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Questions - Marriage - January 20-21, 2012

75% Say It's Better for Children to Grow Up In Two-Parent Home
78% Rate Marriage As Important to U.S. Society
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National Survey of 575 Married/Not Separated Adults
Conducted January 20-21, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How long have you been married? Less than a year, one to five years, five to 10             years, 10 to 20 years, more than 20 years? 

2* How would you rate your marriage – excellent, good, fair, poor?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence

 

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted January 20-21, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports

3* How important is the institution of marriage to U.S. society?

4* Is it too easy or too hard to get a divorce in America, or is the level of difficulty   about right?

5* How important are children to keeping a marriage together?

6* How important is it for children to grow up in a home with both of their parents?

7* Do children who grow up in a home with both of their parents have an advantage           over children who grew up in a single-parent home?

8* Did you grow up in a home with both of your parents?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence