Electronic Collection of Marriage and Divorce Statistics ...

Electronic Collection of Marriage and Divorce Statistics: Findings from Seven States

Final Report

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families & Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Submitted by:

The Lewin Group, Inc.

August 2008

The views expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................1

A. PROJECT BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................................1

B. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................2

C. STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT..............................................................................................................................4

II. DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS .....................................................................................4

A. OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................4

B. DESCRIPTION OF STATE AND LOCAL SYSTEMS..................................................................................................6

1. Marriage Statistics Systems .........................................................................................................................7

2. Divorce Statistics Systems..........................................................................................................................11

3. State-level Storage of Data ........................................................................................................................13

III. DATA USE....................................................................................................................................................16

IV. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................................19

A. POLICY-RELATED FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................19

B. IMPLEMENTATION-RELATED FINDINGS ...........................................................................................................20

APPENDIX: SITE VIST REPORTS .......................................................................................................................23

COLORADO..............................................................................................................................................................24

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................24

A. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT ...................................................................................................................................24

B. CURRENTLY COLLECTED STATISTICS..............................................................................................................24

1. Collection of Marriage Statistics ...............................................................................................................25

2. Collection of Divorce Statistics..................................................................................................................26

C. STORAGE OF DATA..........................................................................................................................................27

D. DATA USES .....................................................................................................................................................27

II. ELECTRONIC VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM..........................................................................................28

III. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................29

DELAWARE..............................................................................................................................................................30

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................30

A. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT ...................................................................................................................................30

B. CURRENTLY COLLECTED STATISTICS..............................................................................................................30

1. Collection of Marriage Statistics ...............................................................................................................30

2. Collection of Divorce Statistics..................................................................................................................31

C. DATA USES .....................................................................................................................................................33

II. ELECTRONIC VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM..........................................................................................36

A. OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................36

B. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE MODULES ..............................................................................................................36

III. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................37

HAWAII .....................................................................................................................................................................38

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................38

A. PURPOSE OF VISIT ...........................................................................................................................................38

B. MARRIAGE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS........................................................................................................38

C. DOH SYSTEMS RE-ENGINEERING....................................................................................................................40

1. Re-engineered Death Registration System .................................................................................................40

2. Marriage System Re-engineering Effort.....................................................................................................41

II. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................42

NEW HAMPSHIRE ..................................................................................................................................................43

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................43

A. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT ...................................................................................................................................43

B. CURRENTLY COLLECTED STATISTICS..............................................................................................................43

1. Collection of Marriage Statistics ...............................................................................................................43

2. Collection of Divorce Statistics..................................................................................................................44

C. STORAGE OF DATA..........................................................................................................................................46

D. DATA USES .....................................................................................................................................................46

II. ELECTRONIC VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM..........................................................................................47

III. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................47

OHIO ..........................................................................................................................................................................49

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................49

A. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT ...................................................................................................................................49

B. CURRENTLY COLLECTED STATISTICS..............................................................................................................49

1. Collection of Marriage Statistics ...............................................................................................................49

2. Collection of Divorce Statistics..................................................................................................................50

C. STORAGE OF DATA..........................................................................................................................................52

D. DATA USES .....................................................................................................................................................52

II. ELECTRONIC VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM..........................................................................................54

A. ELECTRONIC BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION SYSTEMS .............................................................................54

B. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE MODULES ..............................................................................................................54

III. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................55

SOUTH DAKOTA.....................................................................................................................................................56

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................56

A. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT ...................................................................................................................................56

B. CURRENTLY COLLECTED STATISTICS..............................................................................................................56

1. Collection of Marriage Statistics ...............................................................................................................57

2. Collection of Divorce Statistics..................................................................................................................57

C. DATA USES .....................................................................................................................................................58

II. ELECTRONIC VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM..........................................................................................59

A. OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................59

B. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE MODULES ..............................................................................................................60

III. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................60

UTAH .........................................................................................................................................................................62

I. BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................................................62

A. PURPOSE OF SITE VISIT ...................................................................................................................................62

B. CURRENTLY COLLECTED STATISTICS..............................................................................................................63

1. Collection of Marriage Statistics ...............................................................................................................63

2. Collection of Divorce Statistics..................................................................................................................64

C. STORAGE OF DATA..........................................................................................................................................65

D. DATA USES .....................................................................................................................................................66

1. Annual Statistical Reports..........................................................................................................................66

2. Utah Commission on Marriage..................................................................................................................68

3. Utah Population Database.........................................................................................................................69

4. Insurance Fraud.........................................................................................................................................69

II. ELECTRONIC VITAL RECORDS SYSTEM..........................................................................................69

A. OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................................69

B. DEATH REGISTRATION SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................70

III. LESSONS LEARNED..................................................................................................................................71

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