2001 A. A. Membership Survey *
Age of Members			Introduction to A.A.**			Length of Sobriety
under 21	2%		Self-Motivated	33%		More than 5 years	48%
21 - 30	9%		Through an A.A. member	32%		1 - 5 years	22%
31 - 40	24%		Treatment facility	32%		Less than 1 year	30%
41 - 50	31%		Family	23%		Average Sobriety 7 years
51 - 60	20%		Court Order	12%
61 - 70	10%		Counseling Agency	8%		Meeting Attendance
over 70	4%		Health care provider	7%		Average Meetings	2 per week
Average Age 45			Employer or fellow worker	4%
			Non-A.A. friend or neighbor	4%		Group Membership
Gender			A.A. literature	2%		Home Group	85%
Women	33%		Al-Anon or Alateen member	2%		No Home Group	15%
Men	67%		Correctional facility	2%
			Newspaper/magazine/radio/TV	1%		Sponsorship
Marital Status			Member of clergy	1%		Sponsor	77%
Married	37%		Other	4%		No Sponsor	23%
Single	31%					Got Sponsor < 90 days	71%
Divorced	24%		Race			Got Sponsor > 90 days	29%
Widowed	5%		White	88%
Separated	3%		Black	5%
			Hispanic	4%
			Native Am.	2%		* - Based on 7500 questionnaires
** - 2 responses allowed.			Asian/Other	1%		distributed in 2001.