The Ecphorizer
| Mensa Rosterology II |
| Ken Uhland |
Issue #08 (April 1982)
Another overload of data about members of San Francisco Mensa
[quoteright]It's time to see what else we can find out about the membership of San Francisco Regional Mensa, based on the information on the data tape provided by National Mensa last year. (We had 2,566 members at the time.)
DATE 31.02% of the members of S. F. Regional Mensa have never been married...
Of BIRTH Exact dates of birth are not given for 433 members, although 49 of these individuals admit to being "over 21." Of the remaining 2,133, 693 (27.01% of all members) share their birthdays with at least one other member, a total of 136 dates. The largest number of persons sharing a single birth date is 3 and there are 13 such dates:
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February 17, 1938 |
April 9, 1943 |
July 13, 1952 |
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July 19, 1943 |
January 10, 1946 |
August 26, 1952 |
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October 25, 1943 |
October 2, 1946 |
August 6, 1952 |
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July 28, 1944 |
March 22, 1951 |
September 13, 1957 |
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January 28, 1946 |
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The year having the largest number of birth dates is 1946 (99 members - 3.86%) and November of that year has the largest number of birth dates for a single month (16 members 6.24%). The breakdown of birthdays by month is as follows:
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January |
178 |
May |
155 |
September |
180 |
|
February |
176 |
June |
179 |
October |
180 |
|
March |
182 |
July |
191 |
November |
194 |
|
April |
172 |
August |
180 |
December |
166 |
Our youngest member was born on 3-21-75 and our eldest members were both born on 9-1999. Ages of our members then range from 7 through 83. The majority are in their midthirties:
|
Age |
No. of Members |
Percent of Total |
|
34 |
98 |
3.82% |
|
33 |
91 |
3.55% |
|
35 |
88 |
3.43% |
|
38 |
81 |
3.16% |
|
31 |
77 |
3.00% |
|
36 |
74 |
2.88% |
|
37 |
68 |
2.65% |
The ages which have the fewest number of members are 15 (6 members); 14, 67 and 70 (5 each); 16 and 76 (4 each); 71 and 81 (3 each); 9, 10, 13 and 83 (2 each); and 6, 7, 11, 12, 73, 75, 77 and 80 (1 each).
EDUCATION. Education levels are distributed thus:
|
No. of Members |
Percent of Total |
Educational Level |
|
426 |
16.60% |
M.A. or equivalent, not now attending |
|
377 |
14.69% |
Four-year college graduate |
|
285 |
11.11% |
Some college, not now attending |
|
No. of Members |
Percent of Total |
Educational Level (continued) |
|
216 |
8.42% |
Doctorate(s) |
|
186 |
7.25% |
Some graduate study, not now attending |
|
164 |
6.39% |
Graduate student (part or full time), with B.A. or equivalent |
|
156 |
6.08% |
Currently undergraduate in college |
|
92 |
3.59% |
Two-year junior college graduate |
|
78 |
3.04% |
4 or more years of college, but no degree |
|
68 |
2.65% |
Graduate student already possessing one or more graduate degrees |
|
66 |
2.57% |
High school graduate |
|
44 |
1.71% |
Currently in junior high or high school |
|
34 |
1.33% |
Multiple graduate degrees |
|
7 |
0.27% |
Currently in elementary school |
|
6 |
0.23% |
Some junior or high school, not now attending |
|
3 |
0.12% |
Elementary school graduate |
|
3 |
0.12% |
Some elementary school, not now attending |
|
1 |
0.04% |
Pre-school |
|
18 |
0.70% |
Other, or none of the above |
|
336 |
13.09% |
Educational level not stated |
MARITAL STATUS The majority of SFRM's members have never been married (796 - 31.02%) and 353 people (13.76%) are not telling. The rest of you folks look like this:
|
Number of Members |
Percent of Total |
Marital Status |
|
548 |
21.36% |
In first marriage |
|
387 |
15.08% |
Presently unmarried and divorced once |
|
194 |
7.56% |
In second marriage after divorce |
|
89 |
3.47% |
Presently unmarried and divorced more than once |
|
55 |
2.14% |
In third or later marriage |
|
48 |
1.87% |
Unmarried -- widowed |
|
42 |
1.64% |
Presently separated in first marriage |
|
28 |
1.09% |
Presently separated in 2nd or later marriage |
|
11 |
0.43% |
In second marriage after death of spouse |
|
15 |
0.58% |
Other; or none of the above. |
Rosterologist Ken Uhland was also the Puzzle Editor of the Intelligencer for over 20 years, and was Local Coordinator of the Nude Recreations and Free Beaches Special Interest Group. Ken passed away in May, 2004, at age 58.
Contributor Profile
Ken Uhland
Master Puzzler Ken Uhland graced the pages of the SFRM Intelligencer with puzzles for over two decades. Ken has worked as a taxi driver and a technical instructor. For many years he coordinated the Mensa volunteers during San Jose's KTEH-TV's PBS Pledge Weeks. Ken passed away in May, 2004, at age 58.