Questionnaire about Magazines

Here is a questionnaire that I have created to find out more about what people think about magazines and magazine design. Over the next few weeks I am going to hand this out to aid my research on magazines. If anyone has any comments or changes they think I should make to it, please comment.

1) Name:

2) Gender:
Male
Female

3) Age group:
Under 15
16-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55+

4) For the following areas of interest, which have you bought a magazine about in the last 6 months? (Tick all that apply):
Art & Design
Celebrity news & gossip
Cookery & food
Fashion / women’s lifestyle
Gardening
History
Homes, interiors & DIY
Motoring / men’s lifestyle
Music
Science & technology
Travel / geography
TV listings / information
Wildlife / animals / nature
Other (Please specify: )

5) Which magazines have you bought in the last 6 months? (Tick all that apply):
Closer
Cosmopolitan
Edge
Elle
Elle Decoration
Empire
Esquire
FHM
Glamour
GQ
Grazia
Heat
Hello
Kerrang!
Marie Claire
More
Official Xbox 360 magazine
OK!
PlayStation Official magazine
Reveal
Top gear
Total film
Vogue
Zoo
Other (Please specify: )
None

6) What is it that first attracts you to purchase a magazine? (Tick all that apply):
Colours
Content
Front cover image
Front cover design
Genre
Size
Title
Price
Other (Please specify: )

7) On a scale of 1 – 10, how important do you find magazine content? (Please circle):

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

8) On a scale of 1 – 10, how important do you find magazine design? (Please circle):

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

9) What qualities do you look for in a magazine? (Tick all that apply):
Colourful
Funny
Historical
In-depth articles
Informative
Lots of illustrations
Lots of photographs
Short articles
Other (Please specify: )

10) Do you have any other comments about magazines or magazine design?