Parenting from a distance: The effects of paternal characteristics on contact between nonresidential fathers and their children

From: Demography | Date: May 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

PARENTING FROM A DISTANCE: THE EFFECTS OF PATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS ON CONTACT BETWEEN NONRESIDENTIAL FATHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN*

Changes in marital and fertility behavior have influenced the role of father for many men. We use data from the first two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households to examine various sociodemographic, situational, and attitudinal characteristics that might influence the degree of contact between nonresidential fathers and their minor children. We tap two different dimensions of distance parenting and find that although several variables influence both ...

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