Audiences and Results TV & Radio Overseas

(October 6 through November 30, 2025, and March 30 through June 7, 2026)

All media outlets are measured as part of the Métridom study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more .

This press release only includes results for media outlets that had enrolled in the study as of the date of publication and whose cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more on an average average The average is one of the most important statistical indicators for a set of numbers. By default, it is the arithmetic mean, calculated by adding the values in the set and then dividing that sum by the number of values. Find out more weekday reaches 2% for TV (Monday–Sunday; 12:00 a.m.–11:59 p.m.) and radio (MONDAY - FRIDAY; 5:00 a.m.–11:59 p.m.).

Since this publication is based on a new set of survey survey A statistical method that aims to produce information about a population by interviewing part of the population (sample). This word is generally used to mean a survey conducted on a sample that have been interviewed using a questionnaire or else systematically observed. Find out more periods, the results are not directly comparable to those of previous editions.

Television Results, average day average day Data relating to an average day correspond to the arithmetic mean of the corresponding data over the different days of the week, with this average being calculated over all of the weeks in the period studied. The idea of the average day Monday-Friday is also used: the week is then limited to five days. Find out more , Monday-Sunday, 12 midnight-12 midnight

Radio Results, average day average day Data relating to an average day correspond to the arithmetic mean of the corresponding data over the different days of the week, with this average being calculated over all of the weeks in the period studied. The idea of the average day Monday-Friday is also used: the week is then limited to five days. Find out more , Monday-Friday, 5 am-midnight

In 2025, from October 6 to 25, 2025, the time difference between mainland France and Guyane was -5 hours. Starting October 26, it was -4 hours relative to mainland France.

In 2026, from March 30 to June 7, 2026, the time difference between mainland France and Guyane was -5 hours.

The aggregates include all channels/stations, regardless of whether they participated in the study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more .

The results presented fall within a Confidence Interval Confidence Interval The interval in which the true value of the parameter being sought lies, according to a predefined confidence level. A 95% confidence interval is taken to mean an interval which has 95 chances out of 100 of containing the true value. It is calculated based on the standard deviation. Find out more , which is linked to the Sample Size Sample Size The number of statistical units constituting a sample. The accuracy of a survey depends greatly on the sample size. Find out more of the representative representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more sample sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of the studied population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more .

A 1% cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more from October 2025 to June 2026 represents 2,161 people aged 13 and older.

Television Results by aggregate aggregate Grouping together of basic entities with the intention of forming larger units. In radio, two types of aggregates have existed since 1991: - Aggregates by format: General Interest Programmes, Private General Interest Programmes, Musical Programmes, Speciality Programmes, Local Programmes; - Aggregates by status: Public Service Radio Stations, Radio France, Private Commercial Radio Stations, Private Association Radio Stations. Find out more

¹ Free-to-air local Terrestrial Terrestrial Refers to a system for transmitting an analogue or digital signal using electromagnetic waves that do not require equipment for transmission. This is true for terrestrial television broadcasting (DTT) and satellite broadcasting, as opposed to broadcasting by cable, telephone line or optical fibre. Find out more television channels, originally Analogue Analogue A signal is said to be analogue if it can be represented by continuous values. Analogue broadcasting is contrasted with digital broadcasting. For example, FM radio uses analogue broadcasting whereas TV now exclusively uses digital broadcasting. Find out more , and channels broadcast broadcast A mode of transmission whereby a transmitter sends the same audio and video stream to many receivers within a coverage area. In the context of computer networks, broadcast mode is contrasted with “multicast” and “unicast” modes, which respectively refer to the transmission of a stream to a given group of recipient devices and to a single recipient device. OR : Putting a show or a programme on television or radio. This term refers to a programme that is broadcast live as opposed to on-demand. Find out more on free-to-air DTT
² Platforms requiring a subscription to a Pay TV Offer Pay TV Offer The former benchmark universe for the Médiamat'Thématik study. TV reception universe grouping together cable, CanalSat and TPS subscribers. Find out more (CANAL+), satellite, and/or an Internet TV service.
³ Classification based on channel channel A subset of the brand URLs that overlap with a single theme (e.g., news, e-mail, etc.); the channel audience contributes to the overall audience of the brand, which itself contributes to the overall audience of the Parent. Find out more type (not programming).

The results presented fall within a Confidence Interval Confidence Interval The interval in which the true value of the parameter being sought lies, according to a predefined confidence level. A 95% confidence interval is taken to mean an interval which has 95 chances out of 100 of containing the true value. It is calculated based on the standard deviation. Find out more based on the Sample Size Sample Size The number of statistical units constituting a sample. The accuracy of a survey depends greatly on the sample size. Find out more of the representative representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more sample sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of the study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more .

A 1% cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more from October 2025 to June 2026 represents 2,161 people aged 13 and older.

Television Results by channel channel A subset of the brand URLs that overlap with a single theme (e.g., news, e-mail, etc.); the channel audience contributes to the overall audience of the brand, which itself contributes to the overall audience of the Parent. Find out more

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The results presented are subject to a Confidence Interval Confidence Interval The interval in which the true value of the parameter being sought lies, according to a predefined confidence level. A 95% confidence interval is taken to mean an interval which has 95 chances out of 100 of containing the true value. It is calculated based on the standard deviation. Find out more based on the Sample Size Sample Size The number of statistical units constituting a sample. The accuracy of a survey depends greatly on the sample size. Find out more for the Representative Representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more Sample Sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of the Population Population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more under Study Study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more .

A 1% cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more from October 2025 to June 2026 represents 2,161 people aged 13 and older.

Television Results by advertising coupling

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The results presented fall within a Confidence Interval Confidence Interval The interval in which the true value of the parameter being sought lies, according to a predefined confidence level. A 95% confidence interval is taken to mean an interval which has 95 chances out of 100 of containing the true value. It is calculated based on the standard deviation. Find out more , which is determined by the Sample Size Sample Size The number of statistical units constituting a sample. The accuracy of a survey depends greatly on the sample size. Find out more of the representative representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more sample sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of the study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more .

A 1% cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more from October 2025 to June 2026 represents 2,161 people aged 13 and older.

Radio Results by aggregate aggregate Grouping together of basic entities with the intention of forming larger units. In radio, two types of aggregates have existed since 1991: - Aggregates by format: General Interest Programmes, Private General Interest Programmes, Musical Programmes, Speciality Programmes, Local Programmes; - Aggregates by status: Public Service Radio Stations, Radio France, Private Commercial Radio Stations, Private Association Radio Stations. Find out more

The aggregates include all stations, regardless of whether they participate in the study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more .

Radio Results by station

The results presented fall within a Confidence Interval Confidence Interval The interval in which the true value of the parameter being sought lies, according to a predefined confidence level. A 95% confidence interval is taken to mean an interval which has 95 chances out of 100 of containing the true value. It is calculated based on the standard deviation. Find out more based on the Sample Size Sample Size The number of statistical units constituting a sample. The accuracy of a survey depends greatly on the sample size. Find out more for the representative representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more sample sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of the studied population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more .

A 1% cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more from October 2025 to June 2026 represents 2,161 people aged 13 and older.

Radio Results by advertising coupling

The results presented fall within a Confidence Interval Confidence Interval The interval in which the true value of the parameter being sought lies, according to a predefined confidence level. A 95% confidence interval is taken to mean an interval which has 95 chances out of 100 of containing the true value. It is calculated based on the standard deviation. Find out more , which is determined by the Sample Size Sample Size The number of statistical units constituting a sample. The accuracy of a survey depends greatly on the sample size. Find out more of the representative representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more sample sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of the study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more .

A 1% cumulative audience share audience share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more from October 2025 to June 2026 represents 2,161 people aged 13 and older.

Events over the period

During the survey survey A statistical method that aims to produce information about a population by interviewing part of the population (sample). This word is generally used to mean a survey conducted on a sample that have been interviewed using a questionnaire or else systematically observed. Find out more period, from October 6 to November 30, 2025, and from March 30 to June 7, 2026, the news was marked by events likely to have an impact on television and radio viewing and listening habits:

On October 6, 2025, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who accepted it. Sébastien Lecornu was reappointed Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron on October 10.

On October 7, Tropical Storm Jerry formed off the Atlantic coast and threatened the Antilles.

On October 10, Guadeloupe is placed under a red alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms due to the passage of Tropical Storm Jerry.

Internationally, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas takes effect in the Gaza Strip.

On October 12, the Élysée Palace announced the names of all the ministers in Sébastien Lecornu’s new government. Naïma Moutchou succeeded Manuel Valls as Minister for Overseas Territories.

On October 13, Israeli authorities release 1,968 Palestinian prisoners, and Gaza hands over the last 20 surviving hostages as well as the bodies of four others.

On October 14, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the suspension of the pension reform.

From October 16 to 19, the 33^rd edition of the Grand Raid de La Réunion takes place.

On October 19, valuable jewelry was stolen during a burglary at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

On October 21, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was incarcerated at La Santé Prison in Paris following his conviction in the case involving “Libyan funding” of his 2007 presidential campaign.

On October 24, in the middle of a Régionale 1 soccer match, a man wearing a helmet and armed with a rifle stormed the field field All the operations that structure the work of interviewers: description of the interviewees, instructions for choosing the interviewees, quotas, administering the questionnaire, quality controls, etc. The entire physical system (rooms, personal computers, telephones, etc.) used for telephone surveys, and the related organisation is called the “telephone field”. Find out more at Dillon Stadium in Fort-de-France.

On October 26, all the sailboats in the 17^th edition of the Transat Café L’Or set sail off the coast of Le Havre in rough conditions.

On October 27, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Antilles. Tremors were felt in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Hurricane Melissa, which formed in the Caribbean Sea, became even more threatening and reached Category 5, with winds exceeding 295 km/h. On October 28, Melissa struck Jamaica with full force at its peak intensity. The hurricane then continued on toward Cuba, where it made landfall on the southeastern coast as a Category 3 storm on October 29, causing heavy rains and landslides. As of November 11, at least 96 deaths have been attributed to Melissa, including 43 due to flooding and landslides in Haiti and 48 in Jamaica.

On October 30, Marcus Thuram, from the Antilles, returned to training with Inter Milan, exactly one month after injuring his left thigh.

On November 4, a strike began at LA POSTE to protest a reorganization deemed harmful. On November 17, the strike spread and affected all post offices on the island of Cayenne, including the financial center and the Matoury mail distribution distribution This refers to the distribution of a variable; “structure” is also used with this meaning. In statistics, for each x value of a quantitative variable, the distribution function gives the proportion of individuals having a variable value that is less than or equal to x. Find out more hub.

The European Ariane 6 launch vehicle successfully completes its third launch one year after entering service.

On November 4, 2025, the European Commission announces a 20-million-euro investment to fund research into new treatments for dengue fever.

On November 5, Michel Rupaire, one of the most iconic voices in Guadeloupean radio, passed away.

On November 10, Nicolas Sarkozy was released on probation after twenty days of pretrial detention.

On November 11, a ceremony was held to commemorate the 106^th anniversary of the Armistice of November 11, 1918.

On November 12, the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to “suspend” the pension reform.

On November 13, the National Assembly decided against reducing tax incentives for overseas companies.

On November 18, Haiti qualified for the second World Cup in its history.

On November 20, Gaston Émigré, a leading figure in the Guyane music scene, passed away at the age of 79.

On the international front, Donald released a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine that forces Kyiv to cede the entire Donbas region region Geographic division. Mainland France is organised into 13 administrative regions (INSEE regions - there were previously 22 regions). Find out more and calls for a 50 percent reduction in the Ukrainian military.

On November 23 and 24, following COP30, Minister of Ecological Transition Monique Barbut is on an official visit to Guyane.

On November 24, the Senate approves the creation of a new parental leave benefit, allowing parents to take up to two additional months each to care for their child starting January 1 2027.

On November 25, after exhausting all legal remedies, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began serving his 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup against his rival Lula. He had been under house arrest since early August but was placed in pretrial detention on November 22 due to a “high risk of flight.”

On April 8, the former hostages, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, arrived in Paris after three and a half years of detention in Iran, where they had been accused of espionage.

On April 10, Moody’s affirmed France’s sovereign rating at AA3 with a “negative” outlook.

On April 29, seven former elected officials from Guadeloupe and Guyane stood trial in Martinique in a case involving more than 2 million euros

On May 1 the traditional labor union parade took place.

On May 7, a press release reported a norovirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean, with 115 people falling ill.

On May 8, marks the 81st anniversary of the Victory of May 8, 1945, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe.

On May 15,Senator Solanges Nadille denounced unequal treatment between Sargassum in the Antilles and green algae in Brittany, calling on the government to “assume its responsibilities” in light of new reports of massive strandings.

On May 16, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6 was felt in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the Caribbean.

On May 19, a major power power Indicator for evaluating formats in the context of a media plan. This is the prioritisation of formats according to their target audience. Find out more generation incident affected Guadeloupe. At the height of the outage, approximately 100,000 customers were impacted.

On May 20, members of the National Assembly voted in committee to “symbolically” repeal the Code Noir, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Taubira Law. On May 28, the National Assembly unanimously approved the repeal of the Code Noir.

From May 24 to June 6, the French Open tennis tournament takes place at

Roland Garros Stadium in Paris.

On May 24, a crisis meeting organized by the mayor was held in Petit-Bourg to discuss the current pollution caused by Sargassum.

On May 30, Paris Saint-Germain won its second UEFA Champions League title.

On June 1, sargassum strandings remained significant in Guadeloupe. Authorities issued a preliminary health alert in La Désirade and Goyave.

On June 2, Parliament passed a law recognizing the state’s “share of responsibility” in the chlordecone scandal in the Antilles.

The emergency agricultural bill was overwhelmingly passed by lawmakers on its first reading.

Definitions

Audience Audience The set of listeners, viewers, or TV viewers in which each individual is equally weighted, regardless of their listening/viewing duration or frequency of contact. Find out more Indicators

Cumulative Audience (CA) Cumulative Audience (CA) The cumulative audience (or cumulative audience rating) is the number or percentage of people having had at least one contact, of any duration, with the media studied during a period (show, advertising slot, time slot, etc.) Find out more : the number or percentage of unique individuals who watched a television channel channel A subset of the brand URLs that overlap with a single theme (e.g., news, e-mail, etc.); the channel audience contributes to the overall audience of the brand, which itself contributes to the overall audience of the Parent. Find out more or listened to a radio station during a given period, regardless of the duration of their viewing or listening.

Since the population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more aged 13 and older in Guyane is 216,100, one cumulative audience point represents 2,161 people.

Audience Share Audience Share The audience share, or market share of an event (programme, advertising slot, channel, station, etc.) is the ratio of the average audience for that event and the average audience for the media over the same time slot. This gives an indicator of the relative performance of a channel or station relative to their competitors. Find out more (PDA) as a percentage: the proportion of total television or radio viewing/listening time accounted for by a given channel or station. The sum of the audience shares for all media is equal to 100 percent.

Viewing Time per Viewer (VTV) Viewing Time per Viewer (VTV) Audience indicator for television. Average of the time spent by viewers watching a show, a network, or the television medium, over a time slot or over the entire day. This is the equivalent of radio's Time Spent Listening. Find out more / Time Spent Listening (TSL) Time Spent Listening (TSL) Audience indicator for radio. Average of the time spent by the listener, listening to a show, station, or the radio, over a time slot or over the entire day. It is expressed in minutes. Listening time per individual is also occasionally used for television (however, the preferred term is Viewing Time per Viewer. Time Spent Listening differs from Listening Time per Listener (LTL) in that those who never listen are not counted. Find out more in minutes: the average average The average is one of the most important statistical indicators for a set of numbers. By default, it is the arithmetic mean, calculated by adding the values in the set and then dividing that sum by the number of values. Find out more time spent watching programs broadcast broadcast A mode of transmission whereby a transmitter sends the same audio and video stream to many receivers within a coverage area. In the context of computer networks, broadcast mode is contrasted with “multicast” and “unicast” modes, which respectively refer to the transmission of a stream to a given group of recipient devices and to a single recipient device. OR : Putting a show or a programme on television or radio. This term refers to a programme that is broadcast live as opposed to on-demand. Find out more by television channels or listening to programs broadcast by radio stations by all TV Viewers or Listeners of the medium medium In the broad sense, any means of communication that could convey an advertising message. This is also the name given to various components of a media: TV networks, radio stations, press titles, etc. Find out more under study study Any research done across a population, line of business, or products (programme content, programme schedules, etc.) A study relies most often on the data coming out of a survey (or surveys). Find out more .

Methodology

Métridom Guyane is part of Médiamétrie’s MediaFrOm universe universe All the statistical units from which a survey sample is drawn. When these units are people, the universe is termed a population. Find out more

The Métridom October 2025–June 2026 on television and radio in Guyane was conducted from October 6 to November 30, 2025, and from March 30 to June 7, 2026 with a sample sample A subset of the population studied, selected in accordance with a sampling plan, and subject to the collection of information. Find out more of 1,750 people representative representative A sample is said to be representative when it has been generated via a representative draw, meaning that each individual in the population had a non-zero probability of being selected. Representativeness relates to the sample and not to a unit of the population. It is not synonymous with a proportional sample or a "reduced model" of the population studied. In survey theory, it has been demonstrated that an optimal sampling strategy consists of organising the sample according to the variables that are most correlated to the subject of the study. Find out more of the population population The universe of a survey composed of basic statistical units. These units may be physical persons, households, companies, municipalities, etc. The population serves as a sampling frame for selecting a sample, and as a basis for calculation of the extrapolations from the sample. Find out more aged 13 and older, surveyed via computer-assisted telephone interviews.