Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI)

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Evaluator(s) Oklahoma State University, Bureau for Social Research
Investigator(s) Christine A. Johnson (Oklahoma State University, Bureau for Social Research)
 
Domain Child/Family
Status Operational with Findings
Duration Jan 1999 - Nov 2002
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description "The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative is a large scale attempt in public and private sectors to increase access to a healthy marriage for people to choose marriage for themselves. The aims are: to assess attitudes about intimate relationships, marriage, divorce, and cohabitation; gather data on couples' relationship quality; asses knowledge and acceptance of relationship education; collect demographic data on marriage-related subjects; collect data on other variables of interest"
Notes Project website: http://www.okmarriage.org/.
 
Last Updated 00/00/00
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Christine A. Johnson (chrisaj@okstate.edu)
Oklahoma State University, Bureau for Social Research
306 Human Environmental Sciences
(T) (405) 744-6701
(F) (405) 744-3342
Submitter(s) Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty
215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl
(T) (646)284-9600
(F) not reported

Populations Studied

Target Population General population
Subgroups Analyzed Low-income households
Sample Size and Unit 2323 adults 18 years or older; 2020 from randomly selected households and 303 randomly selected current Medicaid clients
Execution Data collected 9/01-1/02

Sites Studied

Oklahoma - statewide