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B.3 FATHER STUDY RESPONSE RATES
The father study data in this report are from interviews conducted with fathers or father figures of children in the program group. As described above, the 12 father study sites recruited the men after the mothers identified them either as a resident biological father, an involved nonresident biological father, or a father figure. Across the 12 sites, approximately 65 percent of the mothers identified a father or father figure. Following identification of the father, some of the mothers refused to share information about how to reach the identified father or requested that we did not contact him. Site coordinators reported that some mothers did not want us to contact the father because he was too busy, and other mothers reported that although the identified father had been active in the child's life, he no longer was. Overall, we completed interviews with 67 percent of the identified fathers (after excluding mothers who requested that we did not contact the father). Father study sample sizes and response rates by site for the program group are included in Table B.3.
| 24-Month Father Interview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Site | Program Group Sample Size |
Response Rate (Percentage)a |
| 1 | 19 | 60 |
| 3 | 26 | 89 |
| 4 | 34 | 88 |
| 6 | 14 | 55 |
| 8 | 44 | 69 |
| 10 | 19 | 83 |
| 11 | 19 | 52 |
| 13 | 57 | 55 |
| 14 | 20 | 68 |
| 15 | 27 | 59 |
| 16 | 40 | 78 |
| 17 | 28 | 64 |
| Total | 347 | 67 |
| aThe response rate was calculated by using the number of fathers identified by mothers during the 24-month parent interview as the denominator. (back) | ||
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