Do Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers Trade Families? Economic Contributions to Children in Multiple Families

Berger, Lawrence M.; Cancian, Maria; Guarin, Angela; Meyer, Daniel R.

doi:10.1086/703447

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“…Indeed, NRFs, on average, spend less time with their children, are less engaged in activities (telling stories, playing) with them, and provide fewer childrearing materials (clothes, medications, toys) to them than resident fathers (Goldberg, 2015;Koster et al, 2021). In addition, NRFs' involvement may take different forms and vary by child age and sex, though empirical evidence here is mixed (Berger et al, 2019;Manning et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…These challenges may be particularly salient when mothers have sole physical custody, as well as in a context of MPF, which requires negotiating parenting time, roles, and responsibilities with multiple mothers. Also, NRFs’ own new partnership and children can lead to decreased involvement with children from previous relationships (although findings are mixed; Berger et al, 2019; Koster et al, 2021; Manning et al, 2003). All of these circumstances may contribute to lower-quality relationships and lesser father identity through lower father involvement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…5.Prior research suggests that depressive symptoms are associated with lesser NRF engagement with and provision of financial support to children (Berger et al, 2019; Goldberg, 2015). …”

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Lower-Income Nonresident Fathers’ Self-Perceptions About Their Parenting Quality and Relationships With Children

Kim,

Berger,

Meyer

2023

Journal of Family Issues

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Research on fathering has substantially increased but we still know relatively little about whether and how fathers’ own perspectives on their parenting differ across a variety of family situations. We estimate associations between nonresident fathers’ family types and nonresident fathers’ perceptions of the quality of their parenting and their relationships with their children, using data from the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration program on lower-income nonresident fathers ( n = 5,835) and logistic regressions. High-quality parenting is more likely to be reported by nonresident fathers with multiple-partner fertility and both resident and nonresident children than either those with multiple-partner fertility and only nonresident children or those with single-partner fertility. High-quality relationships with children are more likely to be reported by those with single-partner fertility than those with multiple-partner fertility. These findings suggest the importance of resident children in fathers’ perceptions of their parenting and highlight the difficulties of parenting across multiple households.

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Lower-Income Nonresident Fathers’ Self-Perceptions About Their Parenting Quality and Relationships With Children

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Berger,

Meyer

2023

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“…Generally, research indicates that a stronger enforcement system leads to increased payments-a potentially important motivator, in particular, for discretionary obligors who make a choice about whether to pay (Bartfeld and Meyer 2003;Freeman and Waldfogel 2001;Garfinkel et al 1998). Recent evidence also suggests that the enforcement of formal child support obligations plays an important role in the equity of noncustodial parents' contributions to children in multiple families (Berger et al 2019) and to the stability of contributions over time as a child ages (Nepomnyaschy and Garfinkel 2010;Sariscsany et al 2019).…”

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