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   <title1>What is Partner Check?</title1>
    <texto1>Partner Check is a lighthearted game that invites young women to explore the different economic, professional and personal scenarios that could arise as a result of the partner they choose</texto1>
 
    <title2>How does it work?</title2>
    <texto2>You will first be asked to build your own personal profile. Fill in your age, education level and income. You will then build a similar profile of your ideal partner. The programme will generate two different life scenario outcomes.</texto2>

    <title3>What is the aim?</title3>
    <texto3>The Wage Indicator Foundation developed this game as part of its Decisions for Life project. The objective of this project is to encourage awareness amongst young women of the importance of a healthy work life balance.</texto3>
 


    <boton_start>Start the game</boton_start>


    <!-- level 1 -->
   
    <lv1_title1>How would you like to look?</lv1_title1>
    <lv1_subtitle1>Build up your profile using these options</lv1_subtitle1>
   
    <mouth>Mouth</mouth>
    <hair>Hair</hair>
    <eyes>Eyes</eyes>
    <nose>Nose</nose>
    <face>Face</face>
    <clothes>Clothes</clothes>
   
    <bt_next>Next</bt_next>
    <bt_prev>Prev</bt_prev>
   
   
     <!-- level 2 -->
   
    <lv2_title1>We need some information about you</lv2_title1>
    <lv2_subtitle1>Fill in the three boxes below and then press NEXT</lv2_subtitle1>
   
    <age_tit>Age</age_tit>
    <revenue_tit>Salary</revenue_tit>
    <studies_tit>Education</studies_tit>
   
    <age1>15-20</age1>
    <age2>21-25</age2>
    <age3>26-30</age3>
    <age4>31-35</age4>
   
    <lower>Very low</lower>
    <low>Low</low>
    <high>Medium</high>
    <Higher>High</Higher>
    <dontcare>Don't Care</dontcare>
   
    <info>Please, choose an item before you continue</info>
   
    <decide_tit>You decide to be...</decide_tit>
    <decide1>With a man</decide1>
    <decide2>With a man for another country</decide2>
    <decide3>With a man from the same religion</decide3>
    <decide4>With a woman</decide4>
    <decide5>On your own</decide5>
    <decide6>On your own with children</decide6>

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    <lv3_title1>Choose your partner!</lv3_title1>
    <lv3_subtitle1>Select age, revenue and education</lv3_subtitle1>
   
    <age_tit2>Age</age_tit2>
    <revenue_tit2>Salary</revenue_tit2>
    <studies_tit2>Education</studies_tit2>
   
    <!--results-->
    <result_title1>This is the result of your Partner Check.</result_title1>
    <result_subtitle1>Scenarios according to the options you selected</result_subtitle1>
   
    <bt_scenario1>Scenario 1</bt_scenario1>
    <bt_scenario2>Scenario 2</bt_scenario2>
   
    <!--SCENARIOS-->
    <!--01 -->
    <scenario01_tit>Paul is 3 years younger and as educated as you are.</scenario01_tit>
    <scenario01_01>As you are older you started your career a little earlier than Paul. He is happy with your career and salary. He also sets out on his own career path. Once the kids are born the two of you decide to hire an au pair to look after the children and continue on with your careers. When you reach 50 you discover that surprisingly few of your female friends carried on working.  You will have a comfortable retirement and provide well for your family. You are a role model for your daughters.</scenario01_01>
    <scenario02_01>You are good at your job and climb quickly up the career ladder. Paul is less fortunate and jealous of your professional success. Once you have kids he and your mother-in-law keep on nagging. Finally you agree to stay home and look after the kids. When the kids leave home you return to work. It’s not easy, but your earlier work experience gets you a reasonable job. By now you are fed up and divorce Paul. Your daughter has learned from your experiences. She will only marry a man who respects her wish to be a working mother.</scenario02_01>
   
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    <scenario02_tit>Armando is 3 years younger and less educated than you are.</scenario02_tit>
    <scenario02_01>YYou embark on a career, while Armando combines his less demanding job with looking after the house and the kids. An ideal arrangement, especially since the house needs considerable work. Before you know it you’re approaching 50, happy with your life, kids and husband. He keeps you fit and free from work stress. He’s happy to help provide a proper work-life balance.</scenario02_01>
    <scenario02_02>You embark on a career and have children with Armando. But unfortunately his less demanding job and lifestyle lead him astray. He starts having affairs and ruins your short-lived dream marriage. Yet your life is not ruined, as you are financially independent. Once over 50 you will live on comfortably and can even help finance the kids’ education. Do you miss having a man around the house?</scenario02_02>
   
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    <scenario03_tit>John is your age and your professional colleague.</scenario03_tit>
    <scenario03_01>You are friends and decide to share everything: kids, home, career. He supports your career decisions. He is also understanding when you have to put in extra hours.  He’s all for balance and harmony. You grow old together. If something unexpected should happen, at least there would be no financial problems. Each of you could and would easily support the other.</scenario03_01>
    <scenario03_02>You’re happy in your job, career, home, marriage and with your kids. But then your son contracts a serious illness and requires 24 hour care. But there’s no grandparent around to help out. You therefore stop working, as your family needs John’s higher income. After a long period of sickness your son dies. As a result of the emotional trauma you have experienced, you and John grow apart emotionally and divorce. Now all you are left with is a low paid, unskilled job. </scenario03_02>
   
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    <scenario04_tit>Michael is 3 years older and you are equally well educated.</scenario04_tit>
    <scenario04_01>You marry and have kids. You decide that Michael will build a career and you will look after the children. You decide you will go back to work after the kids leave home. You advise all your friends to do likewise: all the time in the world for the kids, no stress and Michael earns good money. He loves to see you and the kids making a home. Once the kids are grown up – you’re over 40 now – you learn a new trade with job prospects. Michael gladly pays for your training course. Things work out fine. You get a good job and together you earn enough to pay for the childrens’ education.</scenario04_01>
    <scenario04_02>You both have good jobs, a fine house and great kids. You decide that Michael will provide the family income while you look after the children until they leave home. Then Michael is fired and the only job he can find is far away from home. You move house. Then he loses his job again and the family has to uproot all over again. By now the family is unsettled and the money has run out. You want to start working again. But the kids are still young and Michael insists that you stay home. You stick it out together in the long run, but looking back at 50 you ask: what went wrong? Is this just life?</scenario04_02>
   
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    <scenario05_tit>Carlo is 5 years older and better educated, he’s a foreigner.</scenario05_tit>
    <scenario05_01>You decide to move with Carlo to his home country. While learning the new language and adjusting to the different culture you have two babies. They make your happiness complete. You have no problem not having a paid job. Many happy days make pleasant years. Before you know it you’re 50. You may have been dependent – and still are – on your husband’s income, but you don’t mind. </scenario05_01>
    <scenario05_02>Carlo decides to stay with you in your home country. While he learns the language and adjusts to the new culture, he looks after the babies. After he’s integrated into society he tries to find a suitable job. However his academic qualifications are not acknowledged. He has no other skills, so  he does unskilled work only and earns little. As a woman, you earn less than your male colleagues. The family makes ends meet, but no more. By the time you’re 50 Carlo yearns to return to his place of birth. You let him go. You stopped loving him a long time ago.  </scenario05_02>
   
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    <scenario06_tit>Daniel is 10 years older and better educated.</scenario06_tit>
    <scenario06_01>You are happily married. Daniel earns plenty of money, which gives you a good excuse to stay at home and look after the children. A wonderful period of your life begins. Once the kids have left home you shift your attentions towards looking after the extended family. Again, bliss! Sadly, Daniel dies at 60. But in your early fifties you have no trouble finding a new man once you’ve overcome the loss of your husband. You were also very careful to ensure you received a good inheritance… </scenario06_01>
    <scenario06_02>You get married. When the kids arrive you realize that Daniel’s children from a previous marriage will complicate matters. He loves those kids too and wants to give them just as much attention – and support. You thought that with him money would never be a problem, but it is. Divided, Daniel cannot give all his kids the care and support they need. So you are forced to look after your own. But still you depend on him for most of the money.</scenario06_02>
   
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    <scenario07_tit>You choose to live without ‘him’.</scenario07_tit>
    <scenario07_01>You choose to live without ‘him’. You’re happy in your well-paid job and privileged social circle. Your brothers protect and accompany you whenever the occasion demands you to be ‘chaperoned’ or accompanied by a male partner. This is how you socialize and network uninhibited by men or children. You do well all your working life and will certainly not die alone and destitute.</scenario07_01>
    <scenario07_02>You never found ‘him’. Never really found the time to look for him. All your energy went into your career. Yet, at 50, you start to ask yourself if this was the right path. Your social circle is made up of women. You have learned that it’s men who pull the strings in the workplace. You’ve bumped your head against the glass ceiling once too often. You wouldn’t know what to advise your sister’s daughter. Alone on a dead end street?  Or the life of a housewife? </scenario07_02>
   
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    <scenario08_tit>You choose a woman.</scenario08_tit>
    <scenario08_01>Living together in the big city makes you both happy. In your social circle there are more women like you two – and men for that matter. You also count heterosexual couples amongst your friends. You live a full life, both have jobs and you start to seriously consider having kids. Would they restrict you in your ambitions and freedom? You conclude that kids would enrich your lives and not harm your financial prospects in the long run. You go for it and have no regrets!</scenario08_01>
    <scenario08_02>Living together in the big city makes you both happy. But then your partner has to go back home to look after her ailing mother. She has to endure harassment from her siblings over you all the time. In this period she is fired due to prolonged absence. But that’s no problem, you are happy to support her financially. Emotionally however, as well as geographically, you slowly drift apart. After her mother finally dies she returns to live with you again. But it’s too late. You are no longer compatible so you split up. You feel sorry for her though, and keep supporting her even though you’re both approaching 50 by now. The first fight with your new partner is about the money that goes to your ex. You’re unable to give a good reason for why you’re still supporting her.</scenario08_02>
   
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    <scenario09_tit>You settle for single status with children.</scenario09_tit>
    <scenario09_01>While trying to finish your studies you become pregnant. The father is a fellow student. You decide to keep the baby. The father goes his own way. Your mom looks after the baby while you finish your studies, following your dad’s advice. Then you get your first job and a new boyfriend. You like men, though, and find it hard to settle for one. You end up having another baby. As a single mother you have to work hard to make enough money. But you get by. Parents, friends and even the visiting fathers admire your stamina and help out with whatever they can. The kids help out around the house. At 50 you can proudly say that you have always been independent, both emotionally and financially. </scenario09_01>
    <scenario09_02>You really want a baby and marry early, not thinking twice. Your immature husband, however, tires quickly of his little family and leaves you as a single working mother. Hard times, little fun. Your solution is to remarry, this time for good. You find him soon enough and relax. Your first baby gets a little brother and sister. Your man earns little, so you take on a job too, part time. You cannot afford day-care for the kids. As a result you’re locked up in a life of near poverty. There’s no way out for you. But there is for your husband: he leaves you and the kids to fend for yourselves. As soon as they can the kids have to contribute to the household income. No education for them, no more future for you.</scenario09_02>
	
	<scenario10_tit>My partner is equally religious</scenario10_tit>
    <scenario10_01>You and your parents are very happy that your partner’s faith is strong.  You pray reguarly. You agree on how best to educate your children. Your partner is a businessman. He lives according to his religious beliefs.  He doesn’t drink and doesn’t like parties.  By the time you are 50 your partner is rich. Your kids are good at sports, are healthy and enjoy school. And you? You have a nice but slightly boring life. You kept on working, but not full-time. The happiness for your family and your partner’s business is more important then your career.</scenario10_01>
    <scenario10_02>A few days after your marrige you regret that you married. But there’s no way back. You have kids. After three kids you are sure. You will divorce. You studied to a high level. You wanted a career. But your husband does’t agree with that, even worse his family doesn’t either. Finally you divorce and decide to go back to your family. You haven’t worked for six years. You take up your old profession, study a course. Your family helps you.  When you get to 50, you are strong. Your kids are strong. But you never find the love of your life. You are disappointed about the fact that a man can treat you so unequally.</scenario10_02>

    <!--URL-->
	<urlid>http://www.wageindicator.org/main/projects/decisions-for-life</urlid>
	<print>Print this scenario</print>

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