General-Purpose Demographics
In our second crowdsourcing task we collect demographic data of the workers. Therefore we use a set of general-purpose demographic variables. These variables are shown in the questionnaire below:
Q1: What is your gender?
○ male
○ female
○ other
Q2: How old are you? _____________________________
Q3: What is the highest level of education you have completed?
○ Still in school
○ Finished school with no qualifications
○ Secondary school-leaving certificate/Junior High Diploma
○ General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs)
○ Vocational secondary certification (completion of specialized secondary school/college)
○ A-levels/International Baccalaureate, subject-related higher education entrance qualification
○ Bachelor Degree (University)
○ Master Degree (University)
○ PhD
Q4: What do you do professionally?
○ Pupil/in school
○ Training/apprenticeship
○ University student
○ Employee
○ Civil servant
○ Self-employed
○ Unemployed/seeking employment
Q5: What is your family status?
○ single living with parents
○ single living alone
○ single living with partner
○ married
○ divorced
○ widowed
Q6: Do you have a US citizenship?
○ yes
○ no
Q7: Are you born in the US(required)
○ yes
○ no
Q8: What describes your political affiliation best?
○ I am in favor of the republican party
○ I am in favor of the democratic party
○ I am undecided
○ I am in favor of a third party/movement
Descriptive Statistics
230 subjects participated in the quantitative phase of our study. Of those, 85 (37%) submitted demographic information. These subjects had a mean age of 35.4 (SD 13.4) years. In the following we show, how they answered the demographic questionnaire:
Political Affiliation
Family Status
Education
Religion
Profession
Race