TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring Postdivorce Living Arrangements
T2 - Theoretical and Empirical Validation of the Residential Calendar
AU - Sodermans, An Katrien
AU - Vanassche, Sofie
AU - Matthijs, Koen
AU - Swicegood, Gray
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - In this article, we present a new method for measuring residential arrangements of children following parental divorce. We discuss the limitations of conventional methods for measuring postdivorce residential situations of children, but our principal objective is to present a promising alternative, the residential calendar. We evaluate its utility with data coming from the Leuven Adolescents and Families project, collected from a sample of 878 Flemish adolescents, who have experienced a parental breakup. Several substantive and methodological arguments and supporting analyses illustrate the potential value of the residential calendar for collecting policy-relevant data on the consequences of divorce.
AB - In this article, we present a new method for measuring residential arrangements of children following parental divorce. We discuss the limitations of conventional methods for measuring postdivorce residential situations of children, but our principal objective is to present a promising alternative, the residential calendar. We evaluate its utility with data coming from the Leuven Adolescents and Families project, collected from a sample of 878 Flemish adolescents, who have experienced a parental breakup. Several substantive and methodological arguments and supporting analyses illustrate the potential value of the residential calendar for collecting policy-relevant data on the consequences of divorce.
KW - divorce
KW - family law
KW - joint custody
KW - measurement
KW - residential arrangements
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X12464947
DO - 10.1177/0192513X12464947
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84888270476
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 35
SP - 125
EP - 145
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 1
ER -