Survey begins below:
Q1. Please enter your age, rounded to the nearest year:
Q2. Please select the option which most closely describes your biological sex:
Not disclosed
Male
Female
Other
Q3. Please select the option which most closely describes your self-identified gender:
Not disclosed
Male
Female
Other
Q4. Where do you live?
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
Afghanistan
Åland Islands
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote D'ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan, Province of China
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Virgin Islands, British
Virgin Islands, U.S.
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Other
Not disclosed
Q5. Please select the option which most closely describes your spirituality:
Not disclosed
Christian, Catholic
Christian, Protestant
Christian, other denomination
Muslim
Hindu
Jewish
Pagan
Buddhist
Agnostic
Atheist
Other (optionally, provide more information below)
Q6. Please select the option which most closely describes your ethnicity:
Not disclosed
Caucasian, non-Hispanic
Asian
African
Native-American/Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Other (optionally, provide more information below)
Q7. Please select the option which most closely describes your political views (if it's easier, just write in the space provided): Explanation of this questionThis question asks about your political orientation. Rather than tagging the options with party-centric labels, I've chosen a reasonably well known continuum from liberalism to conservatism. To avoid making the question too complicated, I have limited the options available. If you feel too constrained, feel free to write in a further description.
Not disclosed
Highly liberal
Liberal
Moderate
Conservative
Highly conservative
Other (optionally, provide more information below)
Q8. Please select the option which most closely describes your occupation (if it's easier, just write in the space provided): Explanation of this questionThis question asks about your occupation. It may be best to choose the general option that most reflects what you do for a living; if you feel the options are too limited, feel free to write in a further description.
Not disclosed
None
Student
Administrative
Sales/Support
Technical/IT
Professional
Service
Retired
Other (optionally, provide more information below)
Q9. Please select the option which most closely describes your yearly individual income level (if it's easier, just write in the space provided): Explanation of this questionMost furries are American and so this question is phrased in terms of American dollars. If you would like to answer it but are not American, you can write in an answer)
Not disclosed
<$9,999
$10,000-$14,999
$15,000-$24,999
$25,000-$44,999
$45,000-$69,999
$70,000-$99,999
>$100,000
Other (optionally, provide more information below)
Q10. Please select the option which most closely describes your sexual orientation:
Not disclosed
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Neither
Other (optionally, provide more information below)
Q11. Please select the option which most closely describes your highest level of education: Explanation of this questionThis question is intended to record your current highest educational attainment . If you are a high school graduate with any completed formal education beyond high school (vocational training, associate's degree, university), for instance, you should choose "some college/post high-school". If you are currently in high school, college, or graduate school, choose "Some high school", "Some college", or "Some postcollege", respectively. Feel free to provide further information (I do read all the comments)
Not disclosed
Some high school
High school graduate
Some college/post high-school
College/post high-school graduate
Some postcollege
I hold an advanced degree
Other
(optionally, if you have specialised education--college or post-high school vocational--provide more information below)
Q12. How long have you considered yourself a furry? (in years, decimal values ok)
Q13. How many other furries do you know? (decimal values not ok, sorry)Explanation of this questionThis question asks how many furries you personally know. What this means to you is obviously at your discretion. For most people, it means the furries that they interact with on a one-on-one basis, or at least more intimately than just, for example, posting on the same forum or sharing an online RPG.
Q14. On the whole, how do you think non-furries respond to furriness?
Not disclosed
Extremely Positively
Positively
Ambivalently
Negatively
Extremely Negatively
They have no knowledge
Q15. Do they respond to you, personally, in a significantly different fashion?
Not disclosed
No
Yes, they respond more positively
Yes, they respond more negatively
They have no knowledge
Q16. On the whole, would you characterise popular perception of furriness as:
Not disclosed
Extremely Accurate
Accurate
Inaccurate
Extremely Inaccurate
They have no knowledge
Q17. Self-identity. Please respond to the following statement: "I am human."Explanation of this questionThis question asks you about your self-identity. For many furries, their presence in the fandom does not make them less "human". For others, they may identify more closely with some other creature. If you do not consider yourself to be anything other than a human being, select "Strongly Agree"
Not disclosed
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
I do not consider myself human
Q18. To what degree does sex play a part in your furry life?
An extremely large degree
A large degree
A medium degree
A small degree
An extremely small degree
No position
Q19. To what degree do you think sex plays a part in the lives of other furries?
An extremely large degree
A large degree
A medium degree
A small degree
An extremely small degree
No position
Q20. To what degree do you think the public assumes sex is important to furries?
An extremely large degree
A large degree
A medium degree
A small degree
An extremely small degree
No position
Q21. How important do you think conventions are to the furry fandom?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Unimportant
Extremely unimportant
No position
Q22. How important do you think visual art is to the furry fandom?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Unimportant
Extremely unimportant
No position
Q23. How important do you think music is to the furry fandom?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Unimportant
Extremely unimportant
No position
Q24. How important do you think literature is to the furry fandom?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Unimportant
Extremely unimportant
No position
Q25. How important do you think online communities are to the furry fandom?
Extremely important
Important
Moderately important
Unimportant
Extremely unimportant
No position
Q26. Would you describe yourself as? (check all that apply)
An artist (visual)?
An artist (musical)?
An artist (performance)?
An author?
A "zoophile"?
A "plushophile"?
A "fursuiter"?
A convention goer?
Active in online communities?
A fan of RPGs?
A fan of science-fiction?
A fan of anime?
A fan of science and technology/computers?
Fluent in one or more languages besides your primary one?
An advocate of animal rights?
A vegetarian?
Q27. Do you belong to any furry websites? Explanation of this questionURLs are not necessary and if the sites are fairly well known abbreviations are fine (e.g. "FA" is acceptable unless it means something other than FurAffinity)
Not disclosed
Yes (if so, please specify which ones below)
No
Q28. Regardless of your answer to Question 26, please rate your general response to conventions
Extremely Positive
Positive
Ambivalent
Negative
Extremely Negative
No position
Q29. Regardless of your answer to Question 26, please rate your general response to plushophiles
Extremely Positive
Positive
Ambivalent
Negative
Extremely Negative
No position
Q30. Regardless of your answer to Question 26, please rate your general response to fursuiters
Extremely Positive
Positive
Ambivalent
Negative
Extremely Negative
No position
Q31. Regardless of your answer to Question 26, please rate your general response to zoophiles
Extremely Positive
Positive
Ambivalent
Negative
Extremely Negative
No position
Q32. Optionally, if you identify with a particular animal, which one is it?
Q33. Optionally, if you answered the above question, why do you identify with said animal?
Please add any comments or other notes here.
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