This document contains a questionnaire to determine perceptions of students toward the 2010 Divorce Bill in the Philippines. The questionnaire has three parts: personal profile questions, statements to assess attitudes toward divorce, and indicators to measure perceptions of the applicability of grounds for and necessity of divorce. Participants are asked to provide background information and respond using a scale to indicate their level of agreement with statements and perceptions of applicability.
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1. Directions: This is a questionnaire to determine your
perceptions toward the 2010 Divorce Bill, its applicability to
Certificate in Teaching students. This further contains three
important parts. Read each item carefully and their
corresponding instructions. Please answer as truthfully as
possible.
PART I. Student-Respondents Personal Profile
Directions: This section contains items about your personal
background. Please fill in the needed information in the blank
spaces provided per item and/or place a check (/) mark on the
appropriate boxes.
Name ___________________________________________________
(Optional)
Age ___ Sex ( ) Male ( ) Female
Civil Status ( ) Single ( ) Married
( ) Separated ( ) Widowed
Average Monthly Family Income
( ) Php 1,000.00 and less
( ) Php 1,001.00 Php 5,000.00
( ) Php 5,001.00 Php 10,000.00
( ) Php 10,001.00 Php 15,000.00
( ) Php 15,001.00 and above
Parents Educational Attainment
Father Mother
( ) Elementary Level ( )
( ) Elementary Graduate ( )
( ) High School Level ( )
( ) High School Graduate ( )
( ) College Level ( )
( ) College Graduate ( )
( ) With Units in Graduate Degree Programs ( )
( ) With Degree in Graduate Programs ( )
( ) Others, please specify ___________ ( )
2. Parents Occupation
Father Mother
( ) Government Employee ( )
(government offices)
( ) Private Employee ( )
(private organizations)
( ) Public School Teacher ( )
(elementary, etc.)
( ) Private School Teacher ( )
(elementary, etc.)
( ) Self-Employed (with business) ( )
( ) AFP/PNP (enlisted/commissioned) ( )
( ) OFW/Seafarer (seamen/seawomen) ( )
( ) Practicing Professional ( )
(doctor, etc.)
( ) Health Care Provider ( )
(caregiver, etc.)
( ) Househusband/Housewives ( )
( ) Others, please specify ___________ ( )
Birth Order in the Family ( ) 1st Child
( ) 2nd Child
( ) 3rd Child
( ) Others, pls specify ____
Family Size ( ) 5 and below members
( ) 6 members 10 members
( ) 11 members 15 members
( ) 16 members and above
Part II. Student-Respondents Attitude towards Divorce
Directions: Below are statements that reflect your attitude
towards divorce. Please indicate whether you strongly agree,
agree, undecided, disagree, and strongly disagree by checking
the appropriate column.
Attitude Statements Responses
SA
(5)
A
(4)
U
(3)
D
(2)
SD
(1)
1. Divorce is a lame excuse for the
married couple to end their
relationship.
2. Divorce saves the children from the
pains of seeing their parents in
constant conflict with each other.
3. Divorce encourages the incidence of
broken families.
3. 4. Divorce lessens the incidence of
battery among married couples.
5. Divorce is an easy excuse for
infidelity of either spouse.
6. Divorce produces problematic
children.
7. Divorce promotes scepticism towards
marriage.
8. Divorce increases the ability of
the married couples to move forward
and never look back on the failed
marriage.
9. Divorce violates the religious
tenet that what has God put
together, let no man put asunder.
10. Divorce encourages
promiscuity among married couples.
Part III. Student-Respondents Perceptions towards the
Applicability of the 2010 Divorce Bill
Directions: Below are statements that reflect your perceptions
relative to the applicability of the 2010 Divorce Bill along
necessity of divorce, importance of divorce, urgency of divorce,
validity of the grounds for divorce and reasonability of effects
of divorce. Please indicate your perceptions by using the
following five-point scale: 5 for very highly applicable, 4 for
very applicable, 3 for moderately applicable, 2 for less
applicable, and 1 for very less applicable.
Indicators Responses
VHA
(5)
VA
(4)
MA
(3)
LA
(2)
VLA
(1)
A. Necessity of Divorce
1. Divorce is expedient in times when
married couples are exposed to
violent tendencies of either
spouse.
2. Divorce is needed when the married
couple has already gone through a
lot of legal means to save the
marriage.
3. Divorce is necessary when, after
all marriage counselling, the
couple is still intolerable towards
each other.
4. Divorce is a necessity when the
married couple is already hurting
each other physically, mentally and
emotionally.
5. Divorce is needed when children are
already traumatized by the constant
bickering of their parents.
4. B. Importance of Divorce
6. Divorce is important to save the
emotional well-being of the
children.
7. Divorce is important to save the
physical and mental well-being of
the married couple.
8. Divorce is important to promote
empowered women women who are
independent of their spouses for
financial reasons.
9. Divorce is important to encourage
married couple to express their
sentiments towards marriage and not
hold on to the false notion that
their marriage has still hope.
10. Divorce is important to
preserve the sanity of the
children.
C. Urgency of Divorce
11. Divorce is urgent when
married couples are on the brink of
murdering each other.
12. Divorce is urgent when there
are already cases of battery among
married couples.
13. Divorce is urgent when
children are already suffering
emotionally and mentally.
D. Validity of the Grounds for
Divorce
14. The grounds for divorce are
valid when they are based on the
Civil Code of the Philippines.
15. The grounds for divorce are
valid when they are based on
decided cases by the courts.
16. The grounds for divorce are
valid when they are carefully
thought of by the legislators
before passing the bill into law.
Thank you very much!