Results from survey among migrant and intercultural couples (n = 223) on experiences with marriage preparation, faith and spirituality, church community and integration into the Netherlands. Main research question: To what extent can Marriage and Relationship Education (MRE) and pastoral accompaniment before and after marriage within the Catholic Church contribute to a higher relationship quality among migrant and intercultural couples in the Netherlands?

Data files

Pastoral accompaniment total pseudonymised.xlsx Church visit and ethnicity.xlsx Personal prayer and ethnicity.xlsx Prayer together and ethnicity.xlsx Speaking about prayer life and ethnicity.xlsx Religious and spiritual activities and ethnicity.xlsx Voluntary work and ethnicity.xlsx Sunday rest and ethnicity.xlsx Forgiveness and ethnicity.xlsx Course hours and evaluation.xlsx Course material and evaluation.xlsx Welcoming and evaluation.xlsx Cooperation and evaluation.xlsx Reconciliation and relationship quality_2.sav Reconciliation and relationship quality.spv Forgiveness and relationship quality.sav Forgiveness and relationship quality.spv Frequency church visit and relationship quality_1.sav Frequency church visit and relationship quality.spv Personal prayer and relationship quality.sav Personal prayer and relationship quality.spv Praying together and relationship quality_1.sav Praying together and relationship quality.spv Speaking about prayer life and relationship quality.sav Speaking about prayer life and relationship quality.spv Sunday rest and relationship quality.sav Sunday rest and relationship quality.spv Cultural transition and defence and ethnicity.xlsx Relationship quality and ethnicity.xlsx

All files contain cleaned data. Names and locations of participants and church communities have been removed, as well as number of children and educational level.

Supplemental material

Survey English 3.docx (questionnaire).

Structure data package

Table 1 in article Family Forum 2023: file no. 1 Table 2: files no. 2 to 9 Table 3: files no. 10 to 13 Table 4: files no. 14 to 27 Table 5: files no. 28 and 29

Ethical clearance by by Ethical Review Board TST, ID-code: ERB-TST # 2020/7 Universe: Migrant couples and intercultural couples of various nationalities, married between 1995 and 2021 in the Catholic Church, living in the Netherlands.