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Yes 268, or 67.72%
No 126, or 32.28%
Which branch?
Navy
120
Army Medical 8
Naval Air
4
Army
80
Coast Guard
7
Ordnance
4
Air Force
27
Medical
4
O.S.S.
3
Marines
10
Merchant Marine 3
One each: A.A.F. Auxiliary, A.A.C.S., U.S.P.H.S., Maritime Service, Chemical Corps, C.O., U.N.R.R.A., F.B.I., Psychological Warfare, Management, Civil Service, Government.
8. Do you feel that your war service, if any, hampered you in your career? Number answering: 207
Yes 92
No 115
Do you think it helped you in your career? Number answering: 246
Yes 117
No 54
Did both 35 Did neither 39 Not sure 1
Why?
Hampered : Delay: loss of training, contacts, opportunities 60
Waste of time; stagnated
15
Had to start all over 5
Complete change of job, to one not liked 2 Complete frustration 2
Lost desire to practice law 1
Enervated 1
Helped : Increased experience, maturity, perspective 87
Through training, gained knowledge 13
Gained self-reliance, confidence 8
Found career in service 6
Trained for job 5
Helped find what wanted to do
4
Two each: Travel, helped country in war, appreciate being American, developed stamina, helped law practice.
One each: Gained promotion, learned organization, was permitted to specialize, chance to get out on own, got out of rut, instilled resolution of pur- pose.
Mixed :
Delay, but gained experience 14
No difference 13
Not related 5
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8. Would you rather be doing something else?
Number answering: 390
Yes 86 No
292
Not sure 12
If so, what and why?
Business for self 9 To earn more 4
Farming; it's healthier 5 Related, but less sweat and toil 2
Writing, painting 5 Avoid commuting 2
Job on grounds of ability, interest 5 Get out of service 2
Prefer research 4 Same work, different company 2
One each: Prefer Army, something to help war mess, to live in New England, more progress, smaller business, teaching, larger firm, to get out of New York, there must be an easier way to make a living, economist, managing as opposed to production engineering.
10. Do you feel you have made the progress you should have since college? Number answering: 402
Yes 197 No 104
Not sure 98
Unanswerable 3
DIAMONDS AND DIAPERS
1. What is your present status? Number answering: 400 Married 367, or 91.75% Single 25, or 6.25% Divorced 8, or 2%
2. If married, how many times?
Number answering: 372
Once 351 Twice 21
3. If married, how many years? Number answering: 372
One 11 Seven 19
Thirteen 37
Two 13 Eight 15
Fourteen 24
Three 7 Nine
32
Fifteen 13
Four 15 Ten
57
Sixteen 3
Five 14
Eleven 42
Seventeen 4
Six 20
Twelve 45
Eighteen 1
Average : Nine years, six days, 20 hours, 38 minutes, and 24 seconds.
Median : Nine years, eight months, 12 days, five hours, 31 minutes, and 12 seconds.
4. If divorced or widowed, did you remarry? Number answering: 30
Yes 23 No
5. How many children have you? Number answering: 368
None 28
Two 134
Five
8
One
44
Three 112 Four 40
Six 2
368 men have 850 children
Average number per father 2.31
Average for the class 2.1
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1936 FIFTEEN-YEAR RECORD
6. Did your wife, if any, go to college? Number answering: 369 Yes 241, or 65.3% No 128, or 34.7%
Did she graduate?
Yes 150 No 79
7. Did she have a job before marriage? Number answering: 361 Yes 240 No 121
If so, what?
Secretarial 59
Government 9
Teaching 30
Newspaper 6
Nursing 13
Medical Technician 6
Sales 11 Modeling 6 Social work 10
Science research 4
Three each: Banking, draftsman, writing, merchandising, magazine.
Two each: Administrative analyst, junior executive, radio, commercial artist, interior decorating, personnel, receptionist, underwriter, artist.
One each: Actress, auditor, accountant, airline clerk, airplane pilot in- structor, court reporter, credit bureau, chemist, dress designer, antique shop proprietor, dancing teacher, statistician, United Nations, O.S.S., laboratory technician, shopper, medical illustration, religious youth work, interpreter, Navy yoeman, musician, stylist, textile design, law, patent research, IBM tabulator, public health, show designing.
8. Does she have a job now? Number answering: 364
Yes 16 No 348
If so, what?
Secretarial 4 Teaching 2
One each: American Public Health Association, interior decorator, novelist, painter, model, real estate, dancing teacher, nursing, recreation worker, miscellaneous.
9. What are her main interests?
(Some men have given more than one interest)
Family and home 266 Junior League 15 Arts and crafts 11
Reading 47 Local politics 15 Antiques 9
Music 41 Sports 15 P .- T.A. 9
Gardening 29 Tennis 15 Travel 9
Civic groups 27 Bridge
14 Church 9
Golf 25 Friends
14 Interiors 8
Arts 21 Horses
12 Painting
8
Charity 16 Theater 12 Social service 8 Writing 7
Social activities 16
Five each: Baseball, sailing, skiing, League of Women Voters, schools, garden club, clubs.
Four each: Current affairs, fashion, flower arranging, fishing, job, clothing design.
Three each: Red Cross, dancing, pets, Scout work.
Two each: Ballet, ceramics, A.A.U.N., hunting, philately, Smith College, swimming, philosophy, psychology, public health.
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One each: Architecture, finance, hospital work, looking for a house, talking, photography, publishing, smoking, drinking, Braille, bowling, puppets, marriage, flying, history and geography, history and literature, Russian language, French literature and language, minerology, medicine, D.A.R., cocktail hour, starting family, sleep, spending money, television, volun- tary teaching.
10. Do you approve of these interests? Number answering: 292 Yes 286 Yes (with reservations) 2 No 4
If not, why?
There are other valuable interests than children 1
Will have no other interest when children grow up Have to pay bills
1 Nothing in common (but no criticism)
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IN IT COMES AND OUT IT GOES
1. How much do you earn a year?
Number answering: 393
$400
1 $5000
18
$10,000
25
$15-20,000
1 $25,000
15
$1500
1 $5500
7 $10,500
5
$16,000
10
$15-25,000 2
$2400
1 $6000
18 $11,000
10
$16,500
1 $25-30,000 1
$2500
1 $6500
12
$11,500
3
$17,500
2 $30,000
6
$25-4500
2 $7000
15
$12,000
16
$18,000
7 $35,000
3
$3000
5 $7500
26
$10-15,000
1
$19,000
1
$40,000
5
$3500
6 $8000
26
$12-16,000
1
$20,000
9 $45,000
2
$3800
1 $8500
16
$13,000
12
$22,000
3
$50,000
4
$4000
9
$9000
21
$13,500
4
$23,000
1 $60,000
2
$4500
4
$9500
7
$14,000
11
$24,000
1 $75,000
1
$4900
3
$15,000
27
$120,000
1
Average :
$11,329.01 $9,392.50
Median :
Aggregate for those answering
$4,452,300.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class
$9,394,353.00
2. How much other income do you get a year?
Number answering: 387
None
126
$800
1
$4,000
10
$16,000
2
$40
4
$900
2
$4,500
1
$20,000
6
$50
5
$1,000
26
$5,000
19
$25,000
4
$100
6
$1,200
6
$6,000
11
$35,000
1
$150
1
$1,400
1
$7,000
5
$40-60,000
3
$200
10
$1,500
12
$8,000
4
$50,000
4
$250
4
$2,000
19
$9,000
1
$80,000
1
$300
10
$2,500
5
$10,000
11
$115,000
1
$400
4
$2,800
1
$12,000
2
$125,000
1
$500
20
$3,000
17
$12-15,000
1
$150,000
1
$600
6
$3,500
7
$15,000
4
$175,000
1
Average :
$5,189.30
Median :
$550.33
Aggregate for those answering :
$2,008,360.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class :
$4,297,890.40
1
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1936 FIFTEEN-YEAR RECORD
3. How much does your wife earn per year? Number answering: 362
None
337
$300
2
$3,000
1
$5,000
3
$50
1
$600
2
$3,500
1
$6,000
1
$100
3
$800
1
$3,720
1
$7,000
1
$200
1
$2,000
1
$4,000
1
$10,000
$200-600
1
$2,500
2
$4,600
1
$186.10
Aggregate for those answering :
$67,370.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class : $154,277.30
4. How much other income, if any, does she get a year?
Number answering: 352
None
206
$1,000
14
$4,500
1
$15,000
3
Less than $100
6
$1,200
6
$5-10,000
1
$25,000
2
$100
6
$1,500
3
$6,000
3
$30,000
1
$150
2
$1,600
1
$7,000
3
$35,000
1
$200
5
$1,800
1
$7,500
2
$40,000
1
$250
3
$2,000
7
$8,000
3
$45,000
2
$300
4
$2,500
3
$8,500
1
$50,000
1
$500
9
$3,000
8
$10,000
4
$60,000
1
$600
2
$3,500
6
$12,000
1
$70,000
1
$900
3
$4,000
6
$13,000
2
Average :
$2,522.00
Aggregate for those answering
$887,750.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class : $2,093,260.00
Average income from all sources, per family :
Aggregate income from all sources, for those answering : $7,415.780.00 Extrapolated aggregate income from all sources, for the whole class : $15,923,655.70
5. What are your total savings?
Number answering: 365
None
35
$7,500
2
$32,000
1
$175,000
1
$250
3
$8,000
4
$35,000
6
$200,000
5
$500
13
$9,000
1
$40,000
5
$225,000
1
$600
2
$10,000
26
$45,000
1
$250,000
4
$1,000
14
$11,000
1
$50,000
10
$275,000
1
$1,500
5
$12,000
6
$60,000
5
$280,000
1
$2,000
14
$13,000
1
$65,000
1
$300,000
3
$2,500
3
$14,000
1
$70,000
4
$400,000
4
$3,000
10
$15,000
18
$75,000
3
$475,000
1
$3,500
4
$16,000
1
$80,000
1
$500,000
5
$4,000
7
$17,000
1
$90,000
5
$600,000
1
$4,700
1
$18,000
3
$100,000
15
$700,000
1
$5,000
27
$19,000
1
$110,000
1
$900,000
1
$6,000
9
$20,000
12
$120,000
1 $1,000,000
1
$6,500
3
$23,000
1
$125,000
3
$1,500,000
1
$7,000
2
$25,000
15
$135,000
1
$5,000,000
1
$30,000
11
$150,000
6
Average :
$71,212.74
Median :
$10,865.38
Aggregate for those answering:
$25,992,650.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class :
$59,106,574.20
1
$1,100
1
$5,000
18
$20,000
$19,185.13
1
Average :
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THE CONFIDENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE
6. How much life insurance do you carry?
Number answering: 387
None
12
$13,000
5
$34,000
1
$90,000
7
$3,000
3
$15,000
23
$35,000
17
$100,000
6
$4,000
3
$17,000
6
$38,000
6
$110,000
1
$5,000
3
$18,000
5
$40,000
22
$115,000
1
$6,000
1
$20,000
40
$45,000
14
$125,000
3
$6,500
2
$23,000
10
$50,000
28
$135,000
1
$7,000
1
$25,000
24
$55,000
7
$150,000
4
$7,500
1
$26,000
4
$60,000
11
$175,000
1
$8,000
5
$27,000
4
$65,000
3
$250,000
1
$8,500
2
$28,000
5
$70,000
12
$300,000
1
$10,000
27
$30,000
26
$75,000
5
$400,000
2
$11,000
2
$32,000
5
$80,000
3
$450,000
1
$12,000
1
$33,000
3
$85,000
5
$500,000
1
Average :
$41,293.28 $28,268.00
Median :
Aggregate for those answering :
$15,980,500.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class : $34,273,432.40
7. Are you living within your income at present?
Number answering: 399
Yes 326, or 81.7%
No 65, or 16.29 %
Variable 8, or 2.01%
8. Do you own a car, or cars?
Number answering: 397
Yes 384
No 13
How many?
None 13
Three 9
One 214
Four 3
Two 157
Five 1
What make or makes?
Ford 102
Cadillac 23
Packard 10
Chevrolet 74
Studebaker 23
Willys
10
Buick 61 Dodge
21
Jeep
9
Plymouth 46
Pontiac
22
Austin
7
Oldsmobile 32
Chrysler 18
Lincoln 5
Mercury 25 DeSoto 10
Nash
5
Three each: Ford truck, Henry J, Jaguar, Frazer.
Two each: Anglia, Crosley, Hudson.
One each: Allard, MG, Fiat, Lagonda, Jeepster, Morris Minor, Renault, Singer, Marmon, Rambler, Chevrolet truck, LaSalle, foreign make, racing car.
No answer, though one or more owned: 30 397 answerers own 472 cars. Average : 1.19 cars per man.
9. Do you own an airplane? Number answering: 397
Yes 7
No 390
Average : . 017 of an airplane per man.
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Number answering: 401
10. What kind of a home do you have? House 331, or 82.54% Apartment 70, or 17.46% Both 1
11. If a house, do you own it?
Yes 289, or 86.02%
Number answering: 337 No 47, or 13.98 %
How much is it worth?
Under $10,000
3
$22,000
12
$55,000
4
$10,000
4
$25,000
35
$60,000
6
$12,000
12
$28,000
4
$65,000
2
$14,000
10
$30,000
25
$70,000
1
$15,000
13
$35,000
25
$75,000
3
$17,000
7
$40,000
22
$80,000
2
$17,500
4
$45,000
13
$100,000
5
$18,000
18
$50,000
15
$150,000
1
$20,000
22
$200,000
2
12. How many radios in your home?
Number answering: 404
None 4
Four
56
Seven 5
One
64
Five
23
Eight 2
Two
121
Six
13
Nine 2
Three
108
Ten
1
Average : 2.79 radios per man.
13. Do you own a television set?
Number answering: 397
Yes 179, or 45.09%
No 218, or 54.91%
If not, why?
Don't want one
56 Not worth it
4
Not good for children
34 Too busy
3
Poor or no reception
29 But will soon
3
Don't like programs
28 Distracting
2
Cost
25 Bad for eyes
2
Waste of time
20 Prefer phonograph
1
Interferes with reading, etc.
9 Others in family have
1
Moronic
4 Wife won't let me
1
Waiting for color
4 Children don't like it
1
Not perfected
5 Had one, sold it, upset family life 1
14. Do you own or regularly rent a summer home?
Number answering: 399
Yes 108, or 27.06% No 291
Use big boat 1 Use trailer 1
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15. How much do you give to charity each year?
Number answering: 384
Nothing
4
$150
20
$900
1
$10
2
$200
56
$1,000
19
$15
2
$250
24
$1,200
4
$25
15
$300
22
$1,500
6
$30
5
$350
5
$2,000
9
$40
3
$400
15
$2,500
2
$50
32
$450
3
$3,000
2
$60
8
$500
34
$3,500
2
$75
12
$600
4
$5,000
6
$100
45
$700
1
$10,000
3
$125
7
$750
6
$40,000
1
$800
4
Total donations from those answering : $223,300.00
Extrapolated total for whole class :
$482,653.30
Average : Median :
$233.03
16. How much do you spend on travel per year?
Number answering: 361
Nothing
32
$300
26
$2,000
12
Under $50 11
$350
10
$2,500
3
$50
16
$400
17
$3,000
1
$75
3
$500
43
$3,500
3
$100
38
$600
11
$4,000
1
$150
13
$800
8
$5,000
4
$200
46
$1,000
26
$8,000
1
$250
18
$1,200
4
$10,000
1
Average :
$581.20
Aggregate for those answering
$210,815.00
Extrapolated aggregate for whole class :
$482,396.00
17. Do you have servants?
Number answering: 399
Yes 202
No 197
How many?
None
197
Two
34
More
8
One
118
Three
7
Part-time
34
Five
1
202 men have 277 servants.
Average : . 69 of a servant per family.
18. Do you have an automatic dishwasher? Number answering: 392
Yes 167, or 42.6%
No 225, or 57.4%
-a clothes washing machine? Yes 344, or 86.4%
No 54, or 13.6%
-a clothes drier?
Number answering: 397
Yes 107, or 26.9%
No 290, or 73.1%
-a deep freeze?
Yes 131, or 33%
Number answering: 398
Number answering: 397
No 266, or 67%
$581.51
$1,500
13
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1936 FIFTEEN-YEAR RECORD
20. If you had a little more money, what is the first thing you would like to buy?
House 50 Boat. 28 Summer home 9
New car 34 New furniture 11 Addition to house 8
More securities 16 Travel 11 Servants 8
Improve property 12 Deep freeze 10 Clothes 7
Dishwasher 10
Six each: Bonds for education of children, pay debts, savings, home in country, more land.
Five each: Airplane, pay for house, vacation for wife and me.
Four each: More insurance, mink coat for wife, paintings, a ranch, things for home.
Three each: Additional appliances, books, refrigerator, beef cattle, clothes drier, record player, garage.
Two each: Country club membership, tennis court, organ, pool, interest in business, new roof, redecorate house, television, another bathroom, college education for children, water system for cottage.
One each: Annuity, automatic washer, another business, better health, jewelry for wife, construction material, telescope and microscope, movie camera and projector, house in Florida, shrubs, workshop equip- ment, fireplace, new bed, tractor, fencing, pipes, mangle, give more to peace and religious causes, recorder, horses, golf lessons, piano, shotgun, rototiller, an island, fishing club membership, insulation, improve our standards, oil well, new apartment, encyclopedia, motion picture rights to "Guys and Dolls," a private school for children, case of gin, bottle of Dramboie, a steak.
Don't know 18
Nothing 14
THE PLEASURES OF LIFE
1. What are your main hobbies?
Reading
92
Farming
14
Home and garden
92
My work
11
Golf
80
Model railroad
10
Boats and sailing
49
Painting
10
Fishing
48
Politics
10
Music
47
Picnics and camping
9
Photography
45
Flying
9
Sports
36
Theater
8
Tennis
35
Collecting things
7
Family and children
32
Drinking
Woodworking
32
Rifles and shooting
7
Card games
29
Television
7
Hunting
26
Horses
6
Travel
18
Writing
6
Skiing
17
Stamps
6
Swimming
15
Dogs
5
Four each: Antique refinishing, friends and conversation, cars, chess, com- munity interests, hiking, squash.
Three each: Barber-shop quartet, people, home movies, baseball, art, women.
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Two each: Naval Reserve, ornithology, parties and night clubs, dancing, astronomy, amateur radio, investments, old cars, toy soldiers, records, jazz, Army Reserve, Boy Scouts, movies, radio.
One each: Animal breeding, the beach, bicycling, fly-tying, junk shopping, fire department, how to build, knitting, rug-making, electricity, ranch- ing, zoos, driving, handball, anthropology and archeology, language, dramatics, entertaining, evening out with wife, argument, tools, teaching, repairing old clocks, auto racing, recorder, polo, designing, science, railroading, trees, bees, pool, summer home, genealogy, working with young people, backing shows, "living loving praying laughing reading writing fighting."
None 23
2. What sports do you play regularly?
None 134
Skiing 24
Hunting 7 Golf 141
Sailing
16
Badminton 6
Tennis
124
Fishing
8
Skating 6
Swimming 48 Softball 8
Volleyball 4 Squash 27
Bowling 7
Riding 4
Three each: Baseball, table tennis.
Two each: Horseshoes, rowing.
One each: Bicycling, canoeing, calisthenics, curling, folboating, hiking, hockey, handball, pool, polo, shooting, racing, trapshooting, soccer.
3. What sports do you like best to watch?
None 35
Golf
24
Swimming 5
Football
249
Boxing 16
Track 4
Baseball
155
Basketball 13
Sailing 4
Tennis
50
Wrestling 6
Horseracing 3
Polo 5 Road racing 3 Hockey 25
Two each: Boat racing, crew, horse shows, skiing, soccer, roller derby, all sports.
One each: Handball, skating, racing, rodeos, squash, gymkhanas.
4. Since graduation, how many trips (not counting military) have you taken abroad? Number answering: 393
None 225
Five 5
Ten 2
On 79
Six 6
Fourteen 1
Two 46
Seven 1
Fifteen 1
Three
18
Eight 1
Forty-six 1
Four
7
Average : 1.1 trips per man. Median : . 87 of a trip per man.
How many countries have you visited? Number answering: 171
One 27
Nine 7 Seventeen 2
Two 9
Ten
14
Nineteen 1
Three 11
Eleven 2
Twenty
4
Four
14
Twelve 7
Twenty-three
1
Five
10
Thirteen 2
Thirty
3
Six
23
Fourteen 4
Thirty-one
2
Seven
9
Fifteen 3
Around the world 1
Eight
13
Sixteen 1 Most of Europe 1
Average for travellers : 7.43 countries.
Median for travellers : 5.57 countries.
Average for whole class :
3.18 countries.
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1936 FIFTEEN-YEAR RECORD
5. How many movies do you see a month?
Number answering: 393
None 116
One 102
Five 5
1/12 7
Two 50
Six
3
1/6
16
Three
6
Seven 1
1/4 16
Two-Three 7
Eight 2
1/3 18
Four 9
Ten 1
1/2 33
Fifteen 1
Average : 1 movie a month (393 men see 394 movies a month).
Average for movie-goers : 1.66 movies a month.
Median for class :
.73 of a movie a month.
6. How many hours a day do you watch television?
Number answering: 385
None
230 1/2
51
Two
18
1/60
2
3/4
4
Three
5
1/10 5
One
31
Three-four 1
1/4 22
11/2
16
Occasionally 8
Average for class :
22.2 minutes a day.
Average for television viewers : 55.2 minutes a day.
7. How many books do you read in a month? Number answering: 196
None
13
Four
24
Nine
1
One 63
Five
14
Twelve 3
Two 40
Six
10
Fifteen 1
Three 25
Seven 1
Twenty 1
Eight
1
How many books do you read in a year? Number answering: 227
One
14
Ten
14
Fifty
3
Two
33
Twelve
16
Fifty-five
2
Three
19 Fifteen
5 Sixty
3
Four
20 Twenty
11 Seventy
1
Five
14 Twenty-five
11
Eighty
1
Six
33 Thirty
5 A hundred
2
Seven
5 Thirty-six
2 A hundred twenty 2
Eight
7 Forty
2 A hundred fifty
2
196 men read at the rate of 2.74 books a month. 227 men read at the rate of 13.7 books a year. Consolidated average: 1.89 books a month.
8. How many magazines do you read regularly?
Number answering: 389
None
12
Six
32
Eleven
1
One
26
Seven
12
Fifteen
3
Two
74
Eight
11
Twenty
4
Three
83
Nine
6
Thirty 1
Four
55
Ter
14
Thirty-fifty 1
Five
53
A hundred
1
Average : 4.6 magazines a month.
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How many do you subscribe to?
Number answering: 392
None
13
Seven
23
Fifteen
1
One
23
Eight
21
Fifteen-twenty 3
Two 50
Nine
7
Seventeen
1
Three
60 Ten
19
Twenty
2
Four
50
Eleven
1 Twenty-five
1
Five :
59
Twelve
9
Thirty-forty
1
Six
49
Forty-six (free) 1
Average : 5.08 magazines.
9. How often a year do you attend opera or concerts?
Number answering: 393
None
137
Six
28
Eighteen 1
One
64
Seven
2
Twenty
5
Two
45
Eight
1
Twenty-five 3
Three
34
Ten
12
Thirty
3
Four
23
Twelve
9
Fifty-two 1
Five
21
Fifteen
4
Occasionally
1
Average : 3.22 concerts.
How often a year do you attend the theater?
Number answering: 390
None
45
Five
27
Twenty 4
One
43
Six
47
Twenty-five 4
Two
86
Eight 12
Fifty
1
Three
52
Ten
19
Sixty
1
Four
37
Twelve
7
Occasionally 2
Fifteen
5
Average : 4.24 plays.
How often a year do you attend an art exhibit?
Number answering: 381
None
218
Four 7
Twelve 5
One
64
Five
6
Twenty 2
Two
55
Six
9
Often
1
Three
11
Eight
1
Occasionally 1
Ten
3
Average : 1.2 art exhibits.
How often a year do you attend a lecture? Number answering: 383
None
197
Six
15
Twenty 7
One 26
Eight 7
Twenty-five 2
Two 49
Ten
17
Forty
1
Three 26
Twelve 6
Seventy-five 1
Four
12
Fifteen
2
Often 2
Five
15
Average : 2.7 lectures.
How often a year do you go to a dance? Number answering: 386
None
73
Six
42
Fifteen 5
One
27
Seven
3
Twenty
5
Two 51
Eight
18
Twenty-five
4
Three
52
Ten
14
Thirty
2
Four
32
Twelve
17
Fifty 2
Five
34
Occasionally
4
Average : 4.84 dances.
Occasionally 1
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1936 FIFTEEN-YEAR RECORD
10. To what church, if any, do you belong? Number answering: 299
None 84 Presbyterian 49 Methodist 6
Episcopal 122 Catholic 30 Reformed Jewish 5
Congregational 56 Jewish 11 Baptist 3 Two each: Dutch Reformed, Unitarian, Universalist, Lutheran, Protestant. Once each: Christian Science, Society of Friends, United Church of Canada.
11. How many times a year do you attend? Number answering: 378
None
82
Twelve 11
Fifty-two 19
One
22
Fifteen
11
Fifty-five 2
Two
38
Twenty 18
Sixty 9
Three
20
Twenty-five 14
Sixty-five 1
Four
26
Thirty 9
Seventy five
2
Five
10
Thirty-five 3
Eighty
2
Six
29
Forty
7
Ninety-five
1
Eight
8
Forty-five
9
150
1
Ten
14
Fifty
6
300
1
Eleven
2
365
1
Average : 15.8 attendances.
Median : 5 attendances.
12. How many clubs do you belong to, if any?
Number answering: 399
None
90
Three
56
Six 7
One
100
Four
28
Seven 3
Two
90
Five
22
Eight 3
Average : 1.9 clubs.
13. Do you drink?
Yes 374, or 93.1%
Number answering: 402 No 28, or 6.9%
Does your wife? Number answering: 367
Yes 355, or 91.2%
No 32, or 8.8%
14. Do you smoke?
Yes 276, or 69%
Number answering: 402 No 126, or 31%
Does your wife? Number answering: 394 Yes 253, or 72% No 111, or 28%
15. If you drink, is it more or less than at Vale?
Number answering: 378
More 181, or 47.8% Less 103, or 26.7% Same 94, or 25.5%
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16. How many highballs, cocktails, beers do you drink a week?
Number answering: 368
None 6
Seven
18
Twenty-two 1
One quarter 2
Eight
17
Twenty-four 4
One half
3
Ten
49
Twenty-five 12
One
13
Twelve 34
Twenty-eight 1
Two 18
Fourteen 13
Thirty
17
Three 22
Fifteen
24
Thirty-five
3
Four
14
Sixteen
4
Forty
1
Five
27
Eighteen
8
Forty-five
1
Six
21
Twenty
24
Fifty
3
Twenty-one
8
Average : 11.82 drinks.
17. Do you think this is too much?
Yes 57, or 15.2%
No
Number answering: 376 319, or 84.8%
18. What was your weight at Yale?
Number answering: 400
115 1bs.
1
155
43
195
2
120
4
160
34
200
5
125
10
165
44
205
1
130
10
170
33
210
1
135
25
175
30
215
2
140
26
180
13
220
1
145
34
185
19
230
1
150
51
190
9
235
1
Average :
159.3 lbs.
Median :
160 1bs.
What is it now?
Number answering: 400
120 lbs.
1
160
31
200
7
125
3
165
61
205
4
130
7
170
36
210
6
135
3
175
37
215
4
140
11
180
28
220
5
145
22
185
33
230
1
150
30
190
21
235
1
155
27
195
19
240
1
Average :
170 1bs.
Median :
171.1 1bs.
19. How many times a week or month do you do the things Dr. Kinsey was interested in? Number answering: 293
Week
One
47
Two-Three 16
Five
9
One-Two
7
Three 35
Six
1
Two
59
Three-Four 2
Eight 1
Average : 2.18 a week.
Median : 1.31 a week.
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1936 FIFTEEN-YEAR RECORD
Month
One 5
Six
13
Twelve 3
Two
18
Seven 4 Twice annually 1
Three
17
Eight
7
Four annually 1
Four
9
Ten
4
None
6
Five
12
No idea 1
Average: 4.27 a month. Median : 5 a month.
Consolidated average of week and month: 1.78 a week.
55 additional answers were given by foxy grandpas who gave no period, week or month; readers will have to draw their own conclusions.
One
5
Four 8
Eight 3
Two 12
Five 3
Ten 7
Three
11
Six 4
Fifteen 2
NEXT GENERATION
1. If you have children, how many minutes do you spend in active play with them? Number answering: 320
Weekdays (in minutes)
None 15
Twenty 16
Ninety 8
Very little 8
Thirty 124
One-twenty 15
Fifteen minutes 36
Forty-five 12
One-eighty 3
Sixty
83
Average : 41.1 minutes per weekday.
Median : 40.2 minutes per weekday.
Weekends (in hours)
None 7 Two and a half 7 Eight 3
One quarter 4
Three
47
Nine 2
One half 18
Four
37
Ten 6
One
45 Four and a half 5 Twelve
6
One and a half 20
Five
16 Fourteen
1
Two 69
Six
18
Two full days 4
Seven
1
Average : 3.23 hours per weekend.
2. Do you send them to public or private school?
Number answering: 293
Public school 176, or 60%
Half and half 20, or 6.8%
Private school 97, or 33.1% Pre-school age 22 No answer, though children 16
3. How many sons do you have?
One 146 Two 97 Three 26 Four 2 Five 1
272 men have 431 sons.
How many daughters?
One 138 Two 86 Three 28 Four 5
257 men have 414 daughters.
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4. If you have sons, will they go to Yale?
Yes 153 No
8 Leave it up to him-them 294 Maybe 4
A substantial number answered both "Yes" and "Leave it up to him-them."
5. How many times do you spank your children, per capita per annum?
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