Based on an informal survey by Michael Metcalf of 23 Agroforestry, Community Development and Health PCVs taken at their Close of Service Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon in August 1997:

 

 



 
 
  • Percentage of Peace Corps Volunteers that miss Mexican food more than their mom: 86
  • Percentage of pet owners who had one eaten: 53
  • Number of different types of insects eaten by the average PCV: 2
  • Percentage of PCVs who miss cheese more than their siblings: 67
  • Average number of pounds lost by male volunteers during their
    service: 17
  • Average number of pounds gained by female volunteers: 1
  • Average number of hours PCVs “actually work at post” per week: 13
  • Percentage of volunteers who spend more of their time working than either drunk or asleep: 1 Percentage of PCVs who spend most of their time asleep: 82
  • Number of times the average PCV masturbates per month: 25
  • Percentage of PCVs who had sex during their Peace Corps service: 85
  • Percentage of males who had sex: 100
  • Percentage of females who had sex: 75
  • Percentage of male PCVs who fooled around with a Cameroonian: 60
  • Percentage of female PCVs who fooled around with a Cameroonian: 38
  • Percentage of volunteers who had sex with a Cameroonian: 35
  • Percentage of PCVs with neither running water nor electricity at post: 55
  • Percentage of PCVs with electricity: 32
  • Percentage of PCVs with running water: 29
  • Average number of times a PCV soiled his or her shorts: 1.4
  • Ratio of the percentage of women who did not shave their legs while in Cameroon to the percentage of PCVs who voted in the 1996 US presidential election: 2:1
  • Average number of beers consumed per week while at post: 3.5
  • Average number of beers consumed per week when around other PCVs: 21
  • Percentage of volunteers who like the Grateful Dead: 67
  • Percentage of PCVs who saw lions at Waza Game Park: 13
  • Percentage of PCVs who like the Grateful Dead who saw lions at Waza Game Park: 29
  • Number of administrative separations the average PCV has earned: 3
  • Longest bush taxi ride, in hours: 48
  • Percentage of female PCVs bothered more by sexual harassment than by illness, racial harassment or bush taxi rides: 55
  • Percentage of male volunteers who were bothered most by sexual harassment: 0
  • Percentage of female volunteers who experienced petty theft while in Cameroon: 92
  • Percentage of male volunteers who experienced petty theft while in Cameroon: 50
  • Percentage of male volunteers who were robbed, mugged, assaulted, and/or had their home broken into during their Peace Corps service: 50
  • Percentage of female volunteers: 75
  • Percentage of female PCV who take Doxycycline rather than Meflaquin: 38
  • Percentage of male PCVs who do: 0
  • Most days a PCV has gone without seeing another ex-patriot: 75
  • Number of visitors from abroad received by the average PCV: 1
  • Number of 10 total provinces visited by the average PCV: 8
  • Percentage of volunteers who left Cameroon on vacation: 50
  • Percentage of PCVs who like dried fish: 39
  • Number of articles of clothing the average volunteer had tailored: 9
  • Most batons de monioc consumed in one day: 12