Re: 0x012

[EAMorical@aol.com]

See if we can get this finished up for 0x013.
>Roger's response
>>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.

sounds reasonable

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

>what is this?

how about Building Trades

>>	General Office

>and this?

how about Clerical

>>	Teacher
>>	Professional

>huh?

Yeah. I don't know. What does one call doctors, lawyers, etc.

>>	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.

sounds good.

>>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

Be back after supper and try Part C

Bob