I’ve updated it to be “Alone, With Parents/Siblings, With Partner/Spouse, With Roommates, or Other” and to allow checking multiple boxes. That does change the wording on a question we’ve used in the past, but I think it’s safe.
Changing it from Pick One to Check All That Apply feels more likely to throw off comparisons to past data. It feels better, because it’s obviously possible to live with a parent, your partner, and roommates all at once, but it is also not how we’ve done it in the past. I’m currently leaning toward making it Check All That Apply (“It’s wrong but it’s tradition” is not the defense I want to give for a decision made for the Less Wrong Census!) but haven’t done it yet. Anyone reading this, feel free to weigh in?
I’ve updated it to be “Alone, With Parents/Siblings, With Partner/Spouse, With Roommates, or Other” and to allow checking multiple boxes. That does change the wording on a question we’ve used in the past, but I think it’s safe.
Changing it from Pick One to Check All That Apply feels more likely to throw off comparisons to past data. It feels better, because it’s obviously possible to live with a parent, your partner, and roommates all at once, but it is also not how we’ve done it in the past. I’m currently leaning toward making it Check All That Apply (“It’s wrong but it’s tradition” is not the defense I want to give for a decision made for the Less Wrong Census!) but haven’t done it yet. Anyone reading this, feel free to weigh in?