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Smith College 1942 Questionnaire

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1. What is your marital status?

Single
Married
Divorced
Widowed
Remarried

2. How old is your husband?

Under 20
20-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
Over 70
Not Applicable

3. Does your husband have a college or graduate degree?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

4. Did your husband or does your husband serve in the military?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

5. Are you employed?

Yes
No

6. Do you have a college or graduate degree?

Yes
No

7. Is your marriage truly satisfying?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

8. Do you enjoy being with your husband more than anyone else?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

9. To what extent do you talk to your husband about your deepest feelings?

Never
All the time
Depends on his mood
Depends on my mood
Not Applicable

10. Have you been interested in another man since marriage?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

11. How many children do you have?

0
1
2
3
4
5
over 5

12. What is the gender of your children/child?

Girl
Boy
Both
Not Applicable

13. Age of your children/child?

0-5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-25
over 25
Not Applicable

14. Do you have an adopted child?

Yes
No

15. Did you plan your children's birth?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

16. Did you enjoy your pregnancy?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

17. Did you have natural childbirth?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

18. How did you feel about childbirth?

Fear
Exult in it
Take it in stride
Not Applicable

19. As a mother, how do you feel?

Harassed
Martyred
Contented
Not Applicable

20. Where do you live?

City
Suburb
Small Town
Rural

21. How much time do you spend on housework?

Every day
A few times a week
Once a month
I do not do housework

22. Does your husband complain about your housekeeping?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

23. Who manages family finance?

Me
My Husband
Other

24. Do you worry about money?

Yes
No
Sometimes

25. Do you have career ambition?

Yes
No

26. If you work, is it mainly for the money?

Yes
No

27. Do you feel guilty for leaving your children when you work?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

28. If you do not work, why?

My preference
Not qualified
Would feel guilty about kids
Husband objects
Could not afford full-time help

29. If your main occupation is homemaker, do you find it totally fulfilling?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

30. Do you vote?

Regularly
Never
Occasionally
National Elections
Local Elections
Straight Republican
Straight Democratic
Cross Party Lines

31. Is your politics the same as your husband?

Yes
No
Not Applicable

32. Are you more or less interested in politics today than in college?

More
Less
Same

33. Have you or your husband ever run for public office?

Yes
No

34. Do you take an active role in party politics?

Yes
No

35. How would you describe your social life?

Business obligations
Neighbors
Good friends from all over
Mostly your friends
Your husband's friends
Friends you have made as a couple

36. Do you feel life is too fragmented?

Yes
No

37. Are there things you do because everybody else where you live does them, that do not reflect your own individual value?

Yes
No

38. Do you hate getting older?

Yes
No

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