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Non-resident parents and reasons for separation

Two question modules which have been used in the past in the Innovation Panel were adapted to capture information on non-resident parents. Both of these modules, Fertility History and Family Networks, were asked of all respondents using a within-respondent design (note: Fertility History is asked every wave of new entrants; Family Networks was last asked in the third wave of the IP, but has been asked in the main survey every other wave). Half of respondents were asked Fertility History first, with the other half asked Family Networks first; later in the survey respondents were asked the other module. Both modules were adapted to expand questions on children not residing in the household, including separation of biological, step-, and adopted children.

After whichever module is asked first, respondents were asked a series of questions about each non-resident child identified (e.g. name, DOB), and the respondent’s reasons for separation from that child’s other parent. After the second module, a summary screen of the children identified in the first asked module was presented, and any discrepancies identified based on the second module asked were reconciled, by either removing children incorrectly identified, updating the information previously provided, or adding new children not identified in the first module asked. For any updated children, the questions about information about the children and reasons for separation from the child’s other parent were asked. There is one experimental control variable, determining which of the two adapted modules a respondent was asked first. Households were randomly assigned to one of the two following conditions with an equal 50/50 split. The variable controlling the treatment allocations is:

ff_nonresw10 on record j_hhsamp_ip:

1          Ask adapted Family Networks (Version A) module first
2          Ask adapted Fertility History (Version A) module first

The variables used for this experiment are the following.

On record j_nonressum_ip:

nonressumid, nrcsumdobm, nrcsumdoby, nrcsumsex, reltonrcsum, nrcsumnumber, fursumadd

on record j_nonresid_ip:

nrcidnumber, nrcdobm, nrcdoby, nrcsex, reltonrc

on record j_nonresch2_ip:

nrclives, nrcbirthc, staykidwnrc, ftexwnrc, childpno, reasonsep4, reasonsep8, reasonsep12, reasonsep16, reasonsep20, reasonsep24, reasonsep28, nonresseq, livedwithnrc, seekidnrc, farkidnrc, reltopwc, reasonsep1, reasonsep5, reasonsep9, reasonsep13, reasonsep17, reasonsep21, reasonsep25, reasonsepmain, reasonsepoth_code, nonresch2id, mthslwc, wekidnrc, relkidnrc, pwcseparatem, reasonsep2, reasonsep6, reasonsep10, reasonsep14, reasonsep18, reasonsep22, reasonsep26, sepdecision, sepdecisiono_code, pwcparnam, yrslwc, staykidnrc, kidsptnrc, pwcseparatey, reasonsep3, reasonsep7, reasonsep11, reasonsep15, reasonsep19, reasonsep23, reasonsep27

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