Relocation and Romantic Relationships - Cross-sectional, 2018-2019

We obtained a sample of 438 individuals, which includes 70 couples (i.e., 70 participants (16%) are partners of our primary participants). The sample consists of 208 participants who initiated the couples’ relocation to a different city, state/province, or country (i.e., relocaters), and 230 participants who accommodated their partner’s initiation to move (i.e., trailers). Participants were recruited on the online research platform Prolific and filled out a ~45 minutes survey for which they were paid $10CAD (or another currency’s equivalent) and a bonus of $2CAD if their partner participated as well. Participants were eligible when they spoke English, were over the age of 18, were currently in a romantic relationship, currently lived together with their romantic partner, and importantly, when they had relocated with their partner in the past year, which was primarily for one of the partners (e.g., to support their career opportunities). Participants ranged in age from 20 to 69 (M = 32.3, SD = 7.6), 56.4% identified as women, 43.2% as men, and 0.5% as non-binary. The majority identified as heterosexual (89.3%), with others identifying as bisexual (7.5%), lesbian (1.1%), gay (0.9%), or “other” (e.g., queer or asexual; 1.1%). Most participants identified as White (North American/European, 75.1%) and others as bi- or multi-ethnic (e.g., White/Black, 6.2%), Latin American (6.2%), South Asian (4.6%), East Asian (3%), Black (2.1%), Native American/First Nations (0.7%), or “other” (e.g., Middle Eastern, Jewish, 2.3%). All participants were living together with their partner and were in their current relationship for 8.56 (SD = 5.21) years on average. Most participants were married (95.7%), and some were dating (2.3%) or indicated “other” (e.g., engaged or in a registered partnership, 2.1%). Half of the participants had children (50.2%), with most of these having one (24.2%) or two (17.1%) children. This project was approved by the University of Toronto Mississauga research ethics board on July 20, 2018 (#36046).

本研究共招募438名被试，其中包含70对伴侣，即70名被试（占总样本的16%）为核心被试的配偶或伴侣。样本包含208名主动发起伴侣共同搬迁至其他城市、州/省或国家的被试（即主动搬迁者（relocaters）），以及230名配合伴侣搬迁提议的被试（即随迁者（trailers））。被试通过在线研究招募平台Prolific招募，完成了一份时长约45分钟的问卷：参与问卷可获得10加元（或等值其他币种）的报酬，若其伴侣也参与本次研究，则可额外获得2加元奖金。本次研究的纳入标准为：使用英语、年满18周岁、当前处于恋爱关系且与浪漫伴侣同居，且在过去一年内曾与伴侣共同搬迁，搬迁主要因其中一方的需求（例如为支持另一方的职业发展机会）。被试年龄分布为20至69岁（平均年龄M=32.3，标准差SD=7.6）；其中56.4%自认为女性，43.2%自认为男性，0.5%自认为非二元性别者。绝大多数被试自认为异性恋（89.3%），其余分别为双性恋（7.5%）、女同性恋（1.1%）、男同性恋（0.9%），以及其他身份（如酷儿或无性恋，占1.1%）。大部分被试自认为白人（北美/欧洲裔，75.1%），其余族裔身份包括双族裔/多族裔（如白人/黑人混血，6.2%）、拉丁裔（6.2%）、南亚裔（4.6%）、东亚裔（3%）、黑人（2.1%）、北美原住民/第一民族（0.7%），以及其他身份（如中东裔、犹太裔，占2.3%）。所有被试均与伴侣同居，当前恋爱关系平均时长为8.56年（标准差SD=5.21）。大部分被试处于婚姻状态（95.7%），其余分别为恋爱同居（2.3%）或其他关系类型（如订婚或民事伴侣关系，占2.1%）。半数被试育有子女（50.2%），其中多数育有1名子女（24.2%）或2名子女（17.1%）。本研究项目于2018年7月20日获得多伦多大学密西沙加分校研究伦理委员会批准（审批编号：#36046）。