INSTRUCTIONS. Thank you for taking the time to complete this short survey about your well-being.

The survey consists of several sections and takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. Our conclusions rely on your accuracy, so please complete the questionnaire as honesty as possible. All your answers will be kept entirely confidential and anonymous, and will only be used by those working on the research project.

1. What is your gender? (circle one): Male 2. How old are you in years? _________

Female

3. How long have you been married (in years): _______ 4. How many children do you have? _______ 5. Sometimes people raise children who are not their own (i.e., biologically unrelated to them). Including your own, biologically-related children, how many children do you raise in your household? __________ 6. What is your higher educational qualification? No formal education Primary school Secondary school College or technical college University

7. How would you describe your material situation? Much better than the average person in this country Better than the average person in this country Similar to the average person in this country Worse than the average person in this country Much worse than the average person in this country 8. What is your religios affiliation? (circle one) Protestant Catholic Jewish Muslim Buddhist Atheist Other

9. How religious are you? (circle one number)

Not at all Religious

4 5 Moderately

Extremely Religious

10. When you get older, will you be able to rely on a pension or social benefits? +3 +2 +1 0 -1 -2 -3 Agree Agree Agree Neither Disagree Disagree Disagree strongly somewhat slightly agree nor slightly somewhat strongly disagree

PART 2. Please repond to the following questions using the scale provided. Neither yes nor no Yes Somewhat Somewhat not -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 6 No -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 7

1. Do you enjoy your husbands/wifes company? 12. Are you happy? 13. Do you find your husband/wife attractive? 14. Do you enjoy doing things together with your spouse? 15. Do you enjoy cuddling your husband/wife? 16. Do you respect your husband/wife? 17. Are you proud of your husband/wife? 18. Does your relationship with your spouse have a romantic side? 19. Do you love your husband/wife?

+2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PART 3. Please choose a number from the scale below to indicate how satisfied or dissatisfied you are in your present marriage. Very dissatisfied 1 2 3 1 2 3 Very satisfied 6 7

1. How satisfied are you with your marriage? 2. How satisfied are you with your wife/husband as a spose?

4 4

5 5

3. How satisfied are you with your relationship with your wife/husband?

PART 4. Please rate your agreement or disagreement with below. Strongly disagree 1. In this society, children take pride in 1 2 the individual accomplishments of their parents. 2. In this society, parents take pride in 1 2 the individual accomplishments of their children. 3. In this society, aging parents 1 2 generally love at home with their children. 4. In this society, children generally 1 2 live at home with their parents until they get married. 5. I think, children should take pride in 1 2 the individual accomplishments of their parents. 6. I think, parents should take pride in 1 2 the individual accomplishments of their children. 7. I think, aging parents should live at 1 2 home with their children. 8. I think, children can live at home 1 2 with their parents until they get married.

each of the statements Strongly agree 6 7

3 3

4 4

5 5

6 6

7 7

PART 5. Please respond to each of the statements below using the scale provided. Sometimes Never / Very rarely Very often 5 Rarely Often 4

1. I let my partner know that I appreciate

his/her practical support, advice, or help. 2. I tell my partner openly how I feel and that I would appreciate his/her emotional support. 3. When my partner is stressed, it is his/her affair. 4. When I am stressed, my partner expects that I deal with it by myself. 5. When one of us is stressed, we consider it as our stress. 6. When I am stressed, my partner listens to me and gives me the opportunity to communicate what really bothers me. 7. When I am stressed, my partner does not take my stress seriously. 8. My partner shows empathy and understanding, when I need it. 9. When I am stressed, my partner provides support, but does so unwillingly and unmotivated. 10. When we are stressed, we help one another to put the problem in perspective and see it in a new light. 11. When we are stressed, we do something together, are affectionate to each other and cope jointly.

1 1 1 1

2 2 2 2

3 3 3 3

4 4 4 4

5 5 5 5

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

4 4 4

5 5 5

PART 6. Please answer the following questions by circling an appropriate response. 1. Do you pay attention to the perfume, aftershave, or deodorant other people use? 5 4 3 2 1 Always Often Sometim Seldom Never es

2. How important is it to you that your partner has a pleasant smell? 5 4 3 2 1 Very Rather Somewh Rather (Almost)

importan t

Importan t

at importan t

not importan t

not importan t

3. Do you notice the smell of peoples breath or sweat? 5 4 3 2 Always Often Sometim Seldom es

1 Never

4. When someone has an unpleasant body odor, does that make you find him or her unattractive? The body odor has 5 4 3 2 1 Very much Much Some A little (Almost) influence influence influence influence no influence 5. When someone has a pleasant body odor, so you find him or her attractive? The body odor has 5 4 3 2 1 Very much Much Some A little (Almost) influence influence influence influence no influence 6. You are in a public space sitting close to someone who has an unpleasant smell. Do you look for another seat if possible? 5 4 3 2 1 Yes Probably Perhaps Probably No not 7. How important are odors to you in your everyday life? 5 4 3 2 Very Rather Somewh Rather importan Importan at not t t importan importan t t 1 (Almost) not importan t

8. People differ in their sensitivity for odors. An unpleasant smell can leave one person unaffected yet be unbearable to another. How sensitive to odors do you think you are? 5 4 3 2 1 Much more More Equally Less sensitive Much less sensitive than sensitive than sensitive as than others sensitive than others others others others

PTO 1. Imagine that you are a person A (on the left). Person B is approaching you. If he/she is a stranger, how close can he/she get to you for you to feel comfortable in a conversation? Please indicate on the scale below.

2. Imagine that you are a person A (on the left). Person B is approaching you. If he/she is an acquaintance (you know him/her, but not well), how close can he/she get to you for you to feel comfortable in a conversation? Please indicate on the scale below.

3. Imagine that you are a person A (on the left). Person B is approaching you. If he/she is a close person (a friend or a relative), how close can he/she get to you for you to feel comfortable in a conversation? Please indicate on the scale below.