Survey Results

Page: First, please provide some basic information about yourself.

1. What is your gender?
	answered question		2,042
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Female		60.0%	1,226
Male		40.0%	816

2. What is your age group?
	answered question		2,042
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Under 30		0.5%	11
30-34		0.1%	2
35-39		0.2%	4
40-44		0.6%	13
45-49		1.8%	37
50-54		14.2%	290
55-59		39.1%	799
60-64		28.5%	581
65-69		10.2%	208
70+		4.3%	87
Prefer not to answer		0.5%	10

3. How about your current marital status?
	answered question		2,042
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Single		9.8%	200
Married		57.2%	1,168
Separated/Divorced		21.7%	443
Widowed		5.7%	117
In a Committed Relationship		5.6%	114

4. What level of education have you completed, please?
	answered question		2,042
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Some High School		1.2%	25
High School (or GED)		8.2%	168
Some college		24.8%	506
Associates Degree		12.0%	245
Bachelors Degree		26.2%	535
Advanced Degree		25.7%	525
Other		1.9%	38

5. What is your current employment status?
	answered question		2,042
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Employed full time		39.4%	805
Employed part time		6.5%	132
Self employed		10.3%	210
Contract/consultant		1.7%	34
Laid off		3.1%	64
Unemployed		3.0%	62
Full time caregiver or homemaker		2.4%	48
Full time student		0.4%	9
Volunteer		0.6%	12
Retired		20.3%	414
Retired, but working a little bit (Collecting SS)		5.8%	119
Retired, disabled		6.5%	133
Other (please specify)			42

6. Do you have any kids or grandkids (including step-children)?
	answered question		2,042
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes, both kid(s) and grandkid(s)		46.6%	952
Yes, just kid(s)		32.4%	662
Yes, just grandkid(s)		1.9%	38
No, no kids or grandkids		18.1%	369
I prefer not to answer		1.0%	21

Page: Snapshot of you in 1969

7. What were you doing in 1969? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,752
	skipped question		293
		Response Percent	Response Count
I was in grade school or high school		41.6%	729
I was in college or grad school		21.3%	374
I was over 18 and living at home with my parent(s)		5.9%	103
I went to school and worked part time		10.9%	191
I went to school and worked full time		3.7%	65
I had a full-time job		23.2%	406
I was in the military		7.0%	122
I was in Vietnam		2.9%	51
I lived on a commune		0.8%	14
I was a rock musician		1.1%	19
I was an artist		2.2%	39
Other (please specify)			256

8. What did you dress like back in 1969? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,704
	skipped question		341
		Response Percent	Response Count
I wore a headband		19.7%	335
I wore platform shoes		24.8%	423
I wore wide ties		10.4%	178
I ironed my hair		12.7%	217
My hair was very long		52.5%	894
I had sideburns		16.8%	287
I had a big mustache		7.2%	123
I wore flowers in my hair		13.1%	223
I wore bell bottom pants		81.5%	1,389
I wore rings on at least 8 fingers		5.8%	98
I wore granny dresses		25.6%	436
I wore beads		31.9%	543
I wore tie dyed clothes		39.0%	665
I wore granny glasses		14.3%	244
I wore something with the peace sign often		32.4%	552
I wore ripped jeans		25.0%	426
Other (please specify)			318

9. What were your favorite slang terms from the '60s? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,712
	skipped question		333
		Response Percent	Response Count
Groovy		48.8%	836
Peace, man!		26.8%	459
Rock 'n roll		28.3%	484
Far out		66.4%	1,137
Can you dig it?		24.3%	416
Happening		15.8%	270
Scarf		4.3%	74
Gas		7.4%	126
Crash		25.9%	443
Pad		20.3%	347
Split		32.1%	550
Drag		34.8%	595
Dig		23.9%	410
Peace Out		9.3%	160
Hang loose		26.2%	449
Other (please specify)			204

10. Did you consider yourself to be a hippie back then?
	answered question		1,832
	skipped question		213
		Response Percent	Response Count
No way! No flowers in MY hair!		24.1%	442
I wanted to be, but never really was		18.4%	337
Maybe a little bit, but others wouldn't have described me as a hippie		40.1%	735
Yeah, man! I was a hippie		17.4%	318
Other (please specify)			130

11. Of the musical artists that performed at Woodstock back in '69, who were your favorites then? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,898
	skipped question		147
		Response Percent	Response Count
Richie Havens		27.3%	518
Sweetwater		6.8%	129
The Incredible String Band		4.7%	89
Bert Sommer		0.5%	9
Tim Hardin		3.4%	64
Ravi Shankar		16.2%	308
Melanie		18.0%	342
Arlo Guthrie		44.0%	835
Joan Baez		51.8%	983
Quill		0.4%	7
Keef Hartley Band		0.9%	17
Country Joe McDonald		25.3%	481
John Sebastian		27.4%	521
Santana		62.5%	1,187
Canned Heat		27.9%	530
Mountain		12.3%	234
Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band		57.4%	1,089
Grateful Dead		32.5%	616
Creedence Clearwater Revival		71.0%	1,347
Sly & the Family Stone		44.8%	850
The Who		54.6%	1,036
Jefferson Airplane		63.9%	1,213
Joe Cocker		46.0%	874
Country Joe and the Fish		29.3%	557
Leslie West/Mountain		4.0%	75
Ten Years After		16.8%	319
The Band		25.4%	482
Blood, Sweat & Tears		56.3%	1,068
Johnny Winter featuring his brother, Edgar Winter		15.4%	292
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young		77.0%	1,462
Paul Butterfield Blues Band		13.4%	254
Sha-Na-Na		28.3%	537
Jimi Hendrix		53.8%	1,022

12. What was the most memorable for you about Woodstock, whether you were there or not.
	answered question		1,784
	skipped question		261
		Response Percent	Response Count
The music		47.0%	838
The experience with my friends		2.9%	51
The mud		5.9%	105
The traffic jams		2.3%	41
The drugs		6.0%	107
The sense of peace and togetherness of our generation at that time		36.0%	642
Other (please specify)			133

13. Back in 1969, what were your career aspirations? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,674
	skipped question		371
		Response Percent	Response Count
I wanted to work for a company that would provide good benefits, pensions, security		23.3%	390
I wanted a good job that could help make a difference		29.7%	498
I wanted a job where I could make big bucks		14.9%	249
I wanted a job that would give back to the community		13.8%	231
I wanted to have my own business		10.0%	168
I wanted to live on a commune and support myself, family, friends and community off the land		7.3%	122
I wanted to change the world through my work		20.5%	344
I wanted to be an artist		13.6%	227
I wanted to be a rock star		4.3%	72
I wanted to be a stay-at-home parent		12.8%	214
Other (please specify)			281

14. What was your attitude toward the corporate world in 1969?
	answered question		1,879
	skipped question		166
		Response Percent	Response Count
I thought it was an important part of the social fabric		11.7%	219
I thought it was a necessary service in an economy		15.3%	288
I thought it was a necessary evil		22.9%	431
I thought it should be brought down		8.7%	163
I didn't think about it		41.4%	778
Other (please specify)			41

15. Did you go to Woodstock in 1969?
	answered question		1,605
	skipped question		440
		Response Percent	Response Count
I wasn't interested or didn't want to go		42.1%	675
I wanted to go but never tried to make plans for it		33.8%	542
I tried to go but something kept it from happening		16.1%	259
I had tickets but never made it in because of traffic jams		0.8%	13
I was there		7.2%	116
Other (please specify)			375

Page: Wanted to or did attend

16. What was the primary reason you wanted to go to the original Woodstock back in '69?
	answered question		1,151
	skipped question		894
		Response Percent	Response Count
Just great music		37.0%	426
The drug scene		1.6%	18
Chance to experience something fun with my friends		28.5%	328
What it represented as 3 days of togetherness and peace		26.5%	305
I didn't want to attend		6.4%	74
Other (please specify)			103

Page: Didn't want to or couldn't attend

17. Why didn't you want to or couldn't attend Woodstock back in 1969? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		707
	skipped question		1,338
		Response Percent	Response Count
I was too young		32.8%	232
My parents wouldn't let me		11.3%	80
It just wasn't my "thing"		50.9%	360
I didn't have the money or time or resources to make it happen		29.0%	205
Other (please specify)			180

Page: Your career aspirations

18. Now, thinking of yourself today, have you achieved your career aspirations?
	answered question		1,911
	skipped question		134
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		63.6%	1,216
No		36.4%	695

Page: Career Fulfillment

19. Which best describes how you feel about fulfilling your career aspirations? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,176
	skipped question		869
		Response Percent	Response Count
My career is/was very satisfying		57.7%	678
My career is/was very successful		35.9%	422
My career is/was beyond my expectations		21.0%	247
In 1969, I never would have dreamed of the career I have or had		45.7%	538
My career has given my life meaning		30.8%	362
I have or have had a really fun and enjoyable career		43.6%	513
Other (please specify)			102

Page: Career disappointment

20. How has your career disappointed you? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,318
	skipped question		727
		Response Percent	Response Count
I had or have had a career that was less than what I expected		20.6%	272
I had or have had a career but not the one to which I aspired		34.0%	448
I was on a path but "life got in the way" and I never achieved my dream		30.0%	395
I never had a job I liked		6.5%	86
I earned a lot of money but was miserable		5.0%	66
My career was okay, but I didn't make much money		34.6%	456
Other (please specify)			352

Page: Corporate world

21. What is your attitude toward the corporate world today?
	answered question		1,783
	skipped question		262
		Response Percent	Response Count
I think it is an important part of the social fabric		21.7%	387
I think it is a necessary in an economy and provides a sense of self-worth		23.6%	421
I think it is a necessary evil		35.7%	636
I think it should be brought down		11.9%	213
I don't think about it		7.1%	126
Other (please specify)			123

22. Do you consider yourself to be a hippie today?
	answered question		1,831
	skipped question		214
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		8.6%	158
Sort of		37.9%	694
No, it was just a phase		19.5%	357
No, never was		34.0%	622
Other (please specify)			88

23. The Vietnam War dominated the news during the summer of 1969. Did you participate in any anti-war protests back then?
	answered question		1,846
	skipped question		199
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		35.9%	662
No		64.1%	1,184
Other (please specify)			125

Page: No I did not protest the Vietnam War

24. Although you did not protest against the Vietnam War, what was your position about it? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,079
	skipped question		966
		Response Percent	Response Count
I supported the government's position		16.5%	178
I was serving in the military in Vietnam at the time.		10.1%	109
I was against the war but supported our troops over there		67.5%	728
I wanted to go to an anti-war protest, but just never did		11.3%	122
Other (please specify)			177

Page: Activism

25. Did Woodstock influence your attitude toward anti-war protesters?
	answered question		1,809
	skipped question		236
		Response Percent	Response Count
It made me more tolerant of protesters		19.4%	351
It made me less tolerant of protesters		7.2%	130
It did not influence my position at all		73.4%	1,328
Other (please specify)			72

26. How would you categorize your personal level of citizen activism today vs. 40 years ago?
	answered question					1,784
	skipped question					261
	Much more today	Somewhat more today	Somewhat less today	Much less today	Rating Average	Response Count
Anti-war protests	8.1% (133)	25.9% (424)	24.2% (396)	41.7% (683)	3.00	1,636
Grass roots activism	16.8% (278)	36.6% (607)	22.7% (376)	23.9% (397)	2.54	1,658
Social organizing	13.5% (220)	37.4% (608)	25.3% (411)	23.8% (388)	2.59	1,627
Volunteerism	32.7% (564)	38.5% (663)	16.9% (292)	11.9% (205)	2.08	1,724
Political activism	21.8% (365)	41.0% (685)	18.2% (305)	19.0% (317)	2.34	1,672
Other (please specify)						88

Page: Woodstock's impact on me

27. How did growing up in the '60s impact you? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,743
	skipped question		302
		Response Percent	Response Count
It made me a more open-minded person, which I appreciate now		77.2%	1,345
It brought the importance of peace to the front		39.9%	696
It influenced my decisions as a parent		37.3%	650
It made it easier for me to let my kids discover themselves		37.9%	660
It heightened my interest in music as a universal language		42.0%	732
Other (please specify)			121

28. If you could go back to the '60s, would you? (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,735
	skipped question		310
		Response Percent	Response Count
I enjoyed it all and would absolutely choose to live through it again		50.8%	882
I would happily skip that time		8.6%	150
It was a very difficult time for me, but it's impact on me was important.		24.6%	427
I am who I am because of the '60s		45.4%	788
Other (please specify)			143

29. In 1969, I never would have imagined that in 40 years I... (Please check all that apply.)
	answered question		1,710
	skipped question		335
		Response Percent	Response Count
Would so enjoy being a grandparent		32.7%	559
Would still be working		28.6%	489
Would as strongly or more strongly espouse the values of peace, love and community		32.7%	560
Would be single		27.7%	473
Would see an African American president of the USA		59.2%	1,013
Would enjoy music as much as I did then		37.0%	632
Would be as engaged in my children's/grandchildren's lives as I am		32.0%	548
Would still be looking for my soulmate		25.0%	428
Would still be a peace-nik		17.4%	298
Would be looking forward to the Woodstock 40th event with the same eagerness as I did the 1st		11.6%	198
Other (please specify)			217

30. Have we achieved our ideals as a generation...not completely, and not every one, but in general? The purpose of this question is to understand how we as a generation perceive ourselves on this question. So, how do you feel? Did we?
	answered question		884
	skipped question		1,161
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		41.7%	369
No		58.3%	515
Why or why not? Please add your insights here.			462