. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2016 Dec;53(6):1743–1770. doi: 10.1007/s13524-016-0521-7

Table 1.

Steps taken to obtain analytic sample, 6–17 years: MLSFH, 2006–2010

	2006	2008	2010
Living Biological Children Listed in Women’s Household Roster^a	2,292	3,078	2,507
Linked Across Survey Waves	1,709	2,702	1,955
Linked Across Survey Waves With Medium- or High-Quality Linkages	1,574	2,599	1,888
Mother Has Reconstructed Marriage History Data	1,517	2,337	1,868
Parent’s Marriage Status (%)
Still married	77.7	74.5	72.8
Divorced	11.1	12.6	14.2
Widowed	5.0	6.6	7.0
Premarital birth	2.4	2.2	1.8
Indeterminate	3.7	4.1	4.2
Potential Sample (restricted to children with married or divorced parents)	1,324	2,029	1,625
Final Sample (nonmissing data)	1,222	1,954	1,566

Notes: The age range varies by survey year. For 2006, it is 6–15 years; for 2008, 6–17 years; and for 2010, 8–17 years.

Mother participated in main survey questionnaire.