DIVORCE RECORDS AND ACCURATE SELF REPORTS BY SURVEY MODE

这项建议涉及一项重要的调查数据质量 议题：自我报告的离婚数据的准确性 以及导致离婚率低报的因素， 调查数据 尽管离婚是一件很重要的事情， 对个人来说，离婚的衡量标准是 对于雄性来说， 错误”，数据通常被认为是不可用的 分析婚姻破裂的趋势或程度。 到 解决这些错误的来源，我们将绘制一个样本 在3,600名离婚记录的男女中， 关于离婚其他特征的高质量数据， 将允许详细分析无应答效应。 我们 会把离婚证上的信息 根据邮寄问卷所得的调查报告， 电话面试和个人面试。 我们将 回答四个问题;离婚的男人占多大比例 而女性没有在调查中报告离婚情况 什么 是离婚后不报案的前提吗 如何 报告的可靠性是否因调查模式而异？ 报告 离婚的可靠性随时间增加还是减少？ 这些问题的答案将为未来的研究提供信息 关于调查模式的设计和协议， 最佳通信设置，以获得最 准确的离婚报告，并将提供一个关键的 范围和差异的规模感 为分析婚姻状况调查数据， 稳定 放弃男人的做法是基于 报告不太清楚的差异， 没有得到充分的研究。 研究界和 制定有关家庭的社会政策 如果我们能更好地理解 错误的来源以及避免和纠正错误的方法 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.