Adult non-response bias from a child perspective. Using child reports to estimate father's non-response

Using the multi-actor dataset from the “Divorce in Flanders”-project, which provides data from children whose fathers actually participated (N = 461) as well as data from children whose fathers did not (N = 137) with children reporting on paternal involvement, we are able to test our hypotheses. Results confirm our first hypothesis, indicating that non-participating fathers are significantly more uninvolved than participating fathers. Regarding our second hypothesis, an indirect effect of father's educational level and age on non-response was revealed for one out of three indicators of paternal involvement.