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" Survey Results How good a job do you feel you&amp;#039;re doing as a mother \u2014 excellent, good, not so good or poor?  Good: 60% Excellent: 39% No opinion: 1%   Overall, how would you describe your relationship with your child or children?   Excellent: 69% Good: 31% Not so good: 0% Poor: 0%  Overall, how would you describe your relationship with your mother when you were a child?  Good: 44% Excellent: 34% Not so good: 14% Poor: 5% Mother absent/not alive: 3%  Overall, how would you describe your relationship with your mother now?  Excellent: 42% Good: 35% Mother infirm/not alive: 18% Not so good: 3% Poor: 3%  How much, if at all, do you worry about not being as good a mother as you would like to be?   Somewhat: 41% Great deal: 21% Hardly: 21% Not so much: 13% Hardly at all: 4%  Is not being as good a mother as you would like to be something you feel guilty about or not? IF YES: Do you feel that way often, or just occasionally?   Feel guilty occasionally: 47% I don&amp;#039;t feel guilty: 47% Feel guilty often: 6%  If you do feel guilty, what&amp;#039;s the main thing you feel guilty about as a mother?  Not enough time: 40% Short temper/impatience: 12% Discipline/lack of discipline/control/freedom/independence: 9% Not enough money or resources: 8% Can&amp;#039;t give child/children enough attention: 7% Not a good enough role model: 4% No opinion: 4% Having to work: 3% Communication/trust/consistency: 3% Other parenting skills: 3% Education: 1% If your mother is still alive, how often do you talk with her?  At least once a day: 37% A few times a week: 31% About once a week: 15% A few times a month: 7% Less often than that: 6% More than once a day: 3%  If your mother is still alive, do you think of yourself more as her child or more as her friend?  Friend: 50% Child: 35% Both: 10% Neither: 2% Other: 1% No opinion: 1%  If your mother is still alive, how often, if ever, do you turn to her for advice?  a) Advice about being a parent: Often: 53% Not often: 41 %  b) Advice about marriage or relationships: Not often: 55% Often: 33% c) Advice about life in general: Often: 61% Not often: 32%  If your mother is still alive, does she ever give you advice about being a parent when you have not asked for it?  Yes: 60% No: 40%  If yes, on balance, is that more helpful or more annoying?  Helpful: 46% Annoying: 38% Both/neither/depends 16%  Compared to when you were a child, in general do you think being a mother today is harder, easier or about the same?  Harder: 72% Same: 22% Easier: 4% No opinion: 1%  Overall, are you more involved in your child or children&amp;#039;s life than your mother was in your life growing up, less involved or is it about the same?  More: 58% Same: 37% Less: 4%  When it comes to discipline and manners, are you more strict with your child or children than your mother was with you, less strict or about the same?  Same: 54% More: 24% Less: 21% No opinion: 1% When it comes to spoiling or overindulging your child or children, do you think you do that more than your mother did with you, less or about the same?  More: 53% Same: 37% Less: 9% No opinion: 1%  In terms of parenting overall, do you sometimes feel like you&amp;#039;ve turned into your mother or not?  No: 62% Yes: 38%   If yes, is that a good feeling or not so good?  Good: 68% Not so good: 18% Mixed: 13%   All in all, compared to the way your mother raised you, would you say you&amp;#039;re doing a better job raising your child or children, a worse job or about the same?   About the same: 57% Better: 40% Worse: 2% No opinion: 1%  Who has the main child-care responsibilities in your household?  I do: 85% Spouse/partner and me equally: 11% Spouse/partner: 2%  If you work for pay, do you consider the work you do to be a career or just a job?  Career: 60% Just a job: 39% No opinion: 1%  When you were growing up \u2014 that is, before you were 18 years old \u2014 did your mother work outside the home or not?   Did: 59% Did not: 39% "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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