Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

[Late night update: 9 more responses came in while I was posting this, so those 9 have been printed out for me to incorporate into the results report tomorrow, but they're not yet represented in the figures listed here.]

Thanks to some friends posting links to my questionnaire on their websites and LJ's, I'm continuing to get responses to the survey. But now that I am (for the moment!) caught up on collating and recording the responses received so far, I thought I'd better post some preliminary data for those who've inquired.

I have 45 paper surveys filled out (and three of those only filled out the first page, ignoring questions 8-14 on the back of the sheet) and 9 online responses so far.

Of those, 20 identify themselves as male, 24 as female, and 10 unspecified (either because they overlooked or purposely omitted that part of question #10, or because they didn't realize there was more to fill out on the back).

The vast majority of convention-goers who filled out the questionnaire fell into the 40-55 years of age range, suggesting that I should have given more precise options in that range (since I should have known that most of the fans who would bother to fill out my questionnaire at this particular convention would be in that age range: we've all grown semi-middle-aged together over the past 16 years that I've been attending this con!), and not worried so much about splitting hairs between teenagers, college age, 20-somethings, and 30 somethings. No one so far has signed up for "13 or under" or college "18-22" age ranges.

___ 14-17 years old. 4 total: 3 female, 1 unspecified; 1 convention, 3 online.
___ 23-29. 3 total: 2 female, 1 male; 1 convention, 2 online.
___ 30-39. 11 total: 3 female, 7 male, 1 unspecified; 10 convention, 1 online.
___ 40-55. 28 total: 13 female, 11 male, 4 unspecified; 27 convention, 1 online.
___ Over 55. 4 total: 3 female, 1 unspecified; 2 convention, 2 online.

As for the sex and convention/online breakdown on specific questions (breaking it down by age will have to wait for the next sort-through), here's a start:

1) How long have you been a fan (involved in any fandoms, media or literary)?
A ___ 2 years or less. 0 responses
B ___ 2-5 years. 6 total responses: 5 female, 1 unspecified; 2 convention, 4 online.
C ___ 6-10 years. 7 total responses: 2 female, 3 male, 2 unspecified; 5 convention, 2 online.
D ___ 11-15 years. 5 total responses: 2 female, 3 male; 4 convention, 1 online.
E ___ 16-20 years. 6 total responses: 2 female, 2 male, 2 unspecified; all 6 convention.
F ___ more than 20 years. 30 total responses: 13 female, 12 male, 5 unspecified; 28 convention, 2 online. (one male respondent added after F: ‘39 yrs, with 8 yr. gap for med. school & residency')

2) In which fandoms do you currently participate? (1 female and 2 male convention-goers left this one entirely blank.)

Media:
A __ Star Trek. 26 total responses: 8 female, 12 male, 6 unspecified; 25 convention, 1 online.
B __Star Wars. 24 total responses: 6 female, 12 male, 6 unspecified; all 24 at convention.
C __Dr. Who. 14 total responses: 5 female, 5 male, 4 unspecified; 12 convention, 2 online.
D __Buffy/Angel. 17 total responses: 12 female, 2 male, 3 unspecified; 10 convention, 7 online.
E __Firefly. 10 total responses: 9 female, 1 male; 6 convention, 4 online.
F __Babylon 5. 18 total responses: 7 female, 9 male, 2 unspecified; 17 convention, 1 online.
G __Farscape. 8 total responses: 3 female, 4 male, 1 unspecified; 7 convention, 1 online.
H __Stargate. 9 total responses: 3 female, 5 male, 1 unspecified; 8 convention, 1 online.
I __new Battlestar Galactica. 8 total responses: 4 female, 4 male; 6 convention, 2 online.
J __Xena. 3 total responses: 2 female, 1 male; all 3 convention.
K __Anime/Manga. 14 total responses: 7 female, 4 male, 3 unspecified; 10 convention, 4 online; wide variety of series/artists listed.
L __Other(s): Robin of Sherwood (2); Highlander (2); Lord of the Rings (2); The Equalizer; Veronica Mars; Wonderfalls; RPGs; Wargames; videogames. 12 total responses (not all saying which "others" they meant): 4 female, 5 male, 3 unspecified; 9 convention, 3 online.

Literary:
M __Harry Potter. 21 total: 14 female, 1 male, 6 unspecified; 18 convention, 3 online.
N __Terry Pratchett. 7 total: 3 female, 3 male, 1 unspecified; 6 convention, 1 online.
O __Anne McCaffrey 18 total: 8 female, 6 male, 4 unspecified; 17 convention, 1 online.
P __Heinlein. 19 total: 6 female, 10 male, 3 unspecified; 18 convention, 1 online.
Q __Asimov. 18 total: 7 female, 8 male, 3 unspecified; all 18 convention.
R __Douglas Adams. 20 total: 6 female, 11 male, 3 unspecified; 18 convention (and the convention did have a Douglas Adams theme for the whole weekend), 2 online.
S __Andre Norton. 11 total: 6 female, 4 male, 1 unspecified; 10 convention, 1 online.
T __Anne Rice. 9 total: 6 female, 1 male, 2 unspecified; all 9 convention.
U __Tolkien/Lord of the Rings. 26 total: 9 female, 10 male, 7 unspecified; 23 convention, 3 online.
V __Others: L. M. Bujold (3); Diane Duane (3); Mercedes Lackey (3); Christopher Stasheff (2); H. P. Lovecraft (2); David Weber (2); Glen Cook (2); John Norman's "Gor" saga (2); Robert Lynn Asprin; David Drake; Arthur C. Clarke; Robin McKinley; Mickey Zucker Reichert; Neal Stephenson; Susanna Clarke; Brothers Strugatsky (Russian sci-fi); The Chronicles of Narnia/C.S. Lewis; Harry Turtledove; C. J. Cherryh; George R. R. Martin/Song of Fire & Ice; Laurel K. Hamilton.
27 total (not all of whom bothered to fill in specific names for their 'others'): 14 female, 9 male, 4 unspecified; 24 convention, 3 online.

I'm running out of steam tonight, so I'll have to try to post more of the results -- perhaps going right for the 'good stuff' (such as question #7, asking which one attribute/benefit of participating in fandom is most important to the individual), rather than working through some of the more mundane questions first.