1. WHO WE ARE IN 2004

2. www.1979reunionfever.com – raw survey results – today’s presentation –Do your own crosstabs!

3. Gender

4. Race

5. Marriage, Kids, Lifestyle – 84% Married or Engaged – 81% With Kids – 91% Of The Married Have Kids – 65% Rate Health Excellent, 31% Good

6. Career, Work Spirituality – 26% Protestant, 23% Jewish, 17% Catholic – 85% Went On To Further Education, 60% Top 3 – 60% Work In Business/Medicine/Law

7. Money & Sex – 41% 200K and Individual Income – 58% 200K and HH Inc. – 94% Heterosexual – 58% Have Sex 0-5 Times/Month

8. Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1979 Survey Report: Marriage, Kids, Lifestyle

9. Ever Married? – 6% of Men, 14% of Women, Never Married – 2% of Women Engaged – 1% of Men and Women Separated – 4% of Men and Women Divorced – 3% of Men and Women Living with Partner

10. Times Married – 1 Time = 76% Women, 80% Men – 2 Times = 6% Women, 10% Men – 1 Woman, 4 or More Times

11. Does Marriage Need Term Limits? 5% of those favoring term limits are divorced compared to only 4% of those not favoring term limits. 5% of those favoring term limits are divorced compared to only 4% of those not favoring term limits.

12. Age at First Marriage

13. Married to a Harvard Classmate

14. Classmates for Life? –Divorce rate is 14% for classmates married to non-classmates –4% for classmates married to classmates

15. How Great is Marriage

16. But the trend isn’t great…

17. Time Spent With Partner –65% Women, 53% Men, spend less time than would like –34% Women, 43% Men, as much as they would like –1% Women, 4% Men, more than they would like

18. Cheating Scum “Have you ever been unfaithful…?”

19. Out of Sight, Out of Mind –58% of the “faithful” spend less time with partners than they would like, vs. 38% of faithful –11% of unfaithful spend more time with partners than they would like, vs. 2% for faithful –But 38% of the “unfaithful” would still like to spend more time with spouse

20. Sexual frequency…but with whom?

21. A Portrait in Clean Living

22. Got Kids?

23. Want More Kids?

24. Kids –49% Public School, 46% Private, 4% Parochial, 1% at Home –8% of us have kids in College, plus –Additional 4% have kids at Harvard –18% Kids with ADD/ADHD/Autism

25. How we spend our free time

26. If I had more time to spend

27. Fertility Have you or your partner undergone treatment to enhance fertility or the ability to bring pregnancy to term? How old were you when you had your first child? My children are:

28. If we could do it all again…would we, could we? –Of those without kids, 25% would repeat that choice, 31% would have kids, 44% unsure –Of those with 1 kid, 57% would have more, 29% have earlier –Of those with 2 kids, 24% would have more

29. Children are Life Changing…

30. …but they don’t change themsleves For child care…. I’m at home and…

31. Kids and relationships Kids affected relationship… After kids, we had sex…

32. Priorities

33. Satisfied with balance between career, family, friends, community and self?

34. Looking back on H-R…

35. How Happy is Happy? What has been the happiest period of your life? Now, I am:

36. Stress

37. Stress Over Time

38. SOS –72% of Women sought psych. counsel –49% of Men sought psych. counsel

39. Don’t worry, get happy –18% of Women have been treated for depression with drugs, plus 20% currently (38% in total) –9% of Men have been treated for depression with drugs, plus 8% currently (17% in total)

40. Can Money Buy…

41. Happiness & Marital Status

42. Cosmetic Surgery…we know you’re out there –1% of Women: breasts, face, liposuction, collagen –3% of Women: nose –4% of Women: botox –5% of Women: eyes –1% of Men: eyes, face, liposuction, botox

43. The Future Looks…

44. Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1979 Survey Report: Career, Work, Spirituality

45. Impact of H-R on Career 2/3 of class credits H-R with radically changing the course of their careers 2/3 of class credits H-R with radically changing the course of their careers – 9% opportunities I never dreamed of –55% significant effect on my career –33% incidental effect on my career – 3% no effect

46. But are our work colleagues interesting? Only 1 out of 5 found career colleagues the most stimulating peer group Only 1 out of 5 found career colleagues the most stimulating peer group –22% met most stimulating group in career –58% met them at H-R –3% met them at secondary school –12% met them in grad school, other

47. What are we doing: we work We worked hard to get into H-R and we haven’t stopped working since We worked hard to get into H-R and we haven’t stopped working since –Paid work outside: men 87%/women 70% –Paid work at home: men 8%/women 14% –Unpaid work: men 5%/women 16%

48. We work long hours ¾ of our class works more than 40 hrs/wk ¾ of our class works more than 40 hrs/wk –15% work >60 hrs/wk –31% work 51-60 hrs/wk –26% work 41-50 hrs/wk –12% work 35-40 hrs/wk –16% work <34 hours/wk

49. Long hours v. balance Despite our long work hours, ¾ of us sees ourselves as living balanced lives Despite our long work hours, ¾ of us sees ourselves as living balanced lives –I’m serene with my balance: 19% –I’m content with my balance: 52% –I’m somewhat troubled: 24% –I’m quite concerned: 5%

50. Long hours v. priorities Despite all that work, we don’t see our careers as our priorities Despite all that work, we don’t see our careers as our priorities – #1 Priority for those with kids: family 83%/career 13%/personal 4% family 83%/career 13%/personal 4% – #1 Priority for those with no kids: career 38%/personal 33%/family 29% career 38%/personal 33%/family 29% –Note: average number of kids/family = 2.3

51. If not working for pay, why not? Not surprisingly, half of those not working for pay are taking care of families Not surprisingly, half of those not working for pay are taking care of families –50% care for family –32% are switching jobs/careers/studying –13% don’t need the money –4% poor health

52. Who’s Working Where

53. We like big institutions Half the class landed jobs in big organizations Half the class landed jobs in big organizations –48% work with firms of >100 employees –25% work with firms of 10-100 employees –24% are self-employed

54. We don’t like change We are allergic to change and failure We are allergic to change and failure –2/3 have never been laid off or fired –half have never changed their careers –2/3 have been with their current employer for more than 6 years –40% have been with their current employer for more than 10 years

55. Destination: the professions 2/3 of class is in business/law/medicine 2/3 of class is in business/law/medicine –26% business –17% medicine –16% law – 5% college+ teaching – 4% journalism/communication – 3% or less: architecture, research, politics, farming, arts, religion, government, at home

56. Destination: big cities 2/3 of class chose jobs in urban areas 2/3 of class chose jobs in urban areas –Urban: men 67%/women 68% –Suburban: men 27%/women 19% –Rural: men 6%/women 13%

57. Destination: satisfaction 2/3 of class is happy or more with career decisions 2/3 of class is happy or more with career decisions –30% very happy –38% happy –21% satisfied –11% unhappy

58. Satisfaction was our goal Here is why we chose our careers Here is why we chose our careers –42% for personal fulfillment –33% to help others/contribute to society –13% for the money –10% for personal freedom/flexibility – 3% drifting/confused

59. Let talk raw numbers Here are our household incomes Here are our household incomes –29% have household income <$150,000 –43% have household income between $150,000-$400,000 $150,000-$400,000 -28% have household income over $400,000 18% between $400-999K, 10% $1+ Mil 18% between $400-999K, 10% $1+ Mil

60. The millionaires The millionaires 48 classmates with $1+ million/year annual income responded to the survey –80% think they are fairly paid or underpaid –65% think their future is very bright versus 35% for the rest of the class –¾ picked their work for personal fulfillment or to contribute to society; only 20% say their picked their work for the money

61. Making it or marrying it? 35 classmates have individual incomes of $1+ million/year: 34 men, 1 woman 35 classmates have individual incomes of $1+ million/year: 34 men, 1 woman 48 classmates have HH incomes of $1+ million/year: 37 men, 11 women 48 classmates have HH incomes of $1+ million/year: 37 men, 11 women So, So, –11% of men in survey earn $1+ mil/year –<1% of women earn $1+ mil/year –12% of men have HH inc of $1+ mil/year – 8% of women have HH inc of $1+ mil/year

62. How we got where we are The same qualities which got us into H-R have been our career foundation The same qualities which got us into H-R have been our career foundation –46% succeeded through hard work –32% succeeded through intelligence –18% succeeded through ability to get along – 4% succeeded through luck

63. So have we aced our careers? We grade ourselves harder than professors graded us; only 1/3 of the class has done more than it expected We grade ourselves harder than professors graded us; only 1/3 of the class has done more than it expected – 8% succeeded beyond my wildest dream –24% have done better than expected –32% are at about where we expected to be –21% have not attained their expectations –15% never looked that far ahead

64. Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1979 Survey Report: Spirituality

65. Spirituality by the numbers Our class is quite diverse spirituality Our class is quite diverse spirituality –27% Protestant –22% Jewish –16% Catholic –16% Agnostic/9% Atheist –10% Buddhist, E. Orthodox, Moslem, New Age, other New Age, other

66. Career choice v. religion “My son the Jewish doctor” for our class is “my son the Jewish lawyer” “My son the Jewish doctor” for our class is “my son the Jewish lawyer” Jewish Catholic Protest’t Agnostic/ Jewish Catholic Protest’t Agnostic/ Atheist Atheist –PhD 15% 2% 6% 16% –JD 25% 17% 19% 16% –MBA 15% 31% 29% 15% –MD 13% 17% 19% 22%

67. We join, but don’t go (see career) 2/3 of us has affiliated with big religious organizations, but our attendance is spotty 2/3 of us has affiliated with big religious organizations, but our attendance is spotty –Half said everyone in the household is formally affiliated with a place of worship –Another 26% said one partner is affiliated –But, ¾ never or only occasionally attends a house of worship

68. How we see our spiritual selves ¼ of the class sees itself as religious ¼ of the class sees itself as religious – 8% very religious –16% religious –33% somewhat religious –31% not religious –12% spiritual but not religious

69. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it We’ve stuck with the religious choices we made before or during college We’ve stuck with the religious choices we made before or during college –84% have not changed religions since college –80% are teaching their children one or both parents’ religious beliefs

70. God and Harvard 2/3 of us believes in God or Higher Power 2/3 of us believes in God or Higher Power –30% believe in God with no doubts –23% believe in God with some doubts –15% believe in a Higher Power –18% don’t believe at all –14% aren’t sure

71. Talking with God Although 68% believe in God or Higher Power, only 18% talk to Him/Her/Whoever on a regular basis Although 68% believe in God or Higher Power, only 18% talk to Him/Her/Whoever on a regular basis –18% pray daily –39% pray occasionally – 2% pray at meals –41% don’t pray

72. Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1979 Survey Report: Money & Sex ( not necessarily in that order )

73. Annual Personal Income

74. How many times per month do you have sex?

75. Sex Frequency By Income

76. Income by Gender

77. Income By Degree

78. Income By Times Fired

79. Income By Career

80. How Often Do You Compromise Your Ethics

81. Success Self-Rating By Income

82. Stress By Income

83. Sought Pysch Counsel by Income

84. Happiness By Income

85. Happiness By Income - Gender

86. Standard of Living Compared to Parents

87. Sexual Orientation by Gender

88. Sex Frequency By Gender

89. Happiness By Sex Frequency

90. Happiness By Sex Frequency - Gender

91. Sex Frequency By Marital Status

92. Kid’s Effect On Sex Life By Gender

93. Sex Frequency – Classmate as Spouse

94. Sex and Stress

95. Sex Frequency & Viagra

96. Sex Satisfaction By Viagra Use

97. Age When First Had Sex

98. Number of Sexual Partners

99. Rating of Sexual Satisfaction By Gender

100. Sex Drive and Age

101. Do Bush Fans Have More Sex

102. Threats To U.S. Security

103. 911 Effect By Location

104. 911 Effect By Gender

105. Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1979 Survey Report: Politics

106. Political Affiliation

107. Voted for in 2000

108. Rating For Bush

109. Country Better Now vs. 5 Years Ago

110. Country Now vs. 1979

111. Will Vote For…..

112. Changed Party Affiliation Since 1979