My notes :
(the word "race", using that word for humans is very offensive - technically speaking, there are races of dogs and cows, but not of humans (features in humans are much continuous and spread, while in domesticated animals they tend to be more discrete and clustered) - see below ) ;
"number of partners" should be precised, I'm not sure it's clear how to compute it for all kind of relations ;
"work status" : being employed or independent could be an interesting information too ;
"degree" : the names of diploma is quite US-centric, why not just ask for number of years of university study (after end of high school) ?
"political": that can easily lead to troll, but the labels you put don't match to the description in my opinion, for example Scandinavia is social democracy, not socialism, and communism doesn't mean "complete state control", but under theoretical communism, there is no state anymore; I would suggest leaving only the example, and removing the label.
what is "religious background" and how is it different from "family religion" ? My family is atheist since generations (my grandparents were all atheists), but I'm in France, a traditionally catholic country, what should I answer ?
SAT : too US centric, I don't think it should be included.
"degree" : the names of diploma is quite US-centric, why not just ask for number of years of university study (after end of high school) ?
Bachelor's / Master's / Ph. D / MD/JD/other equivalent professional degree is standard in the UK, Australia, etc. as well.
The first draft of the 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey is complete (see 2011 here). I will link it below if you promise not to try to take the survey because it's not done yet and this is just an example!
2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey Draft
I want three things from you.
First, please critique this draft. Tell me if any questions are unclear, misleading, offensive, confusing, or stupid. Tell me if the survey is so unbearably long that you would never possibly take it. Tell me if anything needs to be rephrased.
Second, I am willing to include any question you want in the Super Extra Bonus Questions section, as long as it is not offensive, super-long-and-involved, or really dumb. Please post any questions you want there. Please be specific - not "Ask something about abortion" but give the exact question you want me to ask as well as all answer choices.
Try not to add more than five or so questions per person, unless you're sure yours are really interesting. Please also don't add any questions that aren't very easily sort-able by a computer program like SPSS unless you can commit to sorting the answers yourself.
Third, please suggest a decent, quick, and at least somewhat accurate Internet IQ test I can stick in a new section, Unreasonably Long Bonus Questions.
I will probably post the survey to Main and officially open it for responses sometime early next week.