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Survey - AB/DL Practices, Part 1

This survey focused on a few common AB/DL practices. These practices were clustered into groups, with each section focusing on one group. Of course, not all AB/DLs engage in all AB/DL practices. To accommodate this efficiently, most sections included an initial question or two. If the section wasn't relevant to a particular AB/DL, then these questions recorded that, and the surveyee was asked to go to the next section. Regrettably, due to the number of AB/DL practices and the desire to cover them in some depth, many practices couldn't be included.

Since this survey did not use tables in its questions, a separate list-based version of the survey form was not necessary to accommodate visually impaired surveyees. This is in contrast to Survey #2, which did.

A copy of the AB/DL Practices survey is provided for reference.

Summary Results

• Basics: This part focused on basics such as sexual orientation and birthyear.
• Favorite Media: This part focused on the media; the websites, magazines, books, movies, etc. that AB/DLs enjoy.
• Favorite Media (texts): This essay question asked surveyees "Is there something that you would like to add about your favorite ab/DL-related picture, story, video, etc. ?"
• Ideal Partners: This part explores the ideal partner, as defined by an AB/DL, as well as what compromises might be considered.
• Coming out: This part focused on a common concern among AB/DLs - the decision to come out or not.
• Coming out (texts):This essay question asked surveyees "What suggestions would you give to others who were thinking of coming out?"
• Needing diapers: This part focused on needing diapers. Specifically, if they AB/DL does need them, wants to need them, and has taken steps toward needing them.
• Needing diapers (texts)This essay question asked surveyees "Is there a comment that you would like to add about wearing diapers 24/7, losing control, or needing diapers?"
• Significant others: This part focused on an AB/DL's actual significant other, who might be quite different than the AB/DLs ideal partner.
• Significant others (texts): This essay question asked surveyees "What advice would you give to another AB/DL who was looking for someone special or just starting a relationship, or to a non-AB/DL who is in a new relationship with an AB/DL?"

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