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Young unwed fathers of afdc children: do they provide support?

Author(s) -

Anu Rangarajan,

Philip Gleason

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/3004050

Subject(s) - disadvantaged , affect (linguistics) , educational attainment , psychology , aid to families with dependent children , child support , developmental psychology , socioeconomic status , social support , demography , population , social psychology , sociology , economics , economic growth , political science , medicaid , health care , communication , law

We examine the support provided by fathers of children born to disadvantaged teenage mothers. Our sample includes the fathers of 6,009 children born over a two-year period to 3,855 teenage mothers receiving AFDC in three economically depressed inner cities. These fathers provide little social and economic support to their children. Support declines as their children age from infants to toddlers and as fathers’ relationships with the mothers grow more distant. Fathers’ employment status and educational attainment positively affect the amount of economic support that they provide but do not strongly influence the amount of social support they provide.

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