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1. Age? (Starred questions require an answer.)
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Percent		Response
Count
Under 25.
3.5%13
25-45.
39.7%147
Over 45.
56.8%210

2. Your Gender?
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Percent		Response
Count
Male
32.2%119
Female
67.8%251

3. Are you primarily a leader or follower?
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Count
Leader
30.5%113
Follower
58.9%218
Both
10.5%39

4. What city did you or do you primarily dance tango in? (Answer to this question is optional.)
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Percent		Response
Count
Boise
1.3%2
Ann Arbor
3.3%5
Atlanta
1.3%2
Austin
1.3%2
Bay Area
10.5%16
Boston
2.6%4
Chicago
6.6%10
Dallas/Ft Worth 0.0%0
Denver
0.7%1
Houston
0.7%1
Kansas City 0.0%0
Los Angeles
2.6%4
Miami
2.0%3
Montreal
0.7%1
New York
5.3%8
Portland
28.9%44
Sacramento
3.9%6
San Diego
4.6%7
Seattle
19.1%29
St Louis
1.3%2
Vancouver B.C.
2.0%3
Washington D.C.
1.3%2
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5. Was tango pretty much your first experience in learning any social style partner dance?
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Percent		Response
Count
Yes
31.3%115
No
68.8%253

6. At the time when you first began learning tango, rate your expertise level in the following dances?
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 Zero ExperienceNoviceIntermediateExpertProfesionalResponse
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General Ballroom36.6% (116)30.9% (98)25.9% (82)5.7% (18)0.9% (3)317
Salsa30.3% (101)33.9% (113)29.7% (99)4.5% (15)1.5% (5)333
West Coast Swing43.3% (130)29.0% (87)21.0% (63)6.0% (18)0.7% (2)300
Country & Western61.0% (186)23.3% (71)10.8% (33)4.3% (13)0.7% (2)305
Waltz33.5% (107)27.9% (89)29.5% (94)8.2% (26)0.9% (3)319
Foxtrot46.0% (144)25.6% (80)22.7% (71)5.1% (16)0.6% (2)313
East Coast Swing41.6% (134)21.1% (68)27.0% (87)9.6% (31)0.6% (2)322
Contra/Folk Dancing61.2% (183)25.1% (75)8.7% (26)4.7% (14)0.3% (1)299
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7. What originally prompted you to begin learning tango? (You may choose more than one answer.)
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Percent		Response
Count
My "significant other" dances tango
2.4%8
Saw tango in a movie
16.9%56
Friend(s) suggested I try it.
37.0%123
A workshop was offered at a local studio or community center.
28.9%96
I saw a demonstration of tango.
31.6%105
It was part of a 12-step program.
0.3%1
I went to Argentina.
8.4%28
It was offered as a class in school.
3.6%12
I wanted to expand my social life.
20.2%67
I fell in love with the music.
31.6%105
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8. How positive of an experience was your first few lessons?
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Percent		Response
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It was awful and I hated it.
4.8%17
It was mildly unpleaseant.
10.4%37
It was just neutral.
16.2%58
It was fun and very pleasant.
44.5%159
It was exciting and thrilling.
28.6%102
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9. How did you spend your money on Tango?
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Percent		Response
Count
CD's Music
43.1%154
Group Lessons
84.6%302
Private lessons
53.2%190
Milongas/Grand Ball
56.9%203
Practicas
56.0%200
Workshops/Festivals
62.7%224
Trip to Argentina
26.3%94
Tango Shoes
60.2%215
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10. Where did you primarily study/practice Tango?
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Percent		Response
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Ballroom Dance studio
18.9%66
Local Tango Society or Social Dance Club
39.4%138
Trip to Argentina
15.4%54
Tango Workshop or Festival
34.6%121
Tango Community organized lessons/practicas
70.9%248
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11. How long did you study Argentine Tango?
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Percent		Response
Count
1-to 6 lessons
7.9%29
3 to 6 months
9.3%34
6 months to 1 year
13.9%51
1 to 3 years
30.3%111
more than 3 years
38.5%141

12. Why did you quit Tango? (Select all answers you feel apply.)
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Percent		Response
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Too few milongas and/or practicas locally
8.3%27
Local community too small
15.1%49
Found dance partners to be too critical or rude
22.5%73
Couldn't find someone to practice with.
34.5%112
Ended partnership with significant other/dance partner
10.2%33
Didn't like the music
3.7%12
Too much time and effort to get proficient (too difficult)
13.8%45
Pace of instruction too slow, tedious and laborious
8.0%26
Too elitist
30.8%100
Too exclusionary/cliquish
48.9%159
Close embrace too intimate/uncomfortable
4.9%16
Availabililty of instruction too far away or too infrequent
11.7%38
No one to dance with (ratio of women to men not balanced)
39.4%128
Tango community divisive politics
22.8%74
Too expensive
12.3%40
Didn't like instructor
6.5%21
Lifestyle change such as: moved, got married, had children or lost job
16.3%53
Wrong age group or political/social demographic
10.5%34
Not fun
10.8%35
Religious reasons
0.3%1
Didn't make new friends
12.3%40
Too serious
14.5%47
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13. What would entice you to return to Tango?
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Percent		Response
Count
Hell would have to freeze over, I'm never coming back!
2.2%6
New significant other/dance partner in life who dances tango
54.9%147
Desire to make new friends or socialize
25.7%69
Trip to Argentina
22.8%61
Move to different Tango Community
32.8%88
Find better instructor
18.3%49
Improved Finances or Health
20.9%56
Offered as a community college course
5.2%14
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14. Anything else you'd like to add?
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