Questionnaire

Questionnaire
1. Gender: male female
2. Year of birth?

Some questions about your use of the internet

3. How often do you use the internet?
4. Do you ever take part in discussion forums (such as Usenet groups or web communities)?
5. Do you feel comfortable sharing information about your life in The Family (TF) on the internet?
6. Have you visited MovingOn.org? yes no		If yes When did you first visit MovingOn.org? How often do you visit the site? Do you post messages to the site? Are you a registered user of MovingOn.org? yes no Do you visit it primarily to (you can mark more than one answer): get in touch with old friends? get information about what is going on in TF now? share your experiences with others? read about others' experiences? other

Some questions about your time in The Family

7. Were you born into TF? yes no

If no:

When did your family become members?

8. Which countries have you lived in with TF and when? (As far as you remember.)

Country	Year

9. Tell me three things you consider good about growing up in TF:

10. Tell me three things you consider bad about growing up in TF:

11. Are you satisfied with the level of education available to you growing up in TF?

12. In your opinion, were children disciplined: ?

13. Have you ever experienced disciplinary measures such as the Victor programs? yes no

If yes:

When and where did this happen?

I don't remember

Did you find the discipline: ?

If you wish, you can elaborate:

14. Some critics claim that The Family's doctrinal focus on sex makes children in TF too exposed to sexuality in their daily lives. What is your opinion?

15. Did you ever experience children being directly involved in sexual practices in TF? yes no

If yes:

What kind of practices do you refer to?

16. Feel free to elaborate on your answers to questions 14 and 15, if you have additional comments:

Some questions about leaving The Family

If you have any final comments you wish to include, you can put them here:

Thank you very much for taking the time to fill out this questionnaire!

If I am allowed to contact you for further questions or elaborations of the answers above, please enter a valid email address here:

The address will not be passed on to anyone else and you will, of course, remain completely anonymous in my work.

17. Have you left TF?		If no: You can now go to the bottom of the page.
18. If yes: what year did you leave?
19. Did you leave TF: because you wanted to because you were excommunicated or expelled ?		If you left because you wanted to: What were your reasons for leaving (you can mark more than one answer): I didn't share their religious beliefs I wanted more education I didn't like the rules and discipline I disagreed with the sexual practises I felt abused (physically, mentally or sexually) other: If you were expelled or excommunicated: What was the reason for that?
20. Did you leave alone?
21. Did TF help you leave?
22. Did you have anyone outside TF to help you leave? yes no		If yes: Was it (you can mark more than one answer): family friends authorities organisations former members other If organisations or authorities helped you: Which organisations or authorities helped you?
23. Were you influenced by something you had read on the internet in your choice to leave TF?
24. Have internet forums about TF (such as MovingOn.org) been important to you after leaving? yes no		If yes: In what way has it been of importance?
25. Do you still have relatives (e.g. parents or siblings) in TF? yes no		If yes: Are you still in touch with those relatives? yes no
26. What are your feelings towards TF today: ?
27. Have you ever aired these feelings publicly? yes no		If yes: Please write how you did so (e.g. in the media, in public speeches, through critical organisations, to authorities etc.)