I posted on this subject last December, but a recent article in SHRM’s newsletter touched on this subject and got my attention. Here are a few interesting stats:
Dr. Anne E. Laumann, associate professor of dermatology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, and co-researcher Dr. Amy Derick, of the University of Chicago, found that tattoos were more common among younger individuals: 36 percent of people aged 18 to 29 had tattoos, while only 24 percent of those aged 30 to 40 and 15 percent of those aged 40 to 50 reported body art.
Tattoos were seen in all ethnic groups studied but were more common among those with Hispanic ancestry than among all other ethnic groups combined.The researchers found that women accounted for almost three-fourths of people with body piercings other than earlobes.