Constructing the Family II

The purpose of the survey was to gauge public opinion regarding how the family is conceptualized. Many of the same questions were asked as had been asked in SRP2003, but some were dropped and new questions were also added. Data were collected on a range of topics including: definitions of family, rights and benefits of family organization, men’s and women’s name changes at marriage, the relative importance of genetic, parental, and other factors in the development of traits, feminist self-identification, attitudes about gay and lesbian relationships, as well as such sociodemographic characteristics as education, age, gender, race, religion, and marital status. A roster of children was also collected.

This study is supported by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington.