Finally, after months, here are the results from the statistic thread. These stats were compiled during the summer and autum of 1997. Participation: 110 positive answers, 3 negative answers (boring etc...) 110 answers from 429 goodson-subscribers: = 25,64% of all Goodsonners. Each forth goodsonners has answered me. Thanks for your participation!! Because there was never a fixed form with questions, there was a lot of information I received: from preferred beer-brand, hobbies, number of cats, preferred bands etc. So I've investigated only the seven most frequently topics: Sex Age Country Occupation Nick Cave Fan Since Kids Marital Status At the end of the results there is a short summary.

Sex Sex Respondants Percentage Male: 70 63,6% Female: 38 34,5% No Answer: 2 1,8% Note: I have some problems with the sex of christian names: I interpreted the following names as: Kimberly: female; Darren: female, Damir: male, Mahon: male): If I was wrong, the proportion changes a little bit!

Age Age Respondants Percentage 15 - 19: 15 13,6% 20 - 24: 31 28,2% 25 - 29: 28 25,5% 30 - 34: 13 11,8% 35 - 39: 6 5,5% 40+ : 5 4,5% no stat: 12 10,9% Average age: Category Age all: 25,5 years male: 25,1 years female: 26,6 years

Country North America: 39 = 35,5% USA: 38 = 34,5% Canada: 1 = 1% South America: 4 = 3,6% Peru: 1 Columbia: 2 Costa Rica: 1 Europe: 38 = 34,5% Western Europe: 14 = 12,7% Great Britain: 4; the Netherlands: 4; Germany: 6 Eastern Europe: 7 = 6,4% Yugoslavia: 1; Poland: 4; Czechia: 1; Russia: 1 Northern Europe: 9 = 8,2% Denmark: 1; Sweden: 5; Norway: 1; Finland: 2 Southern Europe: 8 = 7,3% Italy: 2; Portugal: 4; Greece: 2 Africa: 4 = 3,6% (all South Africa) Asia: 1 = 0,9% (Hongkong, now China?!?) Australia: 10 = 9,1% New Zealand: 2 = 1,8% No Statement: 12 = 10,9%

Occupation Occupation All Female # % # % School / Student 41 37,7% 16 39,0% Librarian 8 7,3% 7 87,5% Art, etc. 9 8,2% 3 11,1% Teacher, etc. 5 4,5% 1 20,0% Trade/Clerks 5 4,5% 0 0,0% Office work, etc. 6 5,5% 4 66,7% Computer business 19 17,3% 3 15,8% Engeneers/Nat. Sciences 6 5,5% 1 16,2% Journalism 4 3,6% 2 50,0% Other 3 2,7% 0 0,0% No Statement 4 3,6% 1 25,0% Summary 100,0% 34,5% (note: proportion of women: 34,5%, all occupation with more than 34,5% women: the women are here over representated (I hope, this is the right english expression!). Here particulary: librarians, students, office workers, journalists). The women are underrepresentated in art, teaching, trade, computer business etc.)

Nick Cave Fan Since Statements: 36 No Statements: 74 Here: sum of statements (36) = 100% Years Respondants Percentage 0 - 4: 11 30,6% 5 - 9: 12 33,3% 10 - 14: 7 19,4% 15+: 6 16,7% Average Number of Years: Category Years All: 8,2 Male: 8,9 Female: 7,1

Kids Statements: 24 No Statements: 86 (78,2%) Here: sum of statements (24) = 100% # Kids Respondants Percentage 0: 13 54,2% 1: 5 25,0% 2: 4 16,7% 3: 1 4,2% Note: 2 grandchildren!!

Marital Status Statements: 26 No Statement: 84 = 76,4% Here: sum of statements (26) = 100% Marital Status: Status Respondants Percentage Single: 16 61,5% Married/Other: 10 38,5%

Summary The typical Goodsonners seems to be: Male, lives in the USA (or in Europe), is 25,1 years old, loves Nick Cave since 8,9 years, lives without a relationship and without children and is student! Ciao, Lisa Copyright by Lisa Hoerning 1997

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