DIVORCE RECORDS AND ACCURATE SELF REPORTS BY SURVEY MODE

该提案涉及一项重要的调查数据质量 问题：我调查的自我报告的离婚数据的准确性 以及导致在#年少报离婚的因素 调查数据。即使离婚是一件令人兴奋的事情 对于个人来说，衡量离婚的标准是 有问题，而且对男性来说，充满了测量 错误：数据通常被认为不适用于 对婚姻破裂趋势或程度的分析。至 针对这些错误的来源，我们将绘制一个样本 3600名男性和女性的离婚记录中包含高 关于离婚的其他特征的高质量数据 将允许对无反应影响进行详细分析。我们 会比较离婚证明中的信息 根据邮寄问卷获得的调查报告， 电话采访和个人采访。我们会 回答四个问题；离婚男性占多大比例 而女性在一项调查中没有报告自己的离婚？什么 没有报告离婚的前置条件是什么？多么 报告的可靠性是否因调查模式而异？是否有报道 离婚的可靠性是随着时间的推移而减少还是增加？ 这些问题的答案将为未来的研究提供信息。 关于提供以下功能的调查模式的设计和协议 获得最大价值的最佳交流环境 准确的离婚报告，并将提供关键的 的范围和区别的尺度感 对婚姻调查数据的分析报告不足 稳定性。空投人员的做法是基于 报告不能很好地理解的差异，并且 没有得到充分的研究。研究界和 关于家庭的社会政策的发展 如果我们能更好地理解 错误的来源及避免和纠正的方法 未来的错误。

This proposal addresses an important survey data quality issue: the accuracy of self-reported divorce data i surveys and the factors that lead to under-reporting of divorce in survey data. Even though divorce is an event with high salience for individuals, measurement of divorce is problematic and, for males, so fraught with measurement error' that tahe data are often considered unusable for analyses of trends or levels of marital disruption. To address the sources of these errors, we will draw a sample of 3,600 men and women from divorce records contain high quality data on other characteristics of the divorces that will permit detailed analyses of nonresponse effects. We will compare information taken from divorce certificates against survey reports obtained by mail questionnaire, telephone interview, and personal interview. We will address four questions; What proportion of divorced men and women fail to report their divorce in a survey? What are the antecedents of failure to report a divorce? How does report reliability differ by survey mode? Does report reliability for divorce decrease or increase with time? The answers to these questions will inform future research design and protocol regarding the survey mode that provides the best communication setting for obtaining the most accurate reports of divorce and will provide a critical sense of scale for the extent of and differentials in underreporting for the analysis of survey data on marital stability. The practice of dropping men has been based on report discrepancies that are not well understood and have not been adequately researched. The research community and the development of social policies concerning families would be better served if we developed an understanding of the sources of error and ways to avoid and correct for athe errors in the future.