Demographics of Utah Chapters - 1998

In the spring of 1998, the State Research committee sent a survey to all chapters. The summary below shows the demographic portion of that survey.

1. Of 24 Chapters, 14 returned the surveys (58% response.)
2. 184 members completed the survey - some responses included more than one category.
   • 116 work in elementary education (63%)
   • 8 work in pre-schools (4%)
   • 28 work in jr. high/ middle schools (15%)
   • 35 work in high schools (19%)
   • 15 work in colleges/universitys (8%)
   • 7 work in district offices (4%)
   Several chapters had majority of membership working in the same setting (e.g. high school).
3. Degrees held:
   • 43% have Bachelors or Bachelors+ degrees
   • 51% have Masters degrees
   • 5% have Ph.D. or Ed.D. degrees
   • 2 members are registered nurses working in schools
4. 178 members answered the question about being employed or retired.
   • 67% are actively working in the schools
   • 33% are retired
5. 171 members reported the number of years they had been employed by school districts.
   • The range was from 6 to 40 years!
   • Most of our membership have been teaching from 20 to 23 years
6. 160 members answered the question about the number of years they have been members of Delta Kappa Gamma:
   • 43% have been members from 1 to 7 years
   • 12% joined during the past year. Congratulations to our membership committees!
   • 19% have been members 23-45 years
   • 18% have belong to a chapter from 8 to 14 years
   • 19% have been members from 15 to 22 years
7. Members reported that they had graduated from the following universities:
   • 71 from U of U
   • 33 from BYU
   • 42 from USU
   • 8 from SUU
   • 32 from WSU
   • 9 from Westminster
   • 45 from other universities across the US
   • 1 from Canada
   • 1 from Switzerland