A total of 2148 emails were sent to the subjects, 585 completed and submitted
them. Thus, the response rate for this study was 27.2%. The subjects for the study
consisted of slightly more female (55%) than male (45%). The youngest participants
were in the age group 18-24 years which constituted 5.5% of the total responses whereas
the majority of the participants in this study were in the age groups of 35-44 years, 45-54
years, and 55-64 years which constituted 21.7%, 25.1%, and 22.2% of the total responses.
A majority of the subjects, approximately 84% for this study, fell in the last four
educational categories (some college and beyond), thus indicating that a large number of
respondents were highly educated. Approximately 40% of the respondents had a
household income between $50,000 - $99,999. Table 4.2 shows the demographic of all
the respondents.