**Sampling and data collection procedures** The analyses reported here are part of a larger project on effects of father absence on offspring development carried out on Curaçao and in the Netherlands, which was approved by the Ethics committees of the University of Curaçao and the University of Groningen. The present study is based on an online-questionnaire and used identical instruments in the Netherlands and on Curaçao. Data collection began in the fall of 2018 and continued for one calendar year in both locations. We targeted Curaçaoan and Dutch students between age 16 and 20 enrolled in formal schooling and recruited participants by actively contacting schools and word-of-mouth. We provided schools with an information letter about the purpose of the study and, to make it interesting to participate, they could add three questions of their own interest, receive a fact-sheet of their schools’ results, or opt for a guest lesson. We asked schools to inform students and parents one week in advance of the scheduled school visit. After a short introduction by the researcher, the questionnaire started with an online-informed consent form that explained the purpose of the study, the content of the questionnaire, how we assured participants’ anonymity, and that they could stop their participation at any time. After completing the questionnaire, a voucher worth 30 Antillean guilder (ANG) or €15,- was raffled by a lottery in the classroom.