nearly two-thirds of people reuse passwords on multiple sites
• Number of passwords that people use