Findings
The survey was passed out to a total of 68 people, of which, 37 were female and 30 were male. Originally, we wanted to pass out at least 100 surveys to ensure a representative sample, however, many of the barriers, as previously mentioned, took place. Nevertheless, we found some interesting results. For females, we gathered that 21.6% had tattoos while 78.4% of our sample did not. For those who had tattoos, 13.5% reported only having one and 8.1% had 2 to 3 on them. A majority of the women who had tattoos had images on their bodies (8.6%) while the others simply had words (2.7%) or other (5.4%). The remaining percentage went to those who had both images and words (5.4%).
For those that did not have tattoos, we then asked them a serious of questions determining whether they were open to getting tattoos in the future. Out of the 78.4% of women who did not currently have a tattoo, 27% said they did not consider ever getting one. 37.8% said yes to getting one, while 13.5% were simply unsure. When those who said they were open to getting tattoos were asked how many they would get, 31.6% said one, 18.2% said 2 to 3, and 4.1% said 4 or more. Then, they were asked which type of tattoo they would get and a majority, 18.9% said they would get words. Comparatively, for males, only 13.3% had tattoos while 86.7% did not. Of those who had tattoos, 6.7% reported having one, 3.3% had 2 to 3, and 3.3% had 4 or more. Each type of tattoo—words, image, and representational symbol—that the men reported having scored equally with 3.3% respectively. For those that did not have tattoos currently, 23.3% reported being open to getting one in the future, 43.3% said never, and 20% were unsure. Out of those same individuals, when asked how many tattoos they were open to getting, 16.7% said 2 to 3, 13.3% said 1, and 3.3% said 4 or more. The type of tattoo most frequently thought about getting, within this sample, was a tie between just words alone and images, words, and representational symbols, together (10%). As a whole, we found that more women were likely to fill out the survey and be open to getting tattoos if they had not already had one. Even though the sample is a little skewed toward the female gender, from our data collection, we see that a greater percentage of women had tattoos, however, more men reported having more than four tattoos; the …show more content…
What we had originally hypothesized, was that males would have more tattoos, in addition to wanting to get some later. Another thing that impacted our survey results was the areas in which we passed them out. We saw a slight pattern between the outside participants and the Pepperdine students. The 15 surveys we passed out at Pepperdine, had the most men who reported that they did not have a tattoo and that they would never consider having one. We assumed this result was due to the conservative nature of this Christian school. Other than that, we still found many of the participants to be conservative in the context of tattoo possession. Even though our survey was slightly skewed for the lack of male participation, we believe our results to be somewhat representative of the areas surrounding
The survey was passed out to a total of 68 people, of which, 37 were female and 30 were male. Originally, we wanted to pass out at least 100 surveys to ensure a representative sample, however, many of the barriers, as previously mentioned, took place. Nevertheless, we found some interesting results. For females, we gathered that 21.6% had tattoos while 78.4% of our sample did not. For those who had tattoos, 13.5% reported only having one and 8.1% had 2 to 3 on them. A majority of the women who had tattoos had images on their bodies (8.6%) while the others simply had words (2.7%) or other (5.4%). The remaining percentage went to those who had both images and words (5.4%).
For those that did not have tattoos, we then asked them a serious of questions determining whether they were open to getting tattoos in the future. Out of the 78.4% of women who did not currently have a tattoo, 27% said they did not consider ever getting one. 37.8% said yes to getting one, while 13.5% were simply unsure. When those who said they were open to getting tattoos were asked how many they would get, 31.6% said one, 18.2% said 2 to 3, and 4.1% said 4 or more. Then, they were asked which type of tattoo they would get and a majority, 18.9% said they would get words. Comparatively, for males, only 13.3% had tattoos while 86.7% did not. Of those who had tattoos, 6.7% reported having one, 3.3% had 2 to 3, and 3.3% had 4 or more. Each type of tattoo—words, image, and representational symbol—that the men reported having scored equally with 3.3% respectively. For those that did not have tattoos currently, 23.3% reported being open to getting one in the future, 43.3% said never, and 20% were unsure. Out of those same individuals, when asked how many tattoos they were open to getting, 16.7% said 2 to 3, 13.3% said 1, and 3.3% said 4 or more. The type of tattoo most frequently thought about getting, within this sample, was a tie between just words alone and images, words, and representational symbols, together (10%). As a whole, we found that more women were likely to fill out the survey and be open to getting tattoos if they had not already had one. Even though the sample is a little skewed toward the female gender, from our data collection, we see that a greater percentage of women had tattoos, however, more men reported having more than four tattoos; the …show more content…
What we had originally hypothesized, was that males would have more tattoos, in addition to wanting to get some later. Another thing that impacted our survey results was the areas in which we passed them out. We saw a slight pattern between the outside participants and the Pepperdine students. The 15 surveys we passed out at Pepperdine, had the most men who reported that they did not have a tattoo and that they would never consider having one. We assumed this result was due to the conservative nature of this Christian school. Other than that, we still found many of the participants to be conservative in the context of tattoo possession. Even though our survey was slightly skewed for the lack of male participation, we believe our results to be somewhat representative of the areas surrounding