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

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By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, June 30, 2001 - 9:48 pm: Edit Post

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



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

Michael's PCV Index

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

By Your Full Name on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 3:37 pm: Edit Post

So I'm obsessively searching for MLM's apparent online personal ad profile, somebody help me out....

By Terri Nagan (adsl-66-127-57-244.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net - 66.127.57.244) on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 1:54 am: Edit Post

This is a work of genius!!!
I'm going to be a PCV in Cameroon this September. I can't wait!

By kamal (193.220.48.3) on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 6:52 am: Edit Post

well, i am not a PCV, but definitely impressed with the log ;-) Am based in Yaounde & Bafoussam...would like to meet any other expat who's here. kamal 977 65 25

By Shelli (ip68-14-139-232.ri.ri.cox.net - 68.14.139.232) on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 8:59 pm: Edit Post

Hey all- I actually saw this list when it orignally came out- crazy where the heck are all the agro RPCV? What happend to you all?

By Anonymous (pool-71-243-8-52.bos.east.verizon.net - 71.243.8.52) on Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:21 pm: Edit Post

do people really have this much sex when they are in the peace corps?


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