Examining Recruitment Follow-Up Phone Calls and Their Influence on Attendance for Husbands and Wives in a Marriage and Relationship Education Program

Low-income married couples face unique stressors that contribute to increased relationship distress. Federal funding has supported research initiatives aimed at studying how marriage and relationship education (MRE) influences the relationships of low-income married participants. However, research i...

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Published in:Marriage & family review 2012-01, Vol.48 (1), p.82-95
Main Authors: Carlson, Ryan G., Daire, Andrew P., Munyon, Matthew D., Soto, Damaris, Bennett, Ashley, Marshall, Diana, McKinzie, Caitlyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attendance
Attrition
Couples
Educational Programs
Enrollments
Federal funding
Husbands
low income
Low Income Groups
Marriage
Marriage and Family Education
Recruitment
relationship education
Sexuality. Marriage. Family relations
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
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Summary:Low-income married couples face unique stressors that contribute to increased relationship distress. Federal funding has supported research initiatives aimed at studying how marriage and relationship education (MRE) influences the relationships of low-income married participants. However, research identified recruitment and retention of low-income participants as a major obstacle to the replication of these programs. Therefore, this study examined programmatic data from 786 low-income married participants to investigate how recruitment follow-up influenced attendance in the MRE program. A weak, inverse relationship was found for women between the number of pre-enrollment phone calls made and hours spent in MRE. We found a statistically significant difference between who was contacted (wife, husband, or both) and attendance to the initial intake appointment for program enrollment. Implications and future research are discussed.
ISSN:0149-4929
1540-9635
DOI:10.1080/01494929.2011.627493