Below is the survey that I handed out and emailed to people. As you can see, the boxes for #3 don't line up on the blog, but on the survey they were next to each selection.
1) How important is it to you that you’re able to express yourself in your work place?
(Place and X in one box. 1-very important – 5- not important)
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Small visible tattoo Large visible tattoo
Hidden tattoo Pierced ears
Henna (non permanent tattoo) Gaged ears
Painted nails Dyed hair (natural color)
Blue jeans Dyed hair (unnatural color)
Sandals/ flip flops Dyed hair (accents)
Pierced nose Pierced tongue
4) Do you think that dress codes are going to “relax” as today’s younger generations grow up?
Yes No
5) Do you think that having a tattoo/piercing/ or dyed hair will affect your chances of getting hired?
Yes No
6) Would it influence your decision on whether you’d hire a person or not?
Yes No
7) What is your age? (Wanting to compare if age is correlated with what people think should be acceptable.)
Age is ----- ( )
My results out of 17 surveys:Question 1: 1/17 chose 1 - 3/17 chose 2 - 11/17 chose 3 - 2/17 chose 4 - 0/17 for 5
Question 2: 5/17 for1 - 8/17 for 2 - 0/17 for 3 - 1/17 for 4 - 1/17 for 5 - 2 people didn't answer
Question 3:
13/17 Small visible tattoo 5/17 Large visible tattoo
17/17 Hidden tattoo 12/17 Pierced ears
11/17 Henna (non permanent tattoo) 6/17 Gaged ears
14/17 Painted nails 14/17 Dyed hair (natural color)
12/17 Blue jeans 9/17 Dyed hair (unnatural color)
6/17 Sandals/ flip flops 12/17 Dyed hair (accents)
6/17 Pierced nose 7/17 Pierced tongue
Question 5: 16/17 for Yes ----- 1/17 for No
Question 6: 10/17 for Yes ----- 6/17 for No --- 1 person didn't answer
Question 7: --- (2) 17, (5) 18, (4) 19, (3) 25, 26, 62, 67