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Demographics are the foundation of segmentation but should be collected sparingly and placed at the end of the survey — front-loading them depresses completion 4-9% per question. Privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, India DPDP) treat some demographics as sensitive personal data and require explicit consent and minimization. Best practices: only ask demographics you'll actually use in analysis, provide 'Prefer not to say' on sensitive items, follow inclusive answer-option standards (e.g., gender with self-describe and prefer-not-to-say), and use existing CRM data when possible to avoid asking at all. ## Example B2B SaaS survey demographics: role (PM / Eng / Marketing / Sales / Ops / Other), company size (1-10 / 11-50 / 51-200 / 201-1000 / 1000+), tenure as customer (<3mo / 3-12mo / 1-2yr / 2yr+). 4 questions, placed last, completion drop attributable to demographics: 3.2%. ### Run a Demographic Question survey free SpaceForms includes pre-built templates with validated wording. 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