History of Your Present Relationship:

31b. Who made the decision to end your previous relationship? Select I made the decision My partner made the decision We came to a mutual decision N/A

31c. Who struggled the most with the end of your previous relationship? Select I did My partner did We struggled equally N/A

32. How much time passed between the end of your previous relationship and the start of your current relationship? Select None (They overlapped) Less than six months Less than 1 year 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years More than 5 years

33. At that time, what were the main things you were looking to find in a relationship?

34. In the end, what drew you to your current present partner?

35. How did you react when you learned that they already had a child/children? Select Very disappointed Mostly disappointed Indifferent Mostly pleased Very pleased N/A

36. Were your biological kids in favour of your becoming involved in your present relationship? Select In complete support Mostly in support Mixed support (or undecided) Mostly against Completely against N/A

37. When you were first considering starting a relationship with your current partner, how aware were you of the difficulties stepfamilies typically encounter? Select Totally unaware Mostly unaware Somewhat aware Very well aware N/A

38. If you had been more aware of the difficulties stepfamilies typically encounter, do you feel you might have decided against starting the relationship? Select Definitely would have decided against it Probably would have decided against it Probably would have gone ahead with it (anyway) Definitely would have went ahead with it (anyway) N/A

39. Did you and your current partner spend much time discussing or planning how you were going to put this family together and make it work? Select None Very little time A fair bit of time A great deal of time   

Your Current Relationship:

40. Who makes the bigger contribution to the household income? Select Male Female About equal N/A

41. Who makes the bigger contribution in terms of household chores? Select Male Female About equal N/A

42. Who invests more of their time into the family at this point in time? Select Male Female About equal N/A

43. Who do you feel is making the bigger overall investment into the family at this point in time? Select Male Female About equal N/A

44a. What do you feel is your primary responsibility to your partner?

44b. What do you feel is your partner’s primary responsibility to you?