International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Table 1 Demographics of maker–wearers compared to non-makers wearers and non-wearers
From: Unifying yet dividing: voices of pussyhat maker–wearers who participated in the 2017 Women’s Marches
Maker–wearers | Non-makers, hat wearers | Non-hat wearers | Total = 511 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 71) | % | (n = 221) | % | (n = 219) | % | |||
Age | ||||||||
Gen Z (18–22) | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.8 | 5 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.8 |
Gen Y (23–40) | 13 | 18.3 | 54 | 24.4 | 83 | 37.9 | 150 | 29.4 |
Gen X (41–51) | 29 | 40.8 | 69 | 31.2 | 56 | 25.6 | 154 | 30.1 |
Boomers (52–70) | 22 | 31.0 | 71 | 32.1 | 64 | 29.2 | 157 | 30.7 |
Silent (71 +) | 5 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.3 | 10 | 2.0 |
Not reported | 2 | 2.8 | 23 | 10.4 | 6 | 2.7 | 31 | 6.1 |
Average age | 50 | 47 | 45 | |||||
Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
Non-White | 12 | 16.9 | 14 | 6.3 | 23 | 10.5 | 49 | 9.6 |
White | 56 | 78.9 | 184 | 83.3 | 190 | 86.8 | 430 | 84.1 |
Not reported | 3 | 4.2 | 23 | 10.4 | 6 | 2.7 | 32 | 6.3 |
Education level | ||||||||
HS/GED | 6 | 8.5 | 5 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 14 | 2.7 |
Technical/associate degree | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 7.2 | 15 | 6.8 | 31 | 6.1 |
In college | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 10 | 2.0 |
Bachelors degree | 22 | 31.0 | 50 | 22.6 | 61 | 27.9 | 133 | 26.0 |
Graduate degree | 41 | 57.7 | 122 | 55.2 | 129 | 58.9 | 292 | 57.1 |
Not reported | 2 | 2.8 | 23 | 10.4 | 6 | 2.7 | 31 | 6.1 |
Sexual orientation | ||||||||
Heterosexual | 66 | 93.0 | 168 | 76.0 | 181 | 82.6 | 415 | 81.2 |
Non-heterosexual | 3 | 4.2 | 29 | 13.1 | 32 | 14.6 | 64 | 12.5 |
Not reported | 2 | 2.8 | 24 | 10.9 | 6 | 2.7 | 32 | 6.3 |