Updated relationship data

1. Relationships & Money
Fairygodboss | January 2018

2. How did you meet your current or most recent partner?

3. Females
When deciding on whether you want to date someone, what
are the most important factors?

4. When you have discussed salary with your current or
previous partner(s), how did the topic come up?

5. In your current or past relationships, how long did you wait
to ask about your partner’s income / salary level?

6. On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the most important, how
important to you is your partner’s salary?

7. Would you choose to be in a long-term, serious relationship
with someone who makes significantly LESS money than
you?

8. Why would you choose NOT to be in a relationship with
someone who made significantly LESS money than you?
Includes only those who responded no to the previous question

9. Would you choose to be in a long-term, serious relationship
with someone who makes significantly MORE money than
you?

10. Why would you choose NOT to be in a relationship with
someone who made significantly MORE money than you?
Includes only those who responded no to the previous question

11. Have finances ever caused a strain on your relationship(s)?

12. Would you end a relationship based on financial reasons
alone?

13. Growing up, what was your family’s socioeconomic status?

14. Respondent Traits
• 400 total respondents
• 51% female, 49% male
• Ages:
• 18-24: 3%
• 25-34: 23%
• 44-35: 30%
• 45-54: 25%
• 55-64: 16%
• 65+: 4%
• Relationship Status
• Married: 52%
• Single: 22%
• Divorced: 16%
• Living with partner: 7%
• Widowed: 2%
• Engaged: 1%
• It’s complicated: 1%
• Household income:
• 0-25K: 22%
• 25-50K: 27%
• 50-75K: 22%
• 75-100K: 15%
• 100-200K: 13%
• 200-500K: 2%
• >500K: 0%