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Fp-12-08 Who Are Nonresident Fathers? Demographic Characteristics Of Nonresident Fathers, Bart Stykes
Fp-12-08 Who Are Nonresident Fathers? Demographic Characteristics Of Nonresident Fathers, Bart Stykes
National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles
No abstract provided.
Fp-12-13 Nonresident Fathers And Child Support: Exploring Who Pays And How Much, Bart Stykes
Fp-12-13 Nonresident Fathers And Child Support: Exploring Who Pays And How Much, Bart Stykes
National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles
No abstract provided.
Walking A High Beam: The Balance Between Employment Stability, Workplace Flexibility, And Nonresident Father Involvement, Jason T. Castillo, Greg W. Welch, Christian M. Sarver
Walking A High Beam: The Balance Between Employment Stability, Workplace Flexibility, And Nonresident Father Involvement, Jason T. Castillo, Greg W. Welch, Christian M. Sarver
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications
Compared with resident fathers, nonresident fathers are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed and less likely, when they are employed, to have access to flexible work arrangements. Although lack of employment stability is associated with lower levels of father involvement, some research shows that increased stability at work without increased flexibility is negatively related to involvement. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 895), the authors examined the relationship between nonresident fathers’ employment stability, workplace flexibility, and father involvement. Results indicate that workplace flexibility, but not employment stability, is associated with higher levels of …
Review Of Fathers Under Fire: The Revolution In Child Support Enforcement, By Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. Mclanahan, Daniel R. Meyer, And Judith A. Seltzer, Ryan E. Spohn
Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications
The title of this book adequately reflects its timely focus on nonresidential fathers facing increased child support enforcement, examining how child support contributions (or failure to meet child support obligations) affect the lives of children as well as the fathers themselves. As the authors suggest, nonresident fathers have generally been treated as financial resources, with little attention paid to their rights as parents or their needs as providers for their children. A particular focus of this collection of studies is the role of indigent nonresident fathers and their role as parents and providers. Consequently, the scope of study adopted by …