Demography · 1998 · 47 citations · 22 references
Social SciencesDemographyHuman DevelopmentChild DevelopmentFamily StudiesSpousal SupportFamily ResourcesFamily SupportIncome SupportParent-child RelationshipsParental SupportParentingChild Support ArrangementsEmotional Support For ParentsFathers' InvolvementInner CitiesParent-child Relationship SupportParental Employment StatusParental SupportivenessSocial Support In Parenting
Abstract 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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