Age of researchers poll results

Here are the results of our fifth Unlock the Past poll. Two questions were asked:

• What age bracket are you in?
• What year did you start researching?

What age bracket are you in? – 460 responses

Age bracket              #votes             #voters

• less than 20                5                    1.1%
• 21-30                         7                    1.5%
• 31-40                       26                    5.7%
• 41-50                       69                   15.0%
• 51-60                      142                  30.9%
• 61-70                      163                  35.4%
• 71-80                        42                    9.1%
• over 80                       6                    1.3%

What year did you start researching? – 371 responses, we have restructured the results to show how long people have been researching.

No of years               #votes             #voters

• 1 year                        2                   0.5%
• 2 years                       8                   2.2%
• 3 years                       9                   2.4%
• 4 years                       2                   0.5%
• 5 years                     12                   3.2%
• 6-10 years                 54                 14.6%
• 11-15 years               55                 14.8%
• 16-20 years               52                 14.0%
• 21-25 years               58                 15.6%
• 26-30 years               50                 13.5%
• 31-35 years               33                   8.9%
• 36-40 years               19                   5.1%
• 41-50 years               13                   3.5%
• 51-60 years                 3                   0.8%
• 60-70 years                 1                   0.3%

Where the voters came from

• Australia – 434
• New Zealand – 10
• Canada – 2
• United States – 2
• China – 1
• Ireland 1
• Spain – 1
• Unknown – 6