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Title: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: grahame on November 04, 2007, 18:52:39 There are some important issues in Rail User Group circles in relation to the demographic mix of the people who get involved, and whether they represent the people who use of want to use the service.
Can I ask everyone reading this thread (yes, YOU!) to answer the poll above to indicate your age group? At this stage, I can only guess at the outcome. If it shows we have a good mix, it adds weight to our arguments, and if it shows up a distortion from a typical cross-section, we can look at how we're not reaching certain groups. Thanks! P.S. This is anonymous / neither I nor any of the moderators can see how you vote! Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: mada on November 04, 2007, 19:29:39 I'm 21 ^_^
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Graz on November 04, 2007, 20:09:13 22! A bit worrying that my age could have been up to 40, and still be in the same category, though! ;)
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Jim on November 04, 2007, 20:45:43 Yay, I think I;m the youngest at the right old age of 15!
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Mookiemoo on November 04, 2007, 21:00:32 31
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Timmer on November 04, 2007, 21:17:37 33
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: johoare on November 04, 2007, 21:57:00 Uh-oh - 41 - which puts me in the "41 - 60" band.. Nearly time for retirement then!! ;)
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Ollie on November 05, 2007, 02:26:36 I am 19 =]
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Conner on November 05, 2007, 08:50:15 Yay, I think I;m the youngest at the right old age of 15! No i'm 14.Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: grahame on November 05, 2007, 08:59:58 Thanks to all the people who have ALREADY voted in the first 12 hours or so - this is turning out to be really useful; please - everyone add in your vote too. I'm very happy for you to add a post as many have been doing, but the "undeclared" votes are hugely useful too.
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Jim on November 05, 2007, 15:26:33 Yay, I think I;m the youngest at the right old age of 15! No i'm 14.Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: devon_metro on November 05, 2007, 16:41:29 15, 16 soon.
Adult fares, yay. Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: moonraker on November 05, 2007, 17:34:15 45... 46 in 5 1/2 months try not to think about it too often ;)
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: gaf71 on November 05, 2007, 17:50:26 36 next week :'(
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: grahame on November 10, 2007, 07:04:25 Running for a week ... and I have locked voting and will write up a separate thread with comments / conclusions .... most interesting, if rather what I had anticipated!
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: grahame on November 10, 2007, 07:19:49 Report / comment at
http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/melkshamrailway/229_Rail_user_groups_do_NOT_represent_rail_users.html Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: Steve Bray on November 12, 2007, 17:51:13 43
Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: TerminalJunkie on November 14, 2007, 19:18:10 Quote from: http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/melkshamrailway/229_Rail_user_groups_do_NOT_represent_rail_users.html seeing it dominated by ranks of older men Quote from: grahame There are some important issues in Rail User Group circles in relation to the demographic mix of the people who get involved, and whether they represent the people who use of want to use the service. Why have you focused your attention on everyone's age? The majority of rail passengers - who really are under-represented in User Groups - are women. Title: Re: Looking at forum demographics (a.k.a. "How old are you?") Post by: grahame on November 15, 2007, 06:32:40 Why have you focused your attention on everyone's age? The majority of rail passengers - who really are under-represented in User Groups - are women. 1. Because I already have much better data available to me on that 2. Because the numbers of men and women travelling on any particular is much more in propotion to the the number of men and women in the population as a whole than the propotion of 21-40 year olds to 61 and overs. 3. Because the differences in typical travelling habits are not so great, men v women to working v retired. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |