Chit Chat Survey 2014 Results (awards results to be announced later)

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Here are the results of the 2014 Chit Chat Survey. Fifteen questions were asked, and 32 members gave answers. I have been looking at the questions for both the Survey and Awards and considering whether to remove some of the questions - in regards to the Survey, so far all fifteen are to be kept, but that might change by September, which is about the time that the survey is opened each year.

Some of the questions had choices from which one choice had to be chosen, whilst others were write-in due to their fluid nature.

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(For each of the questions where it was required to choose one possible choice, I'll only give the choices that were chosen - for example, no-one said that they were in the 50-59 age group for the first question).


Age

All 32 respondents gave an answer to this question. As was to be expected, most are quite young, with the majority being in their twenties.

19 or under 6 respondents (18.75%)
20-29 18 respondents (56.25%)
30-39 5 respondents (15.62%)
40-49 1 respondent (3.12%)
Declined to answer 2 respondents (6.25%)

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Biological Sex

All 32 responded, with 3 declining to answer. As expected, the vast majority of respondents said that their biological sex was male.

Male 26 respondents (81.25%)
Female 3 responses (9.38%)
Declined to answer 3 responses (9.38%)

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Gender Identity

All 32 respondents gave an answer to this write-in question which, like the ones where an option had to be chosen, was optional.

22 respondents said that they were male, cis male, straight male or a plain old guy.
4 respondents said that they were female or woman-born-woman.
1 respondent said that they were gender neutral.
1 respondent said that they were gender fluid.
1 respondent said that they were queer.
3 respondents abstained.

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Sexual Orientation

All 32 respondents gave an answer to this write-in question which, like the ones where an option had to be chosen, was optional.

19 respondents said that they were straight (including one who said they were mostly hetero)
4 respondents said that they were gay/lesbian.
1 respondent said that they were bisexual.
1 respondent said that they were pansexual.
1 respondent said that they were queer.
1 respondent said that they were bicurious.
1 respondent said that they were bent/queer/straight leaning bisexual.
1 respondent said that they were lumbersexual.
3 respondents abstained.

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Country of Birth

All 32 respondents gave an answer to this write-in question which, like the ones where an option had to be chosen, was optional.

13 respondents said that they were born in the US, America or ‘Murrica.
8 respondents said that they were born in the UK, Britain or England.
2 respondents said that they were born in Brazil.
2 respondents said that they were born in Sweden.
1 respondent said that they were born in the Netherlands.
1 respondent said that they were born in Northern Ireland.
1 respondent said that they were born in Australia.
1 respondent said that they were born in Yugoslavia.
1 respondent said that they were born in Finland.
2 respondents abstained.

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Country of Residence

All 32 respondents gave an answer to this write-in question which, like the ones where an option had to be chosen, was optional.

12 respondents said that they reside in the US, America or ‘Murrica.
7 respondents said that they reside in the UK, Britain or England.
2 respondents said that they reside in Sweden.
1 respondent said that they reside in Brazil.
1 respondent said that they reside in Australia.
1 respondent said that they reside in Turkey.
1 respondent said that they reside in Germany.
1 respondent said that they reside in Finland.
1 respondent said that they reside in the Netherlands.
5 respondents abstained.

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Mother Tongue

All 32 respondents gave an answer to this write-in question which, like the ones where an option had to be chosen, was optional.

20 respondents said that their mother tongue is English, English and Irish, or Murrican.
3 respondents said that their mother tongue is Finnish.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Portuguese.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Welsh.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Brazilian Portuguese.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Serbo-Croatian.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Spanish.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Danish.
1 respondent said that their mother tongue is Dutch.
2 respondents abstained.

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Languages Spoken

31 of the respondents gave an answer to this question, 1 deciding to skip. Almost half said that they could only speak their own mother tongue fluently.

14 respondents, or 45.46%, said that they were monoglots.
9 respondents, or 29.02%, said that they could speak two languages fluently.
4 respondents, or 12.9%, said that they could speak three languages fluently.
2 respondents, or 6.45%, said that they could speak four languages fluently.
2 respondents, or 6.45%, declined to answer.

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Religious Beliefs (or lack of)

All 32 respondents gave an answer. As some put none and some put atheism specifically, I’ve kept them separate as many people are secular without identifying as an atheist. I’ve done the same with agnosticism as agnostics can be theistic or atheistic.

12 respondents said that they were atheist or atheist with a cultural interest in Judaism and gnostic Abrahamism.
11 respondents said that they had no religious beliefs.
2 respondents said that they were agnostic atheist.
2 respondents said that they were agnostic.
1 respondent said that they were of the Church of the SubGenius.
1 respondent said that they were Muslim.
1 respondent said that they were Christian/Spiritual.
2 respondents abstained.

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Political Tendency

All 32 respondents gave an answer and, as can be expected from a leftist forum, quite a few tendencies are represented within those 32 answers. I’ve grouped them together when the answer is clearly the same tendency, but otherwise individual tendencies are counted separately.

6 respondents said that they were Marxists.
4 respondents said that they were Communists.
3 respondents said that they were Anarchists.
3 respondents said that they were Left Communists.
2 respondents said that they were Ultra-Left Communists.
2 respondents said that they were Anarchist Communists.
2 respondents said that they were Socialists.
2 respondents said that they were Marxist-Leninists.
1 respondent said that they were a Trotskyist.
1 respondent said that they were a Socialist Anarchist.
1 respondent said that they were a Libertarian Communist.
1 respondent said that they were a Libertarian Socialist.
1 respondent said that they were a Patro-Psychotic Anarcho-Materialist.
1 respondent said that their tendency is Communist Critical Theory/Value criticism (Frankfurt school).
1 respondent said that they were an Autonomist/communisationist.
1 respondent said that they were part of that vile reactionary tendency, Abstainism (and should be banned :P).

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Occupation

5 respondents said that they are unemployed.
4 respondents said that they are students.
2 respondents said that they are scientists.
1 respondent said that they are a trainee teacher.
1 respondent said that they are a delinquent survivalist.
1 respondent said that they are an international jewel thief (yet don’t give the forum any of their profits :P)
1 respondent said that they live on a disability pension.
1 respondent said that they are a stock associate internet assessor.
1 respondent said that they are a teacher.
1 respondent said that they are a bricklayer and teacher.
1 respondent said that they are a retail worker.
1 respondent said that they are a receptionist.
1 respondent said they are a cashier in a hardware store.
1 respondent said that they are a waiter.
1 respondent said that they are a server.
1 respondent said that they are a bouncer and carpenter.
1 respondent said that they are a factory peon.
5 respondents abstained.

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Food Source

24 respondents, or 75%, said that they are omnivores.
2 respondents, or 6.25%, said that they are vegetarians.
2 respondents, or 6.25%, said that they are carnivores.
2 respondents, or 6.25%, said that they are vegans.
1 respondent, or 3.12%, said that they have other food sources.
1 respondent, or 3.12%, declined to answer.

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Alcohol

26 respondents, or 83.87%, said that they drink alcohol.
3 respondents, or 9.68%, said that they do not drink alcohol.
2 respondents, or 6.45%, declined to answer.
1 respondent skipped the question.

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Tobacco

14 respndents, or 43.75%, said that they smoke tobacco.
16 respondents, or 50%, said they do not smoke tobacco.
2 respondents, or 6.25%, declined to answer.

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Other drugs

16 respondents, or 50%, said that they take other drugs.
13 respondents, or 40.62%, said that they do not.
3 respondents, or 9.38%, declined to answer.