Single Needs Basic Info

1. Basic Feedback - thanks for your VITAL participation!

1. Please provide the following demographic info.
This survey is ANONYMOUS, but it benefits us greatly to "categorize" the information we are able to collect.
Type Male or Female in Gender box
Place an "X" in the appropriate age category box.

Please provide the following demographic info. This survey is ANONYMOUS, but it benefits us greatly to "categorize" the information we are able to collect. Type Male or Female in Gender box Place an "X" in the appropriate age category box. Gender
20-24
25-29
30-35
36-40

2. Please indicate which statement best describes your relational situation.
Please Place TWO (2) "X"s below - choose 1 of the top 4 boxes as most appropriate, then choose 1 of the bottom 4 boxes as most appropriate - UNLESS recently married, then the bottom 4 boxes DO NOT APPLY:

Please indicate which statement best describes your relational situation. Please Place TWO (2) "X"s below - choose 1 of the top 4 boxes as most appropriate, then choose 1 of the bottom 4 boxes as most appropriate - UNLESS recently married, then the bottom 4 boxes DO NOT APPLY: Single - Never Married
Single - Widowed
Single - Divorced
Married (within last 2 years)
Single not in any recent relationship
Single but dating occasionally
Single but dating seriously
Single but engaged

3. IF YOU ARE SINGLE - please check the "most accurate" description of your own attitude toward being single - remember this is anonymous so please be brutally honest!

IF YOU ARE SINGLE - please check the "most accurate" description of your own attitude toward being single - remember this is anonymous so please be brutally honest! Completely Content being single - no desire to be married anytime soon if ever
Enjoy being single, but could also see being married and would enjoy that
Try to act content but secretly have a STRONG desire to be married
Open with friends & family about strong healthy desire to be married, in a beneficial marriage
DESPERATE to be married and everyone around you knows it - whether it's healthy or not

4. Please indicate the most accurate description of your religious affiliation if any:

Please indicate the most accurate description of your religious affiliation if any: Atheist

Agnostic

Spiritual but not Religious

Believer in Jesus

Committed Christ-Follower

Other Religion (please specify)

5. Please answer the following questions to describe your view/attitude about single life in association with married life:

Please answer the following questions to describe your view/attitude about single life in association with married life: BEST thing about being single?
WORST thing about being single?
What do/did you enjoy MOST about spending time with married friends while single?
What do/did you enjoy LEAST about spending time with married friends while single?

6. What (if anything) do you suggest would help (or would have helped) you navigate the single life-style more successfully?

What (if anything) do you suggest would help (or would have helped) you navigate the single life-style more successfully?

7. What do you wish your friends and/or family would OR would NOT do to involve themselves in your life as a single adult? (what do you feel is beneficial and what is detrimental)

What do you wish your friends and/or family would OR would NOT do to involve themselves in your life as a single adult? (what do you feel is beneficial and what is detrimental)

8. What are your thoughts/opinions about organizations such as - churches, recreation centers, community centers - having some form of "singles group/gathering"? Any positive or negative examples of programs?

What are your thoughts/opinions about organizations such as - churches, recreation centers, community centers - having some form of "singles group/gathering"? Any positive or negative examples of programs?

9. What or Where do you feel like are the BEST places or atmospheres that allow you as a single to meet others in order to have:

What or Where do you feel like are the BEST places or atmospheres that allow you as a single to meet others in order to have: 1) Solid lasting friendships
2) Possible dating relationships

10. Please provide 3 suggestions you would make to someone who is attempting to provide beneficial services and or opportunities for personal and relational growth for single adults in our society and culture.

Please provide 3 suggestions you would make to someone who is attempting to provide beneficial services and or opportunities for personal and relational growth for single adults in our society and culture. 1)
2)
3)