MBA 1988 Reunion Survey

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  1. Gender  
Male
 
84 69%
Female
 
38 31%
Total 122 100%
  2. I would like to have more: (Select all that apply)  
Love
 
39 32%
Money
 
55 45%
Recognition
 
24 20%
Sleep
 
51 41%
Responsibility
 
10 8%
Sex
 
42 34%
Time
 
76 62%
Discipline
 
27 22%
Joy
 
38 31%
Stamina
 
27 22%
Inner Peace
 
39 32%
Other, please specify
  
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18 15%
  3. How has your life turned out compared to your expectations at graduation?  
Beyond my wildest expectations
 
9 7%
Better than my expectations
 
55 45%
About what I expected
 
20 16%
Completely different than my expectations, but can't say better or worse
 
35 28%
Below expectations
 
3 2%
Bitterly disappointed
 
1 1%
Total 123 100%
  4. Which best describes your current employment status?  
Employed part-time
 
4 3%
Employed full-time
 
61 50%
Self-employed part-time
 
16 13%
Self-employed full-time
 
16 13%
Full-time homemaker/child caregiver
 
11 9%
Unemployed
 
5 4%
Student
       
0 0%
Retired
 
5 4%
Other, please specify
  
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5 4%
Total 123 100%
  5. If working, how many hours a week do you work?  
Less than 10
 
9 9%
10-20
 
6 6%
20-35
 
12 12%
35-50
 
44 42%
More than 50
 
33 32%
Total 104 100%
  6. How many hours a night do you typically sleep?  
5 or less
 
1 1%
5 1/2 to 6
 
18 15%
6 1/2 to 7
 
58 47%
7 1/2 to 8
 
36 29%
more than 8
 
11 9%
Total 124 100%
  7. How many weeks of vacation did you take in the last 12 months?  
Less than 1
 
5 4%
1-2
 
23 19%
3-4
 
46 38%
5-6
 
21 17%
More than 6
 
27 22%
Total 122 100%
  8. Which of the following best describes your current status?  
First marriage
 
92 75%
Engaged
       
0 0%
Divorced
 
5 4%
Separated
 
4 3%
Domestic partnership
 
1 1%
Never married
 
3 2%
Remarried
 
13 11%
Widowed
       
0 0%
Happily living in sin
 
3 2%
Still looking for the right person
 
1 1%
Other
 
1 1%
Total 123 100%
  9. If married, does your spouse work?  
Yes, full-time
 
37 32%
Yes, part-time
 
26 23%
No
 
45 39%
Not applicable
 
7 6%
Total 115 100%
  10. Do you have children?  
Yes: 1 or 2
 
48 39%
Yes: 3-4
 
58 48%
Yes: 5 or more
 
3 2%
No
 
13 11%
Total 122 100%
  11. If you have children, who is the primary caregiver?  
No children
 
6 5%
I am
 
28 25%
My spouse or partner
 
66 58%
Babysitter/nanny (in home)
 
5 4%
Daycare center/home daycare (outside the home)
       
0 0%
Friend/relative
       
0 0%
Other, please specify
  
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9 8%
Total 114 100%
  12. Has your attitude toward sex changed significantly since graduation?  
Yes, I am no longer obsessed
 
14 12%
Yes, friendship is more important now
 
5 4%
Yes, work is more important now
       
0 0%
Yes, sleep is more important to me now
 
17 14%
Yes, sex is more important to me now
 
15 13%
Not in the least
 
48 40%
Sex? What's sex?
 
13 11%
Other, please specify
  
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7 6%
Total 119 100%
  13. How much TV do you watch?  
TV in the bedroom, wake up or go to sleep to it
 
14 11%
TV on all the time
 
5 4%
A few programs a week
 
70 57%
TV? Who has time for TV?
 
32 26%
No TV at home
 
1 1%
Total 122 100%
  14. How often do you fly?  
Highest frequent flyer status at 3 or more airlines
 
7 6%
Know the airport lounge better than my own home town
 
7 6%
Frequent flyer status on at least one airline
 
63 53%
Have my own pilots license
 
1 1%
Own my own plane
 
4 3%
Rarely fly these days
 
37 31%
Total 119 100%
  15. Which of the following habits do your regularly practice? (Select all that apply)  
Internet surfing
 
71 59%
Internet socializing (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
 
14 12%
Cards - poker or bridge
 
6 5%
Cigars
 
5 4%
Meditation
 
9 8%
Yoga
 
23 19%
Cooking
 
41 34%
Bar hopping
 
3 2%
Dieting
 
15 12%
Exercise
 
99 82%
Sports (other than golf)
 
59 49%
Golf
 
20 17%
Watching movies
 
51 42%
Reading
 
79 66%
Chauffeuring kids around
 
60 50%
Other, please specify
  
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23 19%
  16. How would you describe your current level of fitness?  
Outstanding (e.g. triathlete/marathon runner)
 
10 8%
Very good (regular exercise program)
 
65 53%
Fair (no regular program, but fairly fit)
 
41 34%
Poor (couch potato)
 
5 4%
Atrocious (It’s all I can do to walk to the car)
 
1 1%
Total 122 100%
  17. How well could you fit into the clothes you wore during business school?  
Easily, lots of room
 
32 26%
Yep, they still fit, just
 
48 39%
Uh, no, not quite
 
33 27%
Not by a long shot, are you kidding?
 
9 7%
Total 122 100%
  18. How many employers have you had since graduation?  
1-2
 
37 31%
3-4
 
56 46%
5-6
 
19 16%
7-8
 
6 5%
9+
 
3 2%
Total 121 100%
  19. How many different cities have you lived in since graduation?  
1
 
26 22%
2
 
43 36%
3
 
28 24%
4-5
 
17 14%
6+
 
5 4%
Total 119 100%
  20. How many different countries have you lived in since graduation?  
1
 
79 65%
2
 
27 22%
3
 
11 9%
4+
 
5 4%
Total 122 100%
  21. Which classmate has the job you would most like to have? Why?  
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  22. What has been the craziest (or the most inspired) thing you have done since graduation?  
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  23. What is the most significant accomplishment you feel you have achieved since graduation?  
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  24. What age do you expect to retire?  
Already retired
 
16 13%
50-55
 
9 7%
56-60
 
24 20%
61-65
 
13 11%
66-70
 
5 4%
71+
 
3 2%
I plan to never retire
 
30 25%
No idea, haven't thought about it yet
 
21 17%
Total 121 100%
  25. Who do you think will win the election in November?  
Obama
 
87 72%
McCain
 
33 28%
Total 120 100%
  26. Who do you want to win the election in November?  
Obama
 
76 66%
McCain
 
40 34%
Total 116 100%
  27. What's the best book you've read in the last few years that you could recommend to the rest of us?  
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  28. What's the one thing you wish you had learned in business school that they just didn't teach at the time (or they did but you weren't paying attention)?  
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  29. If you could go back in time and give some life advice to yourself 20 years younger, what would it be?  
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