1. no marriage in last 10 years ( )
2. only within the caste ( )
3. mostly within the caste ( )
4. within the caste and intercaste
evenly distributed ( )
5. mostly intercaste ( )
6. only intercaste ( )
7. without any considerations of
caste ( )
33. Following are some factors which are important for the choice of spouse (husband/wife). Which of these factors should be, according to your personal opinion, the most important? Please-indicate this factor by putting 1. Be-tween the brackets. Then indicate kind-ly the factor which should be the second most important, then the third most important and so on. Please continue like this and give your ranking from 1 to 6.
caste ( )
class ( )
education ( )
love ( )
personal achievements ( )
physical charm ( )
34a. Assuming you have a free choice: which of the following possibilities would you prefer? The spouse should belong
to the same caste ( )
to a higher caste ( )
to a lower caste ( )
to a different religion ( )
other response ...................................
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34b. Assuming you have a free choice: which of the following possibilities would you prefer? The spouse should belong
to the upper upperclass ( )
to the lower upperclass ( )
to the upper middleclass ( )
to the lower middleclass ( )
other response .................................
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34c. Assuming you have a free choice: which of the following possibilities would you prefer? The spouse should be
at least post-graduate ( )
at least graduate ( )
moderately educated ( )
just literate ( )
other response ...............................
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34d. Assuming you have a free choice: Which of the following possibilities would you prefer? The spouse should possess
many loveable qualities ( )
good amount of loveable
qualities ( )
some loveable qualities ( )
average loveable qualities ( )
other response ...............................
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34e. Assuming you have a free choice: Which of the following possibilities would you prefer? The personal achievements of the spouse should be
very high ( )
fairly high ( )
moderately high ( )
just average ( )
other response .................................
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34f. Assuming you have a free choice: which of the following possibilities would you prefer? The spouse should be
extremely beautiful ( )
fairly beautiful ( )
average ( )
below average ( )
other response..................................
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35. There are many students who study abroad and come back with a degree from a foreign university. Do you personally know somebody who has gone to a foreign university?
y
no ( )
How many ? .....................................
Who are they ?.................................
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36. Do you personally know somebody who has come back with a foreign degree?
y
no ( )
How many ?......................................
Who are they ?..................................
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37. There are many factors which motivate persons to go abroad for studies. Here
