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 No
 

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:

 

 



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