| Survey Question/Answers |
Count |
Percent |
Graph |
| 1. Which weblog(s) do you read regularly? |
| Only Gene Expression Classic (gnxp.com) |
209 |
33.66% |
|
| Only Gene Expression ScienceBlogs |
142 |
22.87% |
|
| Both Gene Expressions |
247 |
39.77% |
|
| 2. How long have been reading Gene Expression(s) regularly? |
| No more than 4 weeks |
27 |
4.35% |
|
| 1 to 6 months |
75 |
12.08% |
|
| 6 to 12 months |
72 |
11.59% |
|
| 1 to 2 years |
146 |
23.51% |
|
| 2 to 4 years |
163 |
26.25% |
|
| More than 4 years |
118 |
19.00% |
|
| 3. What is your highest educational level attained? |
| Did not complete secondary school |
7 |
1.13% |
|
| Secondary school |
7 |
1.13% |
|
| Some post-secondary education, incomplete |
45 |
7.25% |
|
| Post-secondary education, but not a university degree holder |
48 |
7.73% |
|
| University degree holder |
185 |
29.79% |
|
| Masters degree |
111 |
17.87% |
|
| Professional graduate degree (law, medicine, etc.) |
65 |
10.47% |
|
| Graduate degree (science, humanities, etc.) |
133 |
21.42% |
|
| 4. If you completed a university degree, what discipline did
you study? |
| Math |
64 |
10.31% |
|
| Engineering |
87 |
14.01% |
|
| Natural Science |
154 |
24.80% |
|
| Social Science (psychology, economics, etc.) |
125 |
20.13% |
|
| Humanities |
104 |
16.75% |
|
| Law |
27 |
4.35% |
|
| Medicine |
17 |
2.74% |
|
| Education |
5 |
0.81% |
|
| Fine arts |
7 |
1.13% |
|
| Applied Arts |
4 |
0.64% |
|
| Business |
27 |
4.35% |
|
| Other |
23 |
3.70% |
|
| 5. What is your subjective socioeconomic status? |
| Lower class |
26 |
4.19% |
|
| Lower middle class |
88 |
14.17% |
|
| Middle class |
266 |
42.83% |
|
| Upper middle class |
193 |
31.08% |
|
| Upper class |
25 |
4.03% |
|
| 6. What is your income in relation to the national median? |
| Well below average (more than 1.5 standard deviations below the median) |
76 |
12.24% |
|
| Below average (1.5-0.5 standard deviations below the median) |
79 |
12.72% |
|
| Average (within +/- 0.5 standard deviations of the median) |
129 |
20.77% |
|
| Above average (more than 0.5-1.5 standard deviations above the median) |
174 |
28.02% |
|
| Well above average (more than 1.5 standard deviation above the median) |
101 |
16.26% |
|
| 7. What is your belief about the nature of God? |
| I believe in a theistic God(s) |
63 |
10.14% |
|
| I believe in a deistic God(s) |
31 |
4.99% |
|
| I believe in a "Higher Power" |
36 |
5.80% |
|
| I am skeptical of the existence of God(s) |
134 |
21.58% |
|
| I do not believe in the existence of God(s) |
331 |
53.30% |
|
| 8. What is your confidence about your beliefs about the nature
of God? |
| Highly confident about my beliefs or lack of beliefs |
353 |
56.84% |
|
| Somewhat confident about my beliefs or lack of beliefs |
174 |
28.02% |
|
| Not too confident about my beliefs or lack of beliefs |
47 |
7.57% |
|
| Little confidence about my beliefs or lack of beliefs |
18 |
2.90% |
|
| 9. What is your religious identity? |
| No religious identity |
362 |
58.29% |
|
| Christian |
150 |
24.15% |
|
| Jewish |
22 |
3.54% |
|
| Muslim |
6 |
0.97% |
|
| Hindu, Sikh or Jain |
15 |
2.42% |
|
| Buddhist |
9 |
1.45% |
|
| Religious, but not attached to organized religion |
17 |
2.74% |
|
| Other religion not enumerated |
18 |
2.90% |
|
| 10. Where do you live? |
| United States |
408 |
65.70% |
|
| Canada |
39 |
6.28% |
|
| Latin America |
6 |
0.97% |
|
| European Union and/or Western Europe |
99 |
15.94% |
|
| Former Soviet Union excluding Baltic republics |
1 |
0.16% |
|
| North Africa & Middle East |
7 |
1.13% |
|
| South Asia |
5 |
0.81% |
|
| Southeast Asia |
4 |
0.64% |
|
| East Asia |
5 |
0.81% |
|
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
3 |
0.48% |
|
| Oceania |
25 |
4.03% |
|
| 11. What is your racial identity? |
| European ancestry (white) |
526 |
84.70% |
|
| Middle Eastern |
13 |
2.09% |
|
| African ancestry (black) |
8 |
1.29% |
|
| South Asian |
24 |
3.86% |
|
| East Asian |
14 |
2.25% |
|
| Southeast Asian |
9 |
1.45% |
|
| Mixed |
29 |
4.67% |
|
| Other |
17 |
2.74% |
|
| 12. What is your sex? |
| Male |
513 |
82.61% |
|
| Female |
79 |
12.72% |
|
| Other (trans, etc.) |
5 |
0.81% |
|
| 13. On a Left-Right spectrum of "social issues" where do you
place yourself? |
| Far Left |
63 |
10.14% |
|
| Left |
174 |
28.02% |
|
| Center Left |
100 |
16.10% |
|
| Center |
67 |
10.79% |
|
| Center Right |
88 |
14.17% |
|
| Right |
66 |
10.63% |
|
| Far Right |
30 |
4.83% |
|
| 14. On a Left-Right spectrum of "economic" issues where do you
place yourself? |
| Far Left |
13 |
2.09% |
|
| Left |
71 |
11.43% |
|
| Center Left |
87 |
14.01% |
|
| Center |
78 |
12.56% |
|
| Center Right |
123 |
19.81% |
|
| Right |
143 |
23.03% |
|
| Far Right |
78 |
12.56% |
|
| 15. On an Isolationist-Interventionist spectrum of "foreign
policy" issues where do you place yourself? |
| Very isolationist |
43 |
6.92% |
|
| Isolationist |
89 |
14.33% |
|
| Somewhat isolationist |
147 |
23.67% |
|
| Centrist |
158 |
25.44% |
|
| Somewhat interventionist |
123 |
19.81% |
|
| Interventionist |
27 |
4.35% |
|
| Very Interventionist |
4 |
0.64% |
|
| 16. Which of the following characterizes your general politics: |
| Far Left |
21 |
3.38% |
|
| Left |
88 |
14.17% |
|
| Center Left |
110 |
17.71% |
|
| Center |
35 |
5.64% |
|
| Center Right |
65 |
10.47% |
|
| Right |
84 |
13.53% |
|
| Far Right |
24 |
3.86% |
|
| Libertarian |
138 |
22.22% |
|
| Other |
27 |
4.35% |
|
| 17. How many children do you have? |
| 0 |
372 |
59.90% |
|
| 1 |
78 |
12.56% |
|
| 2 |
85 |
13.69% |
|
| 3 |
40 |
6.44% |
|
| 4 |
15 |
2.42% |
|
| 5 |
8 |
1.29% |
|
| 6 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| 7 |
1 |
0.16% |
|
| 8 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| 9 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| 10 |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| 18. How old are you? (in years) |
| 0-17 |
6 |
0.97% |
|
| 18-25 |
104 |
16.75% |
|
| 26-35 |
185 |
29.79% |
|
| 36-45 |
115 |
18.52% |
|
| 46-65 |
165 |
26.57% |
|
| 66- |
25 |
4.03% |
|
| 19. How did you find this weblog? |
| Word of Mouth |
23 |
3.70% |
|
| Email |
4 |
0.64% |
|
| Search engine |
104 |
16.75% |
|
| Link from message/discussion board |
42 |
6.76% |
|
| Link from Instapundit |
9 |
1.45% |
|
| Link from Steve Sailer |
91 |
14.65% |
|
| Link from a ScienceBlogs.com blog |
116 |
18.68% |
|
| Link from another blog not among the ones listed above |
179 |
28.82% |
|
| 20. Do you consider yourself sympathetic to transhumanism? |
| Yes |
211 |
33.98% |
|
| No |
97 |
15.62% |
|
| Don't care |
109 |
17.55% |
|
| No idea |
165 |
26.57% |
|
| 21. Do you consider yourself sympathetic to, or a member of, the
PUA/Game community? |
| Yes |
84 |
13.53% |
|
| No |
210 |
33.82% |
|
| Don't know what you're referring to |
294 |
47.34% |
|
| 22. Have you ever had sexual intercourse? |
| Yes |
503 |
81.00% |
|
| No |
71 |
11.43% |
|
| ? |
9 |
1.45% |
|
| 23. Personality type in terms of shyness you are: |
| Very extroverted |
6 |
0.97% |
|
| Extroverted |
40 |
6.44% |
|
| Somewhat extroverted |
107 |
17.23% |
|
| Somewhat introverted |
240 |
38.65% |
|
| Introverted |
160 |
25.76% |
|
| Very introverted |
44 |
7.09% |
|
| 24. Relationship status: |
| Married |
252 |
40.58% |
|
| In a relationship, but not married |
93 |
14.98% |
|
| Single, dating |
58 |
9.34% |
|
| Single, not dating |
190 |
30.60% |
|
| 25. Attitudes toward abortion: |
| Support abortion rights on demand |
241 |
38.81% |
|
| Support abortion rights, but with some constraints (restrictions on late term, etc.) |
245 |
39.45% |
|
| Support ban on abortion, but with some exceptions (rape, incest, etc.) |
71 |
11.43% |
|
| Support ban on abortion |
28 |
4.51% |
|
| 26. Attitudes toward taxes: |
| Willing to tolerate higher taxes for more services/lower deficit/etc. |
241 |
38.81% |
|
| Tolerant of the current level of taxation and current level of services/deficit/etc. |
108 |
17.39% |
|
| Would prefer to lower taxes even if fewer services/higher deficit/etc. |
238 |
38.33% |
|
| 27. Have you taken calculus? |
| Yes |
484 |
77.94% |
|
| No |
109 |
17.55% |
|
| 28. Race is: |
| A social construct, not a biological reality |
60 |
9.66% |
|
| A biological reality, not a social construct |
107 |
17.23% |
|
| Both a social construct and a biological reality |
428 |
68.92% |
|
| 29. IQ measures: |
| Something real which we refer to as intelligence |
371 |
59.74% |
|
| Ability to take a particular type of test |
133 |
21.42% |
|
| Who knows? |
92 |
14.81% |
|
| 30. What is the heritability of IQ among groups in the West
which are middle class and above? |
| Less than 0.3 |
27 |
4.35% |
|
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
107 |
17.23% |
|
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
256 |
41.22% |
|
| More than 0.7 |
162 |
26.09% |
|
| 31. How did you find this weblog: |
| ScienceBlogs |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Instapundit |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Steve Sailer |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Other weblog not listed |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Digg |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Reddit |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Facebook |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Twitter |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Stumbleupon |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Discussion board |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Email |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Search engine |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| A type of website not listed |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Word of mouth |
0 |
0.00% |
|
| Reference in print |
0 |
0.00% |
|
