2. What is your age?  

3. City, State, Country in which you reside:

4. What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Less than High School High School Attended College Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Doctorate Degree

5. What is your total household income?
Under $20,000 $20,000-$50,000 $51,000-$75,000 $76,000-$100,000 $101,000-$150,000 $151,000-$200,000 Over $200,000

6. What is your religious affiliation?
Protestant Christian Roman Catholic Evangelical Christian Eastern Orthodox Jewish Muslim Hindu Buddhist Spirtual - not religious Agnostic/Atheist
Other - please specify  

7. What is your race? Check all that apply
African American
Asian
Caucasian
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
American Indian
Other - please specify  

8. Are your parents still married to each other?
Yes   --- How many years?
No

9. Do you have children?
Yes   --- How many?
No

10. Please rate how you changed as a person, i.e., your life goals, expectations and beliefs, during the below time periods. Stop at your current age.

Please choose one option.

You are:
A. Single, never married
B. Currently in your first marriage
C. Divorced or Separated and have not remarried
D. Divorced or Separated and remarried

A. You have never been married 1. What is your attitude about marriage? 2. Are you interested in getting married? Yes No Not Sure If so ... 3. What are you looking for in a mate? 4. Do you think your expectations of marriage are realistic? 5. What do you enjoy about being single? 6. What do you think you would enjoy about being married? 7. Do you feel your parents' relationship has a bearing on how you view marriage? 8. Do you feel the mass media portrays the 30 something male differently than the 30 something female? How? 9. What do you think three keys are to a successful marriage? 10. What reasons to wait would you give a 20 year old who was contemplating marriage? 11. What are the reasons you have not married? 12. Other things you would like to share:

B. You are currently in your first marriage 1. At what age did you marry? 2. How long have you been married? 3. For what reasons did you choose your mate? 4. Are you currently happy in your marriage? If yes, why? If no, why not? 5. If you could change anything about your marriage what would it be? 6. On what grounds would you consider divorcing your spouse? 7. If you married after 30, for what reasons did you wait? 8. If you married before 30, knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice to be married before age 30 again? Yes No Not Sure Why or why not? 9. Did your religious beliefs have anything to do with your decision to marry? 10. What reasons to wait would you give a 20 year old who was contemplating marriage? 11. What do you think three keys are to a successful marriage? 12. What advice would you give others that would like to be married? 13. Other things you would like to share:

C. You are divorced and have not remarried 1. At what age were you first married? 2. How long were you married? 3. For what reasons did you choose your mate? 4. How long did you consider yourself happily married? 5. Did you have any doubts about the relationship before marriage? 6. For what reasons did you divorce? 7. How long have you been divorced? 8. Have your expectations of marriage changed since your divorce? Yes No How? 9. Are you looking to remarry? Yes No Not Sure If so ... 10. What would you do different in your next relationship? 11. What traits would you look for in a new mate? 12. What reasons to wait would you give a 20 year old who was contemplating marriage? 13. If you married before 30, knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice to be married before age 30 again? Yes No Not Sure Why or why not? 14. Did your religious beliefs have anything to do with your decision to marry? 15. What do you think three keys are to a successful marriage? 16. What advice would you give others that would like to be married? 17. Other things you would like to share:

D. You are divorced and remarried 1. How many total marriages have you had, including your current one? 2. How many times have you divorced? 3. At what age were you first married? 4. For what reasons did you choose your first mate? 5. How long did you consider yourself happily married? 6. Did you have any doubts about the relationship before marriage? 7. At what age were you first divorced? 8. For what reasons did you divorce? 9. Have your expectations of marriage changed since your divorce? Yes No How? 10. At what age did you enter your second marriage? 11. Why did you choose your second mate? 12. What have you done different in your current marriage to make it more successful? 13. Are you currently happy in your marriage? Yes No If yes, why? If no, why not? 14. On what grounds would you consider divorcing your spouse? 15. If you could change anything about your current marriage what would it be? 16. What reasons to wait would you give a 20 year old who was contemplating marriage? 17. If you married before 30, knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice to be married before age 30 again? Yes No Not Sure Why or why not? 18. Did your religious beliefs have anything to do with your decision to marry? 19. What do you think three keys are to a successful marriage? 20. What advice would you give others that would like to be married? 21. Other things you would like to share:

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