Re: 0x012

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

In message <50900f48.35f16aca@aol.com>, eamorical@aol.com writes:
>[Two age sets are listed so I'm putting both out. Also consider if we
>want age breaks to correspond to educational age breaks]
>age <10, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, >70+
>	or
>age 10-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

how about <10, 10-14, 15-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-65, >65?

That way we get the high-school/college split, as you say, and also
the "retired" age.

>[I sort of picked out something that seemed reasonable from the
>profession list]
>profession
>	Student
>	Home Maker
>	General Labor
>	Tradesperson

what is this?

>	General Office

and this?

>	Teacher
>	Professional

huh?

>	Management
>	Retired

I think we can afford to have more options than this, if we want to.
Also, we can (and probably should) make longer descriptions of each
type, so people like me know what each one is. :)

>income (optional)
>	<10k, 10k-20k, 20k-30k, 30k-50k, 50k-100k, >100k

As Karsen said,
|I'd do "household", in broad ranges.  < 20, 20 - 59, 60 - 119, 120+ 
|Basically: poverty (or starving student), lower middle, middle, made
|it.  Any measure has to be denominated in some currency.  Simply specify
|US dollars or equivalent.

>education level and specialization (if applicable)
>	Some secondary, some college/2 year college, baccelaureate,
>	advanced degree, technical training, professional degree.

can we provide more description for the last two?

>[Pete took care of purchasing decisions and gender]
>[I feel race, 'what sector do you work in', country and urban/rural
>need to be discussed.]

I think at the least, country would be extremely useful. I'd like to
get a feel for which "sections" of the world care about what issues.
Linux is really taking off in non-US places, because of economic
pressures (and because MS marketing doesn't have as much influence
there).

urban/rural might influence how support is used or how effective it
is. It might influence stuff that we haven't considered. That's the
point of finding it. :)

>[I feel lets get this in and then discuss it. I like to see the totality of
>what we have rather than bits and pieces all over the place]
>Part B
>[ok]
>I want to quit here and get back before I lose anything.
>
>Bob

Thanks,
--Roger