Absent Does Not Equal Uninvolved: Predictors of Fathering in Teen Mother Families

Danziger, Sheldon; Radin, Norma

doi:10.2307/352930

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“…Although often considered as an exogenous variable, most research simply controls for human capital rather than examining the unique contribution it may have on fathering. Adolescent Father Social Capital 5 Overall, the existing literature suggests that finishing high school and securing employment is positively related to the involvement of fathers of children born to adolescent mothers (e.g., Danziger and Radin 1990;Jaffee et al 2001;Rangarajan and Gleason 1998;Wiemann et al 2006). One explanation for this association may be that these accomplishments are related to greater levels of responsibility, familial and community support networks, and competency (e.g., Dearden et al 1992;Fagot et al 1998;Futris and Pasley 2000).…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 94%

No Degree, No Job: Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of the Impact that Adolescent Fathers’ Human Capital has on Paternal Financial and Social Capital

Futris

Nielsen

Olmstead

2009

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Becoming an adolescent father truncates young males' opportunities to complete high school and secure employment, which can hinder their capacity to contribute financial and social capital to their children. Based on 69 adolescent mother reports, results suggest that whereas employment status is associated with adolescent fathers' physical and financial presence, high school completion is strongly associated with the nature and quality of parenting and co-parenting behaviors. Implications for school counselors, teachers, social workers, and future research are discussed.

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Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 94%

No Degree, No Job: Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of the Impact that Adolescent Fathers’ Human Capital has on Paternal Financial and Social Capital

Futris

Nielsen

Olmstead

2009

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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“…It is not necessarily the case that when biological fathers are physically absent, their engagement is less. Studies of young fathers in the United States (US), for example, show that assumptions that absence equates with a lack of connection and responsibility were incorrect (Danziger and Radin 1990). Similarly, in households where the biological father is absent, it may well be the case that other adult men are taking the father role (Engle 1997).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fathers who care and those that don’t: Men and childcare in South Africa

Morrell

Dunkle

Ibragimov

et al. 2016

South African Review of Sociology

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Fathers have an important role to play in childcare and when they are not involved, the children, mothers and fathers themselves are the poorer for it. Yet This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-No Derivatives Licence (http:// creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. 81Morrell, Dunkle, Ibragimov and Jewkes Fathers who care and those who don't in many contexts we do not actually know either the extent or nature of father involvement. This article reports on a study that drew on data from a randomised survey of 18-49-year-old men in South Africa to explore levels of childcare participation and to analyse which particular activities men are involved in. The study showed that more than half of fathers take their parental responsibilities seriously. Over 80%, for example, help their children with school homework. A smaller majority (54%) of fathers talk to their children about personal matters and wash their clothes. Despite resource scarcity due to poverty, many seek to be present in their children's lives. But this is not true for all men. Men who have good communication with their wives; who perceive their own fathers as kind; and who are generally more egalitarian in their gender attitudes are more likely to be caring fathers. Conversely, fathers who are violent towards women; who abuse alcohol; and who do not have gender equitable views are least likely to care for their children.

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“…Several researchers (Danziger & Radin, 1990;Furstenberg, 1995) have argued that lack of employment produces decreased father involvement in the form of less marriage, visitation, and cohabitation. However, several other researchers (Lerman, 1993;American Economic Review 1989) found that in the aggregate, increased employment rates led neither to an increased marriage rate nor to a lower nonmarital birth rate among Black men.…”

Section: Employment and Other Resourcesmentioning

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Black Single Custodial Fathers: Factors Influencing the Decision to Parent

Coles

2003

Families in Society

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This pilot study combined narrative and quantitative data to explore the factors enabling and motivating single African American fathers to take full custody of one or more of their children. The size and selection of the sample does not allow for generalization, since most of the men were college-educated and financially stable. The findings indicated a distinction between enabling and motivating factors. Factors that appeared to enable full custody included employment and secure housing, as they were present for all of the fathers before they took custody. Adult age at the time of their first child's birth was also a factor for 9 of the 10 fathers. Prior parental involvement, previous marital status, and maternal incompetence did not appear to be highly associated with the choice to take custody. However, the narrative data indicated that the desire to embody the kind of father they themselves did not have was a strong motivating factor.

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Absent Does Not Equal Uninvolved: Predictors of Fathering in Teen Mother Families

Cited by 114 publications

References 11 publications

No Degree, No Job: Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of the Impact that Adolescent Fathers’ Human Capital has on Paternal Financial and Social Capital

No Degree, No Job: Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of the Impact that Adolescent Fathers’ Human Capital has on Paternal Financial and Social Capital

Fathers who care and those that don’t: Men and childcare in South Africa

Black Single Custodial Fathers: Factors Influencing the Decision to Parent

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