Result Summary for Survey:Wellesley Class of '84 Record Book Anonymous Survey

Wellesley Class of '84 Record Book Anonymous Survey

1. What did you major in at Wellesley?
	answered question	94
	skipped question	1
		Response Count
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2. What dorm did you live in Senior Year?
	answered question	91
	skipped question	4
		Response Count
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3. What were your nonacademic pursuits? (Check all that apply.)
	answered question		88
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
college government		14.8%	13
RA		13.6%	12
athletics		23.9%	21
music		20.5%	18
paid job		52.3%	46
internship		25.0%	22
religious groups		10.2%	9
social clubs		17.0%	15
volunteer work		17.0%	15
nothing		8.0%	7
viewOther			28

4. What was your favorite Wellesley tradition?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Afternoon Tea		33.7%	30
Big Sister/Little Sister		9.0%	8
Flower Sunday		0.0%	0
Hoop Rolling		2.2%	2
Junior Show		9.0%	8
Lake Day		6.7%	6
Step Singing		30.3%	27
viewOther (please specify)		9.0%	8

5. What was your favorite spot at Wellesley?
	answered question	90
	skipped question	5
		Response Count
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6. How many times have you been back to the Wellesley campus since graduation?
	answered question		95
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
I have not been back		3.2%	3
Once		6.3%	6
2-3 times		24.2%	23
4-9 times		35.8%	34
More than 10 times		30.5%	29

7. If you have a daughter, favorite niece, or young friend considering colleges, would you encourage her to go to Wellesley?
	answered question		92
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
yes		87.0%	80
no		5.4%	5
I'm not sure		7.6%	7
viewComment:			32

8. What is the highest degree have you have obtained? (Click all that apply)
	answered question		78
	skipped question		17
		Response Percent	Response Count
Additional BA or BS degree		3.8%	3
Master's Degree		39.7%	31
Ph.D.		10.3%	8
MBA		21.8%	17
M.D.		9.0%	7
J.D.		11.5%	9
Post doctorate degree		0.0%	0
viewOther (please specify)		15.4%	12

9. If you continued your education after Wellesley, where did you go? Please list your post-grad schools and degrees.
	answered question	69
	skipped question	26
		Response Count
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10. If you attended grad school, were you:
	answered question		76
	skipped question		19
		Response Percent	Response Count
more satisfied with your Wellesley experience		46.1%	35
more satisfied with your grad school experience		6.6%	5
equally satisfied; the schools were similar		3.9%	3
equally satisfied, although the schools were different		35.5%	27
I hated ‘em all		0.0%	0
Didn't go to grad school		7.9%	6

11. How many years, in total, have you worked full time since Wellesley?
	answered question	92
	skipped question	3
		Response Count
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12. In total, how many years have you been out of the work force, and for what reason, since you left Wellesley? (e.g. stay-at-home mom, leave of absence, unemployment, sabbatical, illness)
	answered question	82
	skipped question	13
		Response Count
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13. How much has the recent downturn in the economy affected your daily life?
	answered question		93
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
not very much		22.6%	21
a little bit		54.8%	51
a lot		16.1%	15
a great deal		6.5%	6
viewComment:			39

14. What part of the country or the world do/did you live in.....

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Location
	Africa	Asia	Europe	Latin America	Oceania	USA - Northeast	USA - Southeast	USA - Midwest	USA - Southwest	USA - West	Response Count
Now?	0.0% (0)	1.1% (1)	3.2% (3)	1.1% (1)	0.0% (0)	64.5% (60)	10.8% (10)	7.5% (7)	4.3% (4)	7.5% (7)	93
Growing up?	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	3.3% (3)	1.1% (1)	0.0% (0)	65.9% (60)	11.0% (10)	8.8% (8)	2.2% (2)	7.7% (7)	91

viewIf you live/lived outside the US, which country and when?

15. What type of community do/did you live in?

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Type
	Big city	Small city	Suburb	Small town	Rural	Response Count
Now:	30.1% (28)	12.9% (12)	44.1% (41)	9.7% (9)	3.2% (3)	93
Growing up:	15.2% (14)	13.0% (12)	50.0% (46)	16.3% (15)	5.4% (5)	92

16. How many times have you moved in the last 25 years?
	answered question		92
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
1		1.1%	1
2-4		34.8%	32
5-9		51.1%	47
10+		13.0%	12

17. How long have you lived at your current address?
	answered question		93
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
<1 year		4.3%	4
1-3 years		14.0%	13
4-6 years		23.7%	22
7-9 years		15.1%	14
10+ years		43.0%	40

18. What is your current occupation? Click all that apply.
	answered question		93
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Academic		11.8%	11
C-level Executive		5.4%	5
Teacher		7.5%	7
Professor		5.4%	5
Accountant		1.1%	1
Administrative Assistant		0.0%	0
Architect		2.2%	2
Artist		0.0%	0
Board Member		15.1%	14
CEO		3.2%	3
Chef		0.0%	0
Computer programmer		2.2%	2
Consultant		12.9%	12
Curator		2.2%	2
Dentist		0.0%	0
Designer		0.0%	0
Diplomat		1.1%	1
Doctor		6.5%	6
Ecologist		0.0%	0
Economist		0.0%	0
Editor		4.3%	4
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)		1.1%	1
Engineer		2.2%	2
Entertainer/Performer		0.0%	0
Entrepreneur		5.4%	5
Financial adviser/analyst/planner		2.2%	2
Flight attendant		0.0%	0
Gardener		0.0%	0
Historian		0.0%	0
Information Technologist		2.2%	2
Intelligence Officer		0.0%	0
Interior Designer		0.0%	0
Investment analyst/broker/banker		2.2%	2
Journalist		0.0%	0
Judge		2.2%	2
Lawyer		6.5%	6
Librarian		4.3%	4
Manager		8.6%	8
Midwife		0.0%	0
Mortgage banker/broker		0.0%	0
Musician		2.2%	2
Nurse		1.1%	1
Paralegal		0.0%	0
Pilot		0.0%	0
Poet		0.0%	0
Police officer		0.0%	0
Project Manager		5.4%	5
Psychiatrist		1.1%	1
Psychologist		1.1%	1
Publisher		0.0%	0
Real estate agent/broker/developer/investor		1.1%	1
Reporter		0.0%	0
Researcher		5.4%	5
Scientist		4.3%	4
Secretary		0.0%	0
Social worker		1.1%	1
Stay-at-Home Mom		17.2%	16
Student		5.4%	5
Systems analyst/designer/administrator		1.1%	1
Therapist		1.1%	1
Veterinarian		0.0%	0
Volunteer		15.1%	14
Waitress		0.0%	0
Web designer/developer		1.1%	1
Writer		3.2%	3
Yoga Instructor		1.1%	1
viewOther (please specify)		22.6%	21

19. In what industry do you work?
	answered question		85
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Academic/Higher Education		16.5%	14
Agriculture		0.0%	0
Arts		2.4%	2
Beauty and Health Services		0.0%	0
Child-Care		1.2%	1
Corporate/Business		8.2%	7
Education		7.1%	6
Fashion		0.0%	0
Finance		7.1%	6
Finance		5.9%	5
Government/Public Service		10.6%	9
Hospitality		0.0%	0
Manufacturing		1.2%	1
Marketing		3.5%	3
Medical		14.1%	12
Military		1.2%	1
News		1.2%	1
Not-For-Profit		11.8%	10
Performing Arts		2.4%	2
Public Safety/Law Enforcement		1.2%	1
Publishing		5.9%	5
Real-Estate		2.4%	2
Recording		0.0%	0
Tourism		1.2%	1
Transportation		0.0%	0
Advertising		0.0%	0
Public Relations		1.2%	1
Media		0.0%	0
viewOther (please specify)		21.2%	18

20. What is your work environment?
	answered question		84
	skipped question		11
		Response Percent	Response Count
small company		15.5%	13
large public company		10.7%	9
government		11.9%	10
nonprofit		17.9%	15
health care/hospital		9.5%	8
consulting (spend time at client companies)		8.3%	7
sales/service (spend most of time on the road)		0.0%	0
work at home		22.6%	19
viewOther (please specify)		20.2%	17

21. How many people are employed in your company or oganization?
	answered question		79
	skipped question		16
		Response Percent	Response Count
1-4		22.8%	18
5-9		7.6%	6
10-19		5.1%	4
20-99		12.7%	10
100-499		19.0%	15
500-999		10.1%	8
1,000-4,999		5.1%	4
5,000-10,000		5.1%	4
10,000+		12.7%	10

22. How many employees do you supervise?
	answered question	68
	skipped question	27
		Response Count
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23. If you have children, how much of an issue has child care been in relation to your paid work?
	answered question		64
	skipped question		31
		Response Percent	Response Count
Childcare has not been a problem for me		28.1%	18
Childcare has sometimes affected my career		45.3%	29
Childcare has been a huge factor in my career		26.6%	17

24. If you have children, what types of child care arrangements have you used for your PAID work? Click all that apply.
	answered question		63
	skipped question		32
		Response Percent	Response Count
Daycare		60.3%	38
Nanny		61.9%	39
Relatives		14.3%	9
After-school program		46.0%	29
Husband/Partner at home		34.9%	22
viewOther (please specify)			7

25. How many hours per week do you work?
	answered question		77
	skipped question		18
		Response Percent	Response Count
1-10		5.2%	4
11-20		6.5%	5
21-30		18.2%	14
31-40		20.8%	16
40+		37.7%	29
Almost too many to count		11.7%	9

26. What influence has Wellesley had on your job/career?
	answered question		92
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
A ton		19.6%	18
Lots		37.0%	34
Some		32.6%	30
A litte		8.7%	8
None		2.2%	2

27. About that glass ceiling ........
	answered question		90
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
It’s a myth		0.0%	0
It is alive and well		37.8%	34
It is starting to crack		42.2%	38
not sure/no opinion		20.0%	18

28. What are your thoughts about being a working woman? Has it been an advantage or a disadvantage?
	answered question	71
	skipped question	24
		Response Count
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29. In which of the following areas do you volunteer? Click all that apply.
	answered question		84
	skipped question		11
		Response Percent	Response Count
Higher Education		4.8%	4
Arts		15.5%	13
Non-Profit Board Member		29.8%	25
Music		6.0%	5
Medicine		8.3%	7
Science		1.2%	1
Entertainment		1.2%	1
Gardening		2.4%	2
Historian		4.8%	4
Journalism		1.2%	1
Law		1.2%	1
Library		6.0%	5
Aviation		0.0%	0
Literature		2.4%	2
Law Enforcement		0.0%	0
Mental Health		1.2%	1
Research		1.2%	1
Social work		3.6%	3
Stay-at-Home Mom		11.9%	10
Animal Care		8.3%	7
Web designer/developer		2.4%	2
Writing		3.6%	3
Health and Fitness		8.3%	7
PTA/K-12 School-related		44.0%	37
Coaching athletics		6.0%	5
Food Bank or similar		9.5%	8
Cultural		9.5%	8
Local or State Government		3.6%	3
National Government		1.2%	1
Politics		6.0%	5
Professional Organization (i.e. related to your job)		17.9%	15
Religious Organization		35.7%	30
Wellesley College		19.0%	16
Women’s Organizations		11.9%	10
Humanitarian/Disaster Relief		4.8%	4
Children/Child-care		13.1%	11
Youth		10.7%	9
Elderly		1.2%	1
viewOther (please specify)		19.0%	16

30. How many hours per MONTH (not week) do you volunteer?
	answered question		83
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
1-10		56.6%	47
11-20		27.7%	23
21-30		7.2%	6
31-40		2.4%	2
40+		4.8%	4
Almost too many to count		1.2%	1

31. If you have children, what types of child care arrangements have you used for your VOLUNTEER work? Click all that apply.
	answered question		46
	skipped question		49
		Response Percent	Response Count
Daycare		6.5%	3
Nanny/Babysitter		50.0%	23
Relatives		13.0%	6
After-school program		10.9%	5
Husband/Partner at home		65.2%	30
viewOther (please specify)			12

32. What influence has Wellesley had on your choice of volunteer work?
	answered question		84
	skipped question		11
		Response Percent	Response Count
A ton		8.3%	7
Lots		11.9%	10
Some		25.0%	21
A litte		21.4%	18
None		33.3%	28

33. What are your thoughts about volunteer work in general?
	answered question	56
	skipped question	39
		Response Count
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34. How much money do you usually donate to charity annually?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		0.0%	0
<$100		3.4%	3
$100-$500		10.1%	9
$500-$1000		18.0%	16
$1000-$10,000		49.4%	44
$10,000+		19.1%	17

35. If you donate, what kinds of charities or not-for-profits do you support? Click all that apply.
	answered question		91
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
Human Services		34.1%	31
Health		45.1%	41
Disaster Relief		30.8%	28
International		22.0%	20
Arts/Culture		39.6%	36
Education		59.3%	54
Religious institution or group		60.4%	55
Animal-related		24.2%	22
Community (e.g. library, community foundation, United Way)		61.5%	56
Environment		33.0%	30
Public Broadcasting (radio or TV)		42.9%	39
viewOther (please specify)			10

36. Current Relationship Status:
	answered question		93
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Single		6.5%	6
Single but in a serious relationship		2.2%	2
Living with someone		2.2%	2
Married		76.3%	71
Domestic Partnership		5.4%	5
Divorced		1.1%	1
Widowed		0.0%	0
viewOther (please specify)		6.5%	6

37. If you are currently IN a relationship:

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How many years?
	<1	1-5	5-10	10-20	20+	Response Count
Please tell us:	3.5% (3)	5.8% (5)	15.1% (13)	38.4% (33)	37.2% (32)	86

Where/how did you meet?
	School	Work	Mutual Friends	Bar/Party	Community location or event	Online dating service	Online, but not through dating service	Other	Response Count
Please tell us:	20.0% (17)	17.6% (15)	29.4% (25)	4.7% (4)	7.1% (6)	9.4% (8)	0.0% (0)	11.8% (10)	85

viewComments?

38. If you are NOT currently in a relationship:

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skipped question

Is this by choice?
	Yes	No	Response Count
Please tell us:	62.5% (5)	37.5% (3)	8

Are you actively looking?
	Yes	No	Response Count
Please tell us:	25.0% (2)	75.0% (6)	8

39. Which online dating service would you recommend and why?
	answered question	10
	skipped question	85
		Response Count
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40. Please tell us about your children.

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How many?
	0	1	2-3	4-5	6+	Response Count
Children:	10.8% (8)	14.9% (11)	71.6% (53)	2.7% (2)	0.0% (0)	74
Step-children:	50.0% (12)	20.8% (5)	25.0% (6)	4.2% (1)	0.0% (0)	24

Youngest child's age
	<3	3-5	6-12	13-19	20+	Response Count
Children:	9.2% (6)	7.7% (5)	56.9% (37)	24.6% (16)	1.5% (1)	65
Step-children:	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	28.6% (2)	71.4% (5)	7

Oldest child's age
	<3	3-5	6-12	13-19	20+	Response Count
Children:	3.6% (2)	1.8% (1)	28.6% (16)	58.9% (33)	7.1% (4)	56
Step-children:	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	12.5% (1)	87.5% (7)	8

viewComments

41. Tell us about the type of K-12 school your child(ren) attend or attended.
	answered question		68
	skipped question		27
		Response Percent	Response Count
Public		63.2%	43
Private		44.1%	30
Parochial		10.3%	7
Boarding School		1.5%	1
viewOther (please specify)			4

42. Please tell us about your parents.

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Alive?
	Yes	No	Response Count
Mom	81.7% (76)	18.3% (17)	93
Dad	66.7% (62)	33.3% (31)	93

Healthy?
	Yes	No	Response Count
Mom	92.1% (70)	7.9% (6)	76
Dad	88.5% (54)	11.5% (7)	61

Requires your care?
	Yes	No	Response Count
Mom	5.5% (4)	94.5% (69)	73
Dad	6.8% (4)	93.2% (55)	59

viewTell us more about your parents (optional):

43. How many weeks of vacation do you take per year?
	answered question		93
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Vacation??		5.4%	5
1-2		30.1%	28
3-4		52.7%	49
5+		11.8%	11

44. When you go on vacation, do you tend to... (click all that apply)
	answered question		90
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Stay close to home and vegetate		26.7%	24
Travel as far and wide as possible		42.2%	38
Visit family/extended family		70.0%	63
Visit the same place every year		45.6%	41
All of the above		22.2%	20
I don’t get vacations		1.1%	1
viewOther (please specify)			13

45. Where have you traveled in the last five years? Click all that apply.
	answered question		93
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Africa		12.9%	12
Asia		21.5%	20
Europe		61.3%	57
Latin America		26.9%	25
Oceania		4.3%	4
USA - Northeast		86.0%	80
USA - Southeast		55.9%	52
USA - Midwest		34.4%	32
USA - Southwest		26.9%	25
USA - West		52.7%	49
viewOther (please specify)			17

46. If you could recommend one "not-to-be-missed" place or vacation experience, where/what would it be?
	answered question	59
	skipped question	36
		Response Count
view		59

47. Since leaving Wellesley, have you ever…(in no particular order, check all that apply)
	answered question		67
	skipped question		28
		Response Percent	Response Count
Served in political office at town or state level		4.5%	3
Served in political office on federal level		0.0%	0
Taken a sabbatical		17.9%	12
Published a book or sold a work of art		6.0%	4
Performed in a play/concert/film		26.9%	18
Served on a corporate board		6.0%	4
Served on a nonprofit board		74.6%	50
Started a company or founded a nonprofit organization		25.4%	17
Written a book		10.4%	7

48. What is the best book you’ve read in the past few years that you’d recommend to others, and why?
	answered question	59
	skipped question	36
		Response Count
view		59

49. What is your favorite movie?
	answered question	56
	skipped question	39
		Response Count
view		56

50. How about plays or Broadways shows?
	answered question	43
	skipped question	52
		Response Count
view		43

51. What is the best new music you've heard lately? Why do you like it?
	answered question	41
	skipped question	54
		Response Count
view		41

52. What is the happiest experience of your life?
	answered question	69
	skipped question	26
		Response Count
view		69

53. Who are your heroes, and why?
	answered question	48
	skipped question	47
		Response Count
view		48

54. On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you rate your health?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
1 - Very Healthy		39.3%	35
2 - Healthy		46.1%	41
3 - OK		13.5%	12
4 - Not so great		1.1%	1
5 - Not Healthy		0.0%	0

55. Have you ever been diagnosed with any of the following? Check all that apply.
	answered question		29
	skipped question		66
		Response Percent	Response Count
Life-threatening illness		17.2%	5
Chronic illness		58.6%	17
Disablity		13.8%	4
Serious injury		20.7%	6
viewOther (please specify)			6

56. Do you exercise?
	answered question		88
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
I belong to a gym		19.3%	17
I actually use the gym		37.5%	33
I participate on some sort of team/organized activity		10.2%	9
I exercise outdoors		48.9%	43
I’m the biggest couch potato going		4.5%	4
I despise the thought of breaking a sweat		2.3%	2
viewOther (please specify)		30.7%	27

57. If you exercise, with whom do you tend to participate?
	answered question		86
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
my spouse or partner		12.8%	11
my kids		14.0%	12
my friends		24.4%	21
I grit it out ‘solo’		70.9%	61
viewOther (please specify)		16.3%	14

58. Do you have health insurance?
	answered question		90
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		1.1%	1
Yes, through my company		43.3%	39
Yes, through my spouse/partner		41.1%	37
Yes, but I pay for it myself		8.9%	8
Yes, through a government program		3.3%	3
viewOther (please specify)		2.2%	2

59. Do you consider yourself:
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Religious		18.0%	16
Spiritual		39.3%	35
Both		21.3%	19
Neither		21.3%	19

60. Do you attend formal religious services?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		59.6%	53
No		40.4%	36

61. Please rank the importance of religion in your life:

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Importance
	Very Important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Totally irrelevant	Response Count
In 1984	10.2% (9)	17.0% (15)	34.1% (30)	26.1% (23)	12.5% (11)	88
In 1999	14.8% (13)	30.7% (27)	34.1% (30)	14.8% (13)	5.7% (5)	88
Now	25.3% (21)	36.1% (30)	24.1% (20)	9.6% (8)	4.8% (4)	83

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62. What is your religious affiliation?

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	None	Christian, Evangelical	Christian, Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Mormon	Muslim	Hindu	Buddhist	New Age	Response Count
Now	22.0% (18)	2.4% (2)	29.3% (24)	19.5% (16)	24.4% (20)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	1.2% (1)	1.2% (1)	82
When you were growing up	9.6% (8)	3.6% (3)	34.9% (29)	31.3% (26)	20.5% (17)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	83

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63. Does your spouse/partner share your religious affiliation?
	answered question		88
	skipped question		7
		Response Percent	Response Count
na		12.5%	11
Yes		56.8%	50
No		30.7%	27
viewComments?			10

64. What kind of religious upbringing are you giving your children?
	answered question		82
	skipped question		13
		Response Percent	Response Count
NA		20.7%	17
Strong		29.3%	24
Moderate		36.6%	30
None		4.9%	4
I’m leaving it up to them to decide		8.5%	7

65. Do you vote regularly in national elections?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		98.9%	88
No		1.1%	1

66. Do you vote regularly in State/Local elections?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		89.9%	80
No		10.1%	9

67. Do you contribute to:

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	Yes	No	Response Count
Particular political candidates?	48.8% (41)	51.2% (43)	84
Politically-affiliated organizations?	32.5% (26)	67.5% (54)	80
Political issues/causes?	49.4% (39)	50.6% (40)	79

68. What is your party affiliation?

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	Unaffiliated	Democrat	Republican	Independent	Libertarian	Green	Other	Response Count
Now	3.4% (3)	68.2% (60)	12.5% (11)	15.9% (14)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	88
Upon graduation	10.2% (9)	59.1% (52)	14.8% (13)	15.9% (14)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	88

69. Who did you vote for in the 2008 Presidential Election?
	answered question		86
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
McCain		16.3%	14
Obama		82.6%	71
Someone else		0.0%	0
I didn't vote		1.2%	1

70. Have you ever written/emailed your Senator or Congressional Representative on a particular issue?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		73.0%	65
No		27.0%	24

71. Where do you turn to get news/information about issues affecting our country/world? (Click all that apply.)
	answered question		90
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
network news		48.9%	44
cable news		48.9%	44
newspapers		87.8%	79
magazines		45.6%	41
radio		68.9%	62
blogs		14.4%	13
online news sites		70.0%	63
friends/family/colleagues		35.6%	32
viewOther (please specify)		11.1%	10

72. What are the most critical issues facing the American government today?
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	skipped question	29
		Response Count
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73. What are the most critical issues facing the WORLD today?
	answered question	66
	skipped question	29
		Response Count
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74. Which of the following do you use regularly?
	answered question		90
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
PC		82.2%	74
Mac		35.6%	32
email		97.8%	88
internet		100.0%	90
cell phone		86.7%	78
texting		38.9%	35
Blackberry		26.7%	24
PDA		12.2%	11
iPod		44.4%	40
MP3		8.9%	8
digital camera		71.1%	64
HD TV		45.6%	41
TIVO or DVR		36.7%	33
GPS		41.1%	37
viewOther (please specify)			4

75. What is your general opinion of some of these ‘technological advances’?
	answered question		89
	skipped question		6
		Response Percent	Response Count
They’ve greatly simplified my life		18.0%	16
They save me a lot of time		13.5%	12
They are a blessing and a curse		66.3%	59
I only use them because I have to		1.1%	1
I hate them all		0.0%	0
I haven’t thought much about it		1.1%	1
viewComments?			9

76. Outside of your job and/or volunteer work, how many hours a week on average do you spend:

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	A couple of hours	Many hours	Seasonally	Not at all	Response Count
Watching TV	57.5% (50)	21.8% (19)	3.4% (3)	17.2% (15)	87
On the phone	67.4% (58)	5.8% (5)	2.3% (2)	24.4% (21)	86
Surfing the web	60.2% (53)	29.5% (26)	4.5% (4)	5.7% (5)	88
Reading or writing	48.3% (42)	51.7% (45)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	87
Listening to or making music	51.8% (44)	20.0% (17)	4.7% (4)	23.5% (20)	85
Needlework/artwork/crafts	20.2% (17)	4.8% (4)	11.9% (10)	63.1% (53)	84
Home renovation/home projects	37.9% (33)	6.9% (6)	20.7% (18)	34.5% (30)	87
Gardening	12.8% (11)	2.3% (2)	38.4% (33)	46.5% (40)	86
Cooking/Baking (for fun)	57.8% (48)	6.0% (5)	12.0% (10)	24.1% (20)	83
Exercise/Sports	53.4% (47)	34.1% (30)	9.1% (8)	3.4% (3)	88
Prayer/Meditation	50.6% (42)	2.4% (2)	3.6% (3)	43.4% (36)	83
Taking care of self	69.1% (56)	6.2% (5)	7.4% (6)	17.3% (14)	81
Romance/lovemaking	70.4% (57)	2.5% (2)	7.4% (6)	19.8% (16)	81
Socializing	74.1% (63)	16.5% (14)	3.5% (3)	5.9% (5)	85

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77. Would you choose a different (click all that apply):
	answered question		79
	skipped question		16
		Response Percent	Response Count
College		6.3%	5
Grad School		11.4%	9
Career		10.1%	8
Living Location		17.7%	14
Would Not Change a Thing		69.6%	55
viewOther (please specify)			9

78. What major life lessons can you share with your classmates?
	answered question	57
	skipped question	38
		Response Count
view		57

79. Do you feel that you have met the goals you set for yourself when you were at Wellesley?
	answered question		87
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		26.4%	23
Mostly		27.6%	24
Partially		14.9%	13
No		4.6%	4
I didn't really have specific goals		26.4%	23

80. Have your goals changed over the years? Why or why not?
	answered question	58
	skipped question	37
		Response Count
view		58

81. What is your most important goal at this stage of your life?
	answered question	70
	skipped question	25
		Response Count
view		70

82. Remember our class cheers at Step Singing? (Class of Red will knock ‘em dead, etc.) Feel free to submit your own: 1-9-8-4 Wellesley Rah, 1-9-8-4 Wellesley… ________________________________, ______________________ 1-9-8-4 Wellesley
	answered question	13
	skipped question	82
		Response Count
view		13

83. Do you plan to attend Reunion on June 12-14, 2009?
	answered question		85
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		74.1%	63
No		12.9%	11
Maybe		12.9%	11

84. Additional topics/issues you’d like to see addressed in future surveys:
	answered question	13
	skipped question	82
		Response Count
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