The Wisconsin Mothers with Young Children Study (WiscMoms): Report on a Pilot Survey of Formal and Informal Support of Children in Complex Families

• Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, Nora Cate Schaeffer, and Jessica Price
• October 2012
• CS-11-12-T10
• Link to CS-2011-2012-T10 (PDF)

The Wisconsin Mothers with Young Children Study (WiscMoms) was initiated to develop and test a survey on family complexity and sources of economic resources for complex families through the collection of pilot data for a small sample of 205 complex families. This report describes the survey and presents descriptive results from the pilot data collection effort.

Categories

Child Support, Child Support Policy Research, Economic Support, Enforcement, Family & Partnering, Family Structure, Means-Tested Programs, WI Administrative Data Core

Tags

Fathers, Mothers, Pilot Study, Quantitative Research, SNAP/Food Stamps, Wisconsin