The Backlash! - January 1996

Organization News - Fathers' Rights & Equality Exchange (415) 853-6877 -- 701 Welch Rd. #323 Palo Alto, CA 94304

It is very important that we obtain as many responses as possible!

All responses will be kept confidential and information shared with anyone will be annonymous, and in the form of statistial analysis

All questions are optional, you do not need to anyswer any given question, but please let us know fi you left it blank intenionally (so we know you did not just miss the question).

PLEASE PLACE AN "X" beside the response which most accurately applies to you, or fill in blank if appropriate:

1. Your age:
   under 20
   20-25
   26-30
   31-35
   36-40
   41-45
   46-50
   51-55
   56-60
   Over 60
   

2. Your sex:
   male
   female
   

3. You are:
   a non-custodial father
   a custodial father
   a second mate of a non-custodial father
   a second mate of a custodial father
   the parent of a single father
   

4. Your current marital status:
   never married currently married, first marriage
   length of marriage:
   separated
   length of marriage prior to separation:
   divorced
   length of marriage prior to separation:
   divorced and remarried
   length of previous marriage:
   length of current marriage:

5. I have this many natural children from previous relationships who I do not have custody of:
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   more than 5
   

6. I have this many natural children from previous relationships who I do have custody of:
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   more than 5

7. I have this many step-children who do not live with me:
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   more than 5
   

8. I have this many step-children who do live with me:
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   more than 5
   

9. Of natural children who I do not have custody of, these children live:
   in the same state as me and:
   0-10 miles away
   11-25 miles away
   26-50 miles away
   51-75 miles away
   76-100 miles away
   more than 100 miles away
   
   in a different state than me and:
   0-10 miles away
   11-25 miles away
   26-50 miles away
   51-75 miles away
   76-100 miles away
   100-150 miles away
   150-200 miles away
   200-300 miles away
   300-400 miles away
   400-500 miles away
   more than 500 miles away
   
   in another country.

10. Of the natural children I do not have custody of, there are orders or written agreements in place that I am to spend time with them, on average, of:
    never
    less than one day a month (please tell us how many days a year: )
    this many days per month:
    

11. Of the natural children I do not have custody of, I actually get to spend time with them, on average, of:
    never
    less than one day a month (please tell us how many days a year: )
    this many days per month:
    

12. If you do not see your natural children who you do not have custody of for the full amount of time ordered or agreed to, is it primarily because:
    the custodial parent has made timeshare with the child difficult
    other reasons
    

13. Check which applies to you and any natural children you do not have custody of:
    there is an order for child support and:
    my wages are garnished for the child support
    my wages are not garnished for the child support
    
    there is an agreement, but no court order, for child support and
    I have been paying this agreed-to or court ordered child support
    for this many years:
    or
    I do not pay the agreed-to or court ordered child support because:

14. If there is an order or agreement for child support for natural children which do not live with you:
    I have never been late with a child support payment
    I have been late in the past but am current on all owed child support
    I have been late, and currently owe outstanding child support

15. If your natural children who you do not have custody of live in a different state than you:
    the courts of the state I live in are currently handling my case
    the courts of the state the children live with are currently handling my case
    there is no case

16. You (check all which apply):
    have never dealt with the office of child support enforcement ("OCSE") [including DA's offices]
    have dealt with OCSE in the past, and it went alright
    have dealt with OCSE in the past, and it was a mess
    are currently dealing with OCSE in your state and it is going all right
    are currently dealing with OCSE in your state and it is a mess
    are currently dealing with OCSE in another state and it is going all right
    are currently dealing with OCSE in another state and it is a mess

17. You have dealt with a false allegation of non-sexual abuse in your divorce/custody case:
    never
    1 time
    2 times
    3 times
    4 times
    5 times
    more than 5 times

18. You have dealt with a false allegation of sexual abuse in your divorce/custody case:
    never
    1 time
    2 times
    3 times
    4 times
    5 times
    more than 5 times

19. If you have dealt with a false allegtaion of abuse (sexual or non-sexual) in your divorce/custody case:
    it was unproven and had no impact on the outcome of my case
    it was unproven and had a negative impact on the outcome of my case
    it was proven false and still had a negative impact on the outcome of my case
    it was proven false, and because it was proven false it had a positive impact on the outcome of my case

20. If you are a male, and have been the victim of domestic violence:
    I did not report it to the authorities
    I did report it but nothing happened
    I did report it and my abuser convinced the authorities that I was the abuser and she the victim
    I did report it and the authorities assumed on their own that I was actually the abuser and my abuser the victim
    I did report it and appropriate follow-up and actions were taken with my abuser

21. My income level is:
    no income, unemployed due to recognized disability and not a student
    no income, unemployed with no recognized disability and not a student
    no income, student purusing degree
    less than $5000 per year
    $5000-$10,000 per year
    $11,000-$15,000 per year
    $16,000-$20,000 per year
    $21,000-$30,000 per year
    $31,000-$40,000 per year
    $41,000-$50,000 per year
    $51,000-$60,000 per year $61,000-$70,000 per year
    $71,000-$80,000 per year
    $81,000-$90,000 per year
    $91,000-$100,000 per year
    more than $100,000 per year

22. My ethnic background is:
    caucasion
    african american
    hispanic
    native american
    asian
    other (please describe: )

23. I live in (please provide city, state, and country):

24. The area I live in is:
    country
    suburban
    urban, poor ("inner city") neighborhood
    urban, average neighborhood
    urban, upscale neighborhood

25. If you are employed, please tell us what sort of job you have or industry you work in: