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Marriage Survey Form

Assalamu Alaikum,
Your answers to the following survey will help Muslims learn about marriage and divorce among Muslims. All data will be used in a very non personal way. Please forgive us if you find any of these questions inappropriate.

Section 1

Please skip to Section 2, if you are not married or have never been married.

1.1 Taking things all together, how would you describe your marriage?

Very happy	Pretty happy	Neither happy nor unhappy	Unhappy	Don't Know

1.2 Your parents: Taking things all together, how would you describe the marriage of your parents?

Very happy	Pretty happy	Neither happy nor unhappy	Unhappy	Don't Know

1.3 Your children: Taking things all together, how would you describe the marriage of your children?

Very happy	Pretty happy	Neither happy nor unhappy	Unhappy	No married children

1.4 Which one of the following statement best describes your marriage:

It was an arranged marriage with the initiative of our parents/relatives
It was a marriage facilitated by parents/relatives
It was a marriage facilitated by friends
It was an arranged marriage based on our initiative
We married ourselves without dating or any help from others
We married after dating/courting

1.5 How did you first meet each other?
Through:

Parents	Friends
Relatives	Imam / Community leader
Muslim matrimonial service	Non Muslim matrimonial service
Advertisement	We are relatives
other

1.6 Where did you and your spouse first meet?

School	Masjid
Job	Islamic convention
Other

1.7 What role did your parents play in your marriage decision?

They decided for us
They arranged it
They facilitated it
They just introduced us to each other
They were not involved
Other

1.8 Have you ever been divorced or legally separated?

Yes

Section 2

2.1 Do you think marriages are more successful in Western or in Muslim countries?

Western Countries	Muslim Countries
Why?

2.2 Do you agree that married people are generally happier than unmarried people?

Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't Know

2.3 What kind of relationship you would prefer with a spouse?

Where man has the primary responsibility for providing the household income and woman has the primary responsibility for the home and family
Where both spouses equally share the responsibility for providing the household income and taking care of the home and family
Don't know

2.4 What you would prefer in your social life with a spouse?

Where both of us do things together in our social life
Where men and women do separate things that interests them
Don't Know

2.5 Should divorce in your country be easier or more difficult to obtain than it is now?

Easier	Stay as is	More Difficult	Don't Know

2.6 Do you agree that divorce is usually the best solution, when a couple can't seem to work out their marriage problems?

Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't Know

2.7 Do you agree that when a marriage is troubled and unhappy, it is generally better for the children if the couple stays together?

Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don't Know

2.8 If you were not living with both parents at age sixteen, why?

One or both parents died
Parents divorced or separated
Father absent in armed forces
One or both parents in institution
I Left home
Don't Know

Section 3

3.1 What is your gender?

Female

Male

3.2 What is your marital status?

Married
Divorced
Widowed
Never Married

3.3 What year did you get married?

3.4 What is your age group?

3.5 What is your normal country of residence?

3.6 How long have you lived there?

3.7 What is your national/ethnic background?

African-American	Asian-American
European-American	Hispanic-American
African	Asian
European	Hispanic
Indo-Pakistani	Middle Eastern
Other

3.8 Any other comments:

Your Comments

Aisha, Meadowview VA - wrote on 10/20/2004 3:58:57 PM
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Comment: I think that this survey is wonderful and as a new muslim, soundvision is most definately a very helpful site. Thank you!!

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