Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research

by Hofferth, Sandra L.; Casper, Lynne M.

• ISBN13: 9780805856170
• ISBN10: 080585617X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-26
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Dramatic societal changes have reshaped America's families. Young adults have delayed marriage, and cohabitation before marriage has become commonplace. One in three women giving birth is unmarried, and the proportion of children under 18 living in single-parent families rose from 23 to 31 percent between 1980 and 2000, reflecting increased rates of both nonmarital childbearing and divorce. This authoritative volume offers a blueprint for addressing some of the most important measurement issues in family research, and it points out potential pitfalls for researchers and students who may not be familiar with data quality issues. TheHandbook of Measurement Issues in Family Researchwill appeal to scholars in the departments of psychology, sociology, and population studies, as well as researchers working in governmental agencies.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I: Introduction
1 Playing Catch-Up: Improving Data and Measures for Family Research	3	(16)
Lynne M. Casper and Sandra L. Hofferth
Part II: Marriage and Cohabitation
2 Measuring Cohabitation: Does How, When, and Who You Ask Matter?	19	(16)
Jean Tansey Knab and Sara McLanahan
3 Measuring Cohabitation in Add Health	35	(18)
Michael S. Pollard and Kathleen Mullan Harris
4 Studying Marriage and Commitment With Survey Data	53	(14)
Paul R. Amato
5 Conceptualizing and Measuring Marital Virtues	67	(18)
Alan J. Hawkins, Blaine J. Powers, Jason S. Carroll, and Chongming Yang
6 Assessing Couple and Marital Relationships: Beyond Form and Toward a Deeper Knowledge of Function	85	(16)
Scott M. Stanley
7 Developing Measures of Healthy Marriages and Relationships	101	(24)
Kristin A. Moore, Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew, Susan Jekielek, Linn Guzman, Suzanne Ryan, Zakia Redd, Jennifer Carrano, and Greg Matthews
Part III: Separation and Divorce
8 Measuring Separation and Divorce	125	(20)
Larry Bumpass and Kelly Raley
9 The Visible Hand: Editing Marital-History Data From Census Bureau Surveys	145
Martin O'Connell
Part IV: Household Composition and Family Relationships
10 Mapping Children's Living Arrangements With a Relationship Matrix	159	(20)
Peter D. Brandon
11 Is Single-Parent Family a Misnomer Misdirecting Research and Policies?	179	(20)
Martha Hill and Paul Callister
12 Cohabitation and Measurement of Family Trajectories	199	(22)
Wendy D. Manning and Ron E. Bulanda
13 Measuring Poverty With Different Units of Analysis	221	(14)
John Iceland
14 Measuring Gay and Lesbian Couples	235	(10)
Gary J. Gates and Randall Sell
15 Including the Military and the Incarcerated in Surveys of Families	245	(18)
William D. Mosher
Part V: Becoming a Father
16 Male Relationship and Fertility Data in the NLSY	263	(22)
Frank L. Mott, Dawn S. Hurst, and Thomas Gryn
17 Counting Dads: Improving Estimates of Teen Fatherhood	285	(18)
Scott Boggess, Gladys Martinez, Carolyn Bradner Jasik, and Laura Dilberstein Lindberg
18 Qualitative Insights for Studying Male Fertility	303	(22)
William Marsiglio
19 Taking Stock: Do Surveys of Men's Fertility Deliver?	325	(10)
Christine Bachrach
Part VI: Fathers and Fathering
20 Resident Father Involvement and Social Fathering	335	(40)
Sandra L. Hofferth, Natasha Cabrera, Marcia Carlson, Rebekah Levine Coley, Randal Day, and Holly Schindler
21 Measuring Contact Between Children and Nonresident Fathers	375	(24)
Laura Argys, Elizabeth Peters, Steven Cook, Steven Garasky, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, and Elaine Sorensen
22 Measuring Support to Children by Nonresident Fathers	399	(30)
Steven Garasky, Elizabeth Peters, Laura Argys, Steven Cook, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, and Elaine Sorensen
Part VII: Conclusion
23 Progress Made, Gaps Remain: Final Observations	429	(8)
Sandra L. Hofferth and Lynne M. Casper
References	437	(32)
Author Index	469	(10)
Subject Index	479