Support #1132
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Non-biological children in cohabitation
Added by Ashley Burdett almost 6 years ago.
Updated almost 4 years ago.
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Dear UKHLS support,
Apologies for the multiple posts.
I would like to know if in the retrospective files regarding the number of adoptive/step children (a_adopt (USoc) and bb_childad (BHPS)) systematically contain information about non-biological children living in the respondents household because they are the biological child of their cohabitation partner ("cohabitation-step children").
I have been exploring the USoc data and it seems that some people report new stepchildren in historic cohabitation spells, however, because I do not see it specified in the documentation, I am unsure if these are errors/misunderstandings or indeed these variables do systemically contain "cohabitation-step children". Could you please clarify if the dataset contains this information, or if this information is available elsewhere.
Many thanks,
Ashley
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Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer
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Dear Ashley,
The questions on which the data in the files you mention are asked of those respondents who identify step or adopted children in the household grid. So if a respondent sees their "cohabitation-step children" as step children and have reported that, they will be asked those questions, otherwise they will not.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Stephanie Auty wrote:
Dear Ashley,
The questions on which the data in the files you mention are asked of those respondents who identify step or adopted children in the household grid. So if a respondent sees their "cohabitation-step children" as step children and have reported that, they will be asked those questions, otherwise they will not.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for your response. I will take this into account in my analysis by working under the assumption that the instances of 'cohabitation-step children' is likely under-reported, and that those who did not report 'cohabitation step-children' may be different from individuals that do.
Many thanks,
Ashley
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