Love Survey
Introduction:
People struggle with the concept of love: finding it, making it last, and even the emotions that go along with feeling “love”. This survey was to collect data on how the perception of love being constant changes over time.
Method
The survey asked participants to disclose their age and gender. Those who did not were void. There were six true or false questions. The last question asked participants to describe love in a single word. Refer to sidebar.
Results:
For the most part, both genders answered the same. On question one, approximately half of the surveyed males answered yes while slightly more women answered true. A high proportion of people agreed love exists after death. On questions three and four, most people answered false. More males answered false to love at first sight, while slight above half the females surveyed though it happens. Over 8- in-1 people agreed to question six.
There was a clear divide in age differences. Men below the age of twenty and above the age of forty tended to have pessimistic views on love, even defining love as “treacherous” and “disastrous.” Women of ages 14-16 had the most optimistic views of love, stating it was “fun” and “exciting”.
Many people of a wide range of ages and both genders listed “God” as their definition of love.
Conclusion:
People’s perception of love and its constancy vary based off of age and gender. Roughly half of people are optimistic about love and the other half pessimistic. For the most part, men tend to be pessimistic, and women lean towards optimistic outlooks.
An interesting follow-up research question would be: How do people define love?
The Survey
Love Constancy Survey
Age______ Gender M/F
T/F Love lasts forever.
T/F Love exists after death
T/F To love someone, you must say that you do.
T/F You can love someone without knowing who he or she is.
T/F Love at first sight happens.
T/F Love changes over time.
People struggle with the concept of love: finding it, making it last, and even the emotions that go along with feeling “love”. This survey was to collect data on how the perception of love being constant changes over time.
Method
The survey asked participants to disclose their age and gender. Those who did not were void. There were six true or false questions. The last question asked participants to describe love in a single word. Refer to sidebar.
Results:
For the most part, both genders answered the same. On question one, approximately half of the surveyed males answered yes while slightly more women answered true. A high proportion of people agreed love exists after death. On questions three and four, most people answered false. More males answered false to love at first sight, while slight above half the females surveyed though it happens. Over 8- in-1 people agreed to question six.
There was a clear divide in age differences. Men below the age of twenty and above the age of forty tended to have pessimistic views on love, even defining love as “treacherous” and “disastrous.” Women of ages 14-16 had the most optimistic views of love, stating it was “fun” and “exciting”.
Many people of a wide range of ages and both genders listed “God” as their definition of love.
Conclusion:
People’s perception of love and its constancy vary based off of age and gender. Roughly half of people are optimistic about love and the other half pessimistic. For the most part, men tend to be pessimistic, and women lean towards optimistic outlooks.
An interesting follow-up research question would be: How do people define love?
The Survey
Love Constancy Survey
Age______ Gender M/F
T/F Love lasts forever.
T/F Love exists after death
T/F To love someone, you must say that you do.
T/F You can love someone without knowing who he or she is.
T/F Love at first sight happens.
T/F Love changes over time.