Love survey results

Love Survey – International students who have been in Copenhagen for more than 3 months

Did you have a boyfriend or girlfriend at home when you first came to Copenhagen?

Yes – 64.5%
No – 35.5%

If yes, are you still together now?

Yes – 36.4%
No – 63.6%

How long had you been together when you first came to Copenhagen?

0 to 6 months – 9.5%
6 months to one year – 9.5%
1 to 2 years – 14.3%
More than 2 years – 66.7%

Had you ever cheated on your partner before coming to Copenhagen?

Yes – 9.5%
No – 90.5%

Have you cheated on your partner while you have been in Copenhagen?

Yes – 33.3%
No – 66.7%

How would you define cheating?

Flirting – 9.5%
One-on-one meetings in public – 9.5%
Kissing – 76.2%
Casual sex or one night stand – 95.2%
Regular, repeated ,meetings – 57.1%
Sexy text messages/email or MSN chat – 52.4%

How did being apart affect your relationship?

»We keep in touch through email/skype/phone calls and writing letters via post. I think it has to do with the fact that both of us are studying abroad, so neither one of us left the other one sitting at home.«

»When people are in the relationship, both physical and emotional accessibilities are important. However, when they are in a long distance from each other, both of these accessibilities are reduced, which further leads to break up.«

»Sometimes its really depressing- lonely moments. Other times quarrels just arise from nowhere – suscipion about the other and so on.«

»Being apart from him made me realise that our relationship did not work anymore. I felt so free being away from him and I didn’t even miss him.«

»It showed me that our relationship did not work anymore, as I felt so free being away from him and I did not miss him. This made absolutely clear to me that things went wrong between us.«

»We broke up.«

Love Survey – International students who have been in Copenhagen for 3 months or less

Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend at home?

Yes – 63.3%
No – 36.7%

If yes, how long have you been together?

0 to 6 months – 5.0%
6 months to one year – 15.0%
1 to 2 years – 25.0%
More than 2 years – 55.0%

Have you ever cheated on your partner before?

Yes – 0.0%
No – 100.0%

Would you cheat on your partner while you are in Copenhagen?

Yes – 4,8%
No – 95,2%

How would you define cheating?

Flirting – 14.3%
One-on-one meetings in public – 4.8%
Kissing – 95.2%
Casual sex or one night stand – 95.2%
Regular, repeated meetings – 38,1%
Sexy text messages/email or MSN chat – 76,2%

Do you have a crush on someone other than your partner right now?

Yes – 33,3%
No – 66,7%

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