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Survey 1
Running Head: Skin Color and Hair Survey
Relationship of Skin Color and Hair Survey
Shanice Elliott
Social Work 300-02
Ms. McArthur
November 12, 2011
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Introduction
A survey on the relationship of skin color and hair survey was given in order to evaluate the views of
college students attending Tuskegee University. Skin color and hair is very important to our generation
today. Your skin tone and hair helps perceive your beauty and whether you are the ideal beauty among
many other African Americans. This goes to show that skin color and hair plays a vital role in student’s social life. Three background questions were given on age, class, and gender; as well as seven opinion
questions. These questions will help me interpret the data. By evaluating the results of this survey I will
find the different opinions on each college student depending on their age, classification, and gender.
These results will be supported from the data I collect and interpret.
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Survey 3
Results
Table 1
Age of Respondents
Table 2
Gender of Respondents
Table 3
Classification of Respondents
age frequency percent
under 21 58 58%
21-24 36 36%
25-40 5 5%
41 and above 1 1%
gender frequency percent
male 47 47%
female 52 52%
missing 1 1%
classification frequency percent
freshmen 11 11%
sophomore 31 31%
junior 23 23%
senior 30 30%
graduate 5 5%
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Survey 4
Table 4
In the African American community do you think there is still a specific shade of skin that is considered
beautiful or attractive?
Table 5
Do you think the media (TV, music, videos, and film) affects the issue of color consciousness with African
Americans?
respondents frequency percent
most of the time 48 48%
some of the time 40 40%
hardly ever 3 3%
very seldom 6 6%
missing 3 3%
Table 6
Is there such a thing as a good hair?
respondents frequency percent
strongly agree 43 48%
agree 21 21%
neutral 19 19%
disagree 7 7%
strongly disagree 8 8%
missing 2 2%
respondents Frequency percent
yes 76 76%
no 22 22%
missing 2 2%
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Survey 5
Table 7
Does having “good texture” hair make you more attractive?
respondents frequency percent
yes 65 65%
no 33 33%
missing 2 2%
Table 8
Has anyone ever described someone to you as being “ light skinned with good hair”?
respondents frequency percent
yes 76 76%
no 24 24%
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Survey 6
Table of Contents
Univariate graph 1
Univariate graph 2
Univariate graph 3
Univariate graph 4
Univariate graph 5
Univariate graph 6
Univariate graph 7
Univariate graph 8
Bivariate graph 1
Bivariate graph 2
Bivariate graph 3
Multivariate graph 1
Multivariate graph 2
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58%
36%
5%
1%
Age of Respondents
under 21
21-24
25-40
41 and above
47%
52%
1%
Gender of Respondents
male
female
missing
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Survey 8
The age of the majority of the respondents that took the survey was 21 and under and between the
ages of 21 to 24.The age group 21 and under recorded the highest percentage with 58%. The
respondents of ages 21 to 24 recorded with a percentage of 36%. Based on my results this topic grabs
the attention of people who are young. Based on my results I can also say that respondents who are
older don’t see skin color and hair being that important.
The genders of most of the respondents were females with a percentage of 52%. The gender group
male recorded with a percentage 47%. Based on my results it can be said that females and males focus
on and care about skin color and hair just about the same. Although females tend to take these things
much more serious than males do.
11%
31%
23%
30%
5%
Classification of Respondents
freshmen
sophomore
junior
senior
graduate
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Survey 9
The classifications of most of the respondents were sophomore, juniors, and seniors. The
classification group sophomores recorded the highest percentage with 31%. The classification group
juniors recorded with a percentage of 30% and the seniors with a percentage of 23%.
This graph shows the opinion of respondents who may or may not feel that good texture hair makes
you more attractive. 65% of the respondents responded with a yes, saying that good texture hair does
make you more attractive. Wheras 33% of the respondents responded with a no believing that in order
to be more attractive you don’t need to have good texture hair. Refering to my data majority of the
respondents that attend Tuskegee University believe that in order to be more attractive you need to
have good texture hair.
65%
33%
2%
Does having "good texture" hair make you more
attractive?
yes
no
missing
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Survey 11
This graph shows whether or not respondents feel that natural or ethnic hair is either less attractive
or more attractive. 51% of the respondents responded that natural hair is less attractive. 43% of the
repsondents responded that natural hair is more attractive. Majority of the respondents think that
natural or ethnic hair is less attractive. As a result I can say that most college students believe that
ethnic hair is not attractive and would prefer not to model that style.
51%
43%
6%
Are natural or ethnic hair styles less or more
attractive?
less attractive
more attractive
missing
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Survey 12
This graph shows the opinion of college students on the topic of when the percieve beuty does it
matter whether the hair is real or synthetic. 51% of the respondents responded with moderately. 26% of
the respondents responded with extremeley and 21% responded with not at all. Majority of the
respondents believe only to a certain extent does it matter that the hair is real or synthetic when
percieving beauty. In other words they majority is neutral to the topic.
26%
51%
21%
2%
When you percieve beauty or attractivness, does it
matter whether the hair is real or synthetic?
extremely
moderately
not at all
missing
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Survey 13
This graph shows the opinion of respondents on whether or not the skin tone of a potential mate may
have any bearing on why they chose that person. 37% of the respondents responded with definitley
won’t and 27% responded with probably won’t. Whereas 30% of the respondents responded with
probably will and 5% responded with definitley will. Majority of the respondents won’t let the skin tone
of their potential mate have any bearing on why they chose that person. Based on my data I can
assume that most college students don’t take skin tone into consideration when they are choosing a
potential mate.
37%
27%
30%
5%
1%
If you do not yet have on, does the skin tone of a
potential mate have any bearing on whether or
not you chose that person?
definitley won't
probably won't
probably will
definitley will
missing
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Survey 14
This bivariate graph gives the opinion of whether or not the respondents think that there is still a
specific shade of skin that is considered beautiful or attractive in the African American community. This
response is conducted by the age group of the respondents. Majority of the respondents believed that there
is still a shade of skin considered beautiful in the African American community less than half responded
that they disagreed. A large percent of respondents will not think they are beautiful or attractive unless
they fit into that shade of skin that is considered to be beautiful. As a result this data shows that most
college students believe that there is a skin tone that’s considered to be beauty.
This graph gives you a group of age respondents of under 21, 21 to 24, 25 to 40, and above 41.
Starting from under 21, 45% of respondents responded yes to the question while11% responded no. The
age group of respondents from 21 to 24, 26% responded yes and 10% responded no. Of the age group 25
to 40, 4% of the respondents responded yes and 1% responded no. For the age group 41 and above, 1% of
the respondents responded yes. Based on my data I can conclude that majority of the respondents believe
you have to be a certain skin color to be considered beautiful.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
under 21 21-24 25-40 41 and above
p e r c e n t a g e
Age
By age of respondents in the African American
community, do you think that there is still a
specific shade of skin that is considered beautiful
or attractive?
yes
no
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Survey 15
This bivariate graph gives the opinion of respondents who thinks that the media effects the issuse of
color consciousness with African Americans. This response is conducted by the classification of the
respondents. What this question is basically asking is does the media portay a certain skin color within
the african amerian community that is considered to be the ideal skin tone. When reffering to media I
mean TV, music, videos, and film. As a result this data shows that most college students believe that
based on what they hear and see in the media is the ideal skin color.
This graph gives you the classification of freshmen, sophomore, juniors, seniors, and graduate
students. It also gives you a legend of whether the resppndents believe that the media effects the issue
of color consciousness with African Americans most of the time, some of the time, hardly ever, or very
seldom. Starting from freshmen, 6% of respondents responded most, 4% some, and 1% very seldom.
Then the sophmore respondents responded 15% most, 11% some, and 2% for both hardly ever and
seldom. Of the juniors 11% responded with most, 8% with some, 1% with hardly, and 2% with very. Of
the seniors 13% responded most, 15% some, and 1% very seldom. Lastly the graduate students
responded with 3% most and 2% some.
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
freshmen sophomore junior senior graduate
P e r c e n t a g e
Classification
By classification do you think the media affects the issue
of color consciousness with African Americans?
most of the time
some of the time
hardly ever
very seldom
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Survey 16
This bivariate graph gives the opinion of whether respondents are attracted to light complexion
people, dark complexion people, or both. This response is shown by the gender of the respondents.
Majority of the respondents are attracted to both complexions while less than half of the respondents
are attracted to either light or dark complexion people. As a result this data shows that most college
students aren’t only attracted to a certain skin color.
This graph gives you the gender of male and female respondents. It also gives you a legend of light
complexion people, dark complexion people, and both. Starting with the males, 8% of respondents
responded are attracted to light complexion people, 4% dark complexion, and 34% both. Then the
female respondents responded with 6% light skinned complexion people, 8% dark complexion, and 38%
for both.
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
male female
P e r c e n t a g e
Gender
By gender are you only attracted to light complexion
people, dark complexion people, or both?
light complexion
dark complexion
both
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Survey 18
This bivariate graph gives the opinion of respondents who thinks that there is a such thing as good
hair. This response is conducted by the age group of the respondents controlling for the classification
sophomores. Majority of the respondents believe there is such a thing as good hair. Based on my data it
is safe to say that these respondents know what the meaning of good hair is. Good hair is not to be
consider natural hair or ethnic hair of the African American community. You have to be mixed of some
type to have good hair.
This graph gives you the age group of respondents which are 21 and under, 21 to 24, 25 to 40, and
above 41. It also gives you a legend of whether the resppndents strongly agree, agree, nuetral, disagree,
or strongly disagree. This graph is controlling for respondents who are sophmores. Starting from the
age group 21 and under 12% of the respondents strongly agree, 6% agree, 4% are neutral, 4% disagree,
and 3% strongly disagree. Then in the age group 21 to 24, 1% of the respondents strongly agree and 1%
of the respondents agree.
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
under 21 21-24 25-40 41 and above
P e r c e n t a g e
Age
By age is there a such thing as good hair controlling for
classification of sophomores?
strongly agree
agree
neutral
disagree
strongly disagree
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Survey 19
Summary and conclusion
This assignment was conducted to survey 100 college students that attended Tuskegee University.
The survey was meant to assess the views of the student’s opinions about the relationship of skin color
and hair. The results were eye-catching and were a good tool for assessing college student’s views on
skin color and hair. The questions were in effect at getting to the point of exactly what the students
views were on skin color and hair. As well as how they felt these things might have an effect on their
lives. The questions covered background information, opinion as well as calculation of the respondent’s
views on. As a result my data for the survey was very effective.
My data for the survey resulted in majority of the respondents responding that your skin color and
hair is very vital to people in todays generation. The impact of skin color and hair in the African
American community matters to many individuals. Skin color and hair can effect the beauty of an
individual. While only few felt as if skin color and hair wasn’t really of importance many felt other wise.
In todays society of African Americans skin color and hair play an important role in their social life.
Seeing that we kept this survey to a minimum by asking only college students that attend Tuskegee
University, which happens to be a historically black college, didn’t give us much of a variety of
responses. In order to get a wider range of different respondents a background question of race would
be a reference. Over all this survey did a good job at interpreting the data needed.
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Survey 21
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Survey 31
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