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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



Survey 2

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.



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%



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?


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%



Survey 5

Table 7

Does having “good texture” hair make you more attractive?


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”?


yes 76 76%

no 24 24%



Survey 6

Table of Contents

Univariate graph 1

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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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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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