In this lesson it is you who does the work. Change your survey Family Life to be as close as possible to the following example survey. Not everything is possible. No more step-by-step pampering. Find your own solutions.

Well, a little bit of help to start with. You can have my Background question group if you like. Just click: Add new group to survey -> Import question group -> Choose File -> Import question group and delete the old question group Background.

1. What is your gender?

(1) Male

(2) Female

2. How old have you become on your last birthday? !_____________!

The next questions are about past, present, and future family life.

3. What was your marital status 5 years ago, in 2010? Answer the first option that applies to you.

a/ Married
b/ Co-habited
c/ Widowed
d/ Divorced
e/ Separated
f/ Single, never married

4. What is your present marital status? Answer the first option that applies to you.

a/ Married -->TO Q.5, 6, 7
b/ Co-habited -->TO Q.5, 6, 7
c/ Widowed -->TO Q.5, 6
d/ Divorced -->TO Q.5, 7
e/ Separated -->TO Q.5, 6, 7
f/ Single, never married -->SKIP 5,6,7

5. How old were you when you married (for the first time)?

!_____________! /WRITE THE EXACT AGE/

Yes No

6. Did you ever divorce? 1 2

7. Did you ever become a widow? 1 2

INTERVIEWER, CHECK BY THE QUESTION 4 AND WRITE DOWN HERE – IS THE RESPONDENT MARRIED OR CO-HABITED.
1. MARRIED-->TO Q.8
2 CO-HABITED, SINGLE, DIVORCED, WIDOWED, SEPARATED --> TO Q.10

8. How satisfied you are with your marriage at present?

Not at all
satisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very much
satisfied

9. How you would describe your marriage?

(1) Very happy
(2) Pretty happy
(3) Not too happy
(9) Do not know

10. Would you like to change anything in your family life?

(1) Yes -->TO Q.11
(2) No --> SKIP Q.11, 12
(9) Do not know --> SKIP Q.11, 12

11. How are you going to change your family life? /MARK AS MANY AS MENTIONED/

(1) Will get married
(2) Will find a partner /new/
(3) Will get divorced, separated
(4) Will separate from parents, children
(5) Will have /more/ children, grandchildren
(6) Will live with the adult children
(7) Will spend more time with the family
(8) Children will get married
(98) Other /SPECIFY/____________________________________
(99) Do not know

12. How likely, in your opinion, is it that your family life will be changed in the next 2 years?

1. Very likely
2. Somewhat likely
3. Somewhat unlikely
4. Not likely at all
(9) Do not know /DO NOT READ/

13. How often do you feel....

	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Always	DK
1. That you lack companionship?	1	2	3	4	(9)
2. That there is no one you can turn to?	1	2	3	4	(9)
3. That you are no longer close to anyone?	1	2	3	4	(9)
4. Outgoing and friendly?	1	2	3	4	(9)
5. Close to people?	1	2	3	4	(9)
6. That no one really knows you well?	1	2	3	4	(9)
7. You can find companionship when you want it?	1	2	3	4	(9)
8. That there are people who really understand you?	1	2	3	4	(9)
9. That people are around you but not with you?	1	2	3	4	(9)

Limesurvey, 7 A real life example