English learners who are studying in CAALE and our group ranging from ages 15+. Our total group was 30 people. We formed age groups according the range of age of the respondents. The age groups are: 15-17, 18-20, 21-23, 24-26 and >26
In the following chart shows the number of women and men who participated in the survey
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| Figure 1: Number of men and woman according age group |
Our survey consist in different questions related to the topic. In the following charts shows the percent of people that are agree with each question.
The second part of our survey were multiple choice questions:
Why do you think Day of the Dead is important?
The majority of respondents(83%) thinks Day of the Dead is important because it is a Mexican tradition, 10% thinks is important because their parents says it, 4% thinks it is funny and 3% do not know why they celebrate Day of the Dead
At home, do you set altars?
63% of respondents said that in their house they set altars, 27% said sometimes set altars and 10% never set altars at home
Do you visit family graves every year?
43% of respondents visit family graves every year, 47% sometimes visit graves, only 10% never visit family graves.
Do you think it is wrong that children learn about Halloween?
23% of respondents said it is wrong because our traditions get lost, 23% thinks that each person it is free to choose what their children learn, 23% do not care this, and majority (31%) thinks it is ok as long as they remember their traditions
In the third part of our survey were open questions. We asked about items that are set in altars and most people answered: Favorite food and drinks of the deceased, incense, tequila, candles, salt, photos, water, flowers, candy skulls, hojaldras and fruit. Another question was about the character most representative for this tradition but only one person knowed about this character ("La Catrina").
The goal of these questions was know about the knowledge of people about the Day of the Dead.
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