EA - EA Survey 2022: Demographics by David Moss

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EA Survey 2022: Demographics, published by David Moss on May 15, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.SummaryGenderSince 2020, the percentage of women in our sample has increased (26.5% vs 29.3%) and the percentage of men decreased (70.5% vs 66.2%).More recent cohorts of EAs have lower percentages of men than earlier cohorts. This pattern is compatible with either increased recruitment of women, non-binary or other non-male EAs in more recent years and/or men being more likely to drop out of EA.We examine differences between cohorts across years and find no evidence of significant differences in dropout between men and women.Race/ethnicityThe percentage of white respondents in our sample (76.26%) has remained fairly flat over time.More recent cohorts contain lower percentages of white respondents (compatible with either increased recruitment and/or lower dropout of non-white respondents).We also examine differences between cohorts across years for race/ethnicity, but do not find a consistent pattern.AgeThe average age at which people first get involved in EA (26) has continued to increase.Education and employmentThe percentage of students in the movement has decreased since 2020 and the percentage in employment has increased. However, just over 40% of those who joined EA in the last year were students.Universities11.8% of respondents attended the top 10 (QS) ranked universities globally.Career strategiesThe most commonly cited strategy for impact in one’s career was ‘research’ (20.61%) followed by ‘still deciding’ (19.63%).More than twice as many respondents selected research as selected ‘earning to give’ (10.24%), organization-building skills (ops, management), government and policy, entrepreneurship or community building (