Divorced Parents' Qualitative and Quantitative Reports of Children's Living Arrangements

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ID2282437
AutoresI F Lin (0000-0001-9070-990X, Bowling Green State University, autor de correspondencia), I‐fen Lin, Nora Cate Schaeffer (0000-0001-9837-3603, University of Wisconsin–Madison), J A Seltzer (0009-0005-4452-8231, University of California, Los Angeles), Kay L Tuschen (Bowling Green State University)
Año2004
Volumen66
Número2
Páginas385-397
Fecha de publicación2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1741-3737.2004.00027.x
OpenAlexW1769321027
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas9

We use data from a sample of divorced parents in Wisconsin (N = 1,392) to examine how parents describe their children's living arrangements. When the children spend substantial time in both parents' homes, both parents are less likely to use the phrase live with to describe living arrangements. When children spend most nights with their mother, mothers are more likely than fathers to state that the children live with their mother. Together, these findings suggest that family researchers no longer can rely on simple questions to capture complex living arrangements. We need clearer and more careful question wording and, in some instances, follow-up questions to accurately describe where children live

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