1.
What
year were you born?
2.
Where do you currently reside?
city:
state:
3.
How long have you lived there?
(in years)
4.
Where did you grow up?
city:
state:
5.
Which
of the following best describes your ethnic background?
Ethnicity
African-American
American Indian
Asian
Caucasian
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
Some other race
Decline to Answer
6.
What
is the highest level of education you have attained?
Education
Less than 9th grade
9th-12th grade
(no diploma)
High
school graduate, some college (no degree)
Associate Degree
Bachelor's degree
Graduate or professional
degree
7.
Marital Status:
Marital Status
Never Married
Separated
Widowed
Divorced
8.
Occupation:
Occupation
Management/Professional
Service occupation
Sales
Farming/Fishing/Forestry
Construction/Maintenance
Production/Transportation/Material
Moving
Other (please specify)
If other, please specify:
9.
Where
are you most likely to be on a Friday/Saturday night:
(check all
that apply)
Home alone
Home or at dinner and a movie with a friend(s)
At a bar or party with friends
On a date with someone new or someone you're not exclusive with
On a date with your girlfriend or someone you're exclusive with
Other:
10.
Are you currently dating someone exclusively?...
If yes, how long have you been dating?
How did
you meet?
11.
Why do you date?
(check all that apply):
I'm looking for a spouse
Companionship - e.g., a standing date for Friday night
Sex
It's fun to meet new people
Other
12.
What is the primary reason you date?
13.
Do
you have any dating ‘rules’ (e.g., wait three
days before calling, never sleep with someone before date number
three)?
14.
When
and how should the subject of ‘exclusivity’ be
brought up when dating someone?
15.
Why are you still single?
16.
Where do you meet single women?
17.
What
are single women like in your city? (e.g. very approachable,
only want a commitment, always looking for something better)
18.
What
are your ‘must have’ qualities/features
for a potential spouse?
19.
What
are your ‘turn-offs’ or the qualities/features
that a potential spouse can’t have?
20.
Is religion a factor in whom you date/marry?
Yes
No
21.
What triggers you to ask a woman out on a first date / how do
you decide to ask a woman out on a first date?
22.
What do you think of women who ask the man out on a first date?
23.
How do you know a woman is interested in you?
(check all that
apply)
Facial expression
Body language
She talked to me
She told me she was interested
Someone else told me she was interested
Other
24.
Have
you used any of the following methods to meet people:
(check
all that apply)
Online dating
Personal ads
Speed dating
Other
25.
Where do you spend your free time?
26.
When
during the week (time and day) do you typically do your day-to-day
tasks, run errands (e.g., grocery shopping, laundry, etc)?
27.
What
are the general reasons previous relationships have ended?
28.
Which
of the following best describes why you feel pressure to get
married:
I’m ready to be married
Pressure from family
Pressure from friends
Pressure from society
I want children before I reach a certain age
I don't feel any pressure to get married
Other
29.
Thinking
back to when you were in high school, how old did you think
you’d
be when you got married?
30.
How
do you think you’ll know when you’ve found “Ms.
Right?”
31.
How have the relationships/marriages of your parents, other family
members and friends impacted your own views on relationships/marriage?
32.
What
percent of your friends in the city you live in are
·Single
and not in a relationship
%
·Single but in a relationship
%
·Married
%
______________________________
(combined totals should equal 100%)
33.
If
you could get inside the mind of the single woman and extract
the HONEST answer to any question(s) you’ve
ever had about women (e.g. why they do this, why they don’t
do that), what would your question(s) be?
34.
Can
we contact you for potential further research?
Yes
No
If so, please provide your email address.
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contact information collected on this form with third parties)
35.
Are
there any questions we did NOT ask that you think we should
have asked?
36.
If
you have any additional comments regarding dating, relationships,
commitment and marriage, please feel to provide them here.
PLEASE
NOTE: We will only use your contact information to contact
you in connection
with this project.