Furry Survey v.2.1.3

Furry Survey v.2.1.4

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Who am you?

I am Alex "Klisoura" Osaki, a furry writer, essayist, and researcher. I have a degree in cultural anthropology and enough of a statistics background to both recognise the shortcomings of this survey and consider it valid enough to post anyway. If you have any questions, comments, or suggested improvements you can contact me via AIM at "OSDCC" or by e-mail at bce@klisoura.com.

What is this?

This survey is designed to collect information on the furry fandom. It is my belief that primary-source data is critical to an informed view of any demographic, ours included. It covers a range of topics from age to sexual orientation to hobbies linked with the fandom. There are thirty-one questions in total; the survey should not take more than a few minutes of your time. Feel free to be forthcoming: the survey is completely anonymous.

Finally, I would like to ask that if you find this survey useful, valuable, or interesting,please pass it on to your furry friends and community. There are tens of thousands of furries out there; let's see if we can't get them all.

-Alex

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?
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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