The following survey is part of a Ph.D. Sociology dissertation being done by the List Owner, Diana Hanson. This survey will not be sent out again, so if you do not wish to participate, simple hit delete. DO NOT RESPOND or send complaints to the list. If you have a complaint, please write to me personally. However, your help would be greatly appreciated as this survey is genealogically related! The survey is to determine if certain ancestry and culturalization can be used to track potential for giftedness in subsequent generations. This information will be used as part of a research project which hopes to be able to recommend what types of people (with which ancestry) and culturalization should be used to populate long-term colonization efforts such as Moon-Base or a Mars mission which would go on for generations. None of this information will have names attached to it. All names will be given Afphental numbers (#'s assigned by Family Tree Maker) for data purposes. DO NOT SEND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SURVEY BACK TO THE LIST! Please respond privately. You will not be sent a second survey or followup message unless you specifically ask to be notified of the results of this survey. To answer the questions, hit REPLY TO on your mail menu, and then make certain to quote the entire message (writing the answers in between the numbers) or by cutting and pasting the text into another mail message. Enlarge the screen to the maximum of your screen to make it easier to read. There is no need to put your name anywhere on this, and all return email addresses will be deleted after surveys are tallied. ************************************************************************************* Survey Questions: ************************************************************************************* 1. How old are you? _______ 2. What sex are you? __Female __Male 3. What is your marital status? __Single __Married __Divorced __Widowed 4. What is the highest school grade you completed? Your Spouse? __1-6th grade __7th to 8th grade __9th to 11th grade __12th grade (High school graduate) __Some college __College Gradute __Some graduate school __Master’s Degree __Ph.D. 5. What is your families annual income? __Under $10,000 __$10,001 to $20,000 __$20,001 to $30,000 __$30,001 to $50,000 __$50,001 to $70,000 __$70,001 to $100,000 __$100,001 to $200,000 __$200,001 to $300,000 __Over $300,000 per year 6. How many times have you been married? ____ Your spouse? _____ 7. How many times were your parents married? _____ Your spouses parents? ______ 8. Do you attend church on a regular basis? (at least once a month) ____ Yes ____ No What religion or church? __________________________________- 9. How many children (yours by blood) do you have? (living or deceased) ____ 10. Of the children you have (whether living or deceased), how many are:__ female __ male 11. How many children (by blood) does your spouse have? (living or deceased) ___ 12. Of your spouses children (living or deceased) how many were: __ female __ male 13. If any of your children have died, what was the cause of death? _____________________________________ 14. What type of occupational or educational training do you have? (For instance, were you trained to be a farmer, a teacher, an engineer, ect.?) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________ 15. What is your occupation? _________________________ 16. If married, what is your spouse’s occupation? _________________________ 17. Do you feel that you are talented (even if you are not trained in that area) in any of the following areas: __ Vocal Music __ Instrumental Music __ Teaching __ Farming __ Mechanical Ability (to take things apart and put them back together) __ Mathematics __ Writing __ Science (what area if you have a special liking?)____________________ __ Electrical things __ Building or construction __ Atheltics __ Debate or argument __ Analytical skills (reading things or studying things and figuring them out) 18. Do you feel that you are creative? __ Yes __ No __ Sort of 19. In comparison to others you know, are you : __ less creative or talented, __ as cretaive or talented, __ more talented and creative? 20. In comparison to others you know, are you: ___ not as smart ___ just as smart ___ smarter than most? 21. In comparison to others you know, are you: __ not as good looking __ as good looking __ better looking than most? (You can ask your spouse if you don’t feel you’re objective.) 22. What was your grade average in high school? ___ A ___ B ___ C ___ D ___Failing 23. Does anyone in your family have a problem with, or do, any of the following: ____ Drinking or alcoholism (Just one person? __ A couple? ___ Several?____) ____ Drug abuse (whether illegal or prescription) ____ Cancer (any specific type?) ________________ ____ Mental Illness ____ Smoking cigarettes or cigars ____ Diabetes ____ Blindness ____ Physical Deformity (Of what type?) _________________ ____ Any other disease you know of? ______________ 24. What religion or church were you brought up in? _________________ Your spouse? ___________________ 25. How many of your ancestors, or relatives have served in the military? (either foreign or United States) _____ 26. From what country or countries are your ancestors from? _________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ ______ 27. When did they come to the United States? ____ 1700’s ____ early 1800’s ____late 1800’s ___ don’t know 28. What occupation was your father? _______________________ your grandfather?______________________ 29. Did your parents have any special skills or talents? ______________________________________________ 30. What was the highest grade in school your father went through? ________ Your spouse’s father? _________ If you were to have done this survey in hard copy you would have been asked to fill out a four generation pedigree chart. You may either attach a gedcom file, text file, or spreadsheet, or you may fill out the following. Normally on a four generation pedigree chart there are 16 spaces on the far right hand side. This is to determine what % of what ancestry you are. Of your four grandparents: (1)Your fathers father's name and ancestry came from ________________ (2)Your father's mother's name and ancestry came from ______________ (3)Your mother's father's name and ancestry came from ______________ (4)Your mother's mother's name and ancestry came from _____________ #1 parents were from ____________________ and _____________________ #2 parents were from __________________ and ______________________ #3 parents were from __________________ and ______________________ #4 parents were from __________________ and ______________________ If you know where their parents were from, please list them as well. Thank you VERY much for you time. I really appreciate this. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. If you'd like to know the results of this survey, they will be posted at a later date and the url given out to those interested. -- Diana J. 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