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Title: When Father Walks, Does Son Follow? An Intergenerational Analysis of Fathering Patterns
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Harper, Cynthia Channing |
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When Father Walks, Does Son Follow? An Intergenerational Analysis of Fathering Patterns Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Event History; Family Environment; Family History; Family Studies; Fatherhood; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Leaving; Parents, Single Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study on the transmission of "fatherhood" patterns from father to son measures whether a child who experiences father absence while growing up is more likely to become an absent father himself one day. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this research evaluates the experience of a contemporary youth cohort from the late seventies to the early nineties, within the historical trend of increasing father absence. The survey oversamples disadvantaged populations who are at higher risk of single parenthood. The research methodology used is a longitudinal event history analysis of the effects of childhood family history on the probability of becoming a nonresidential father later in life. Preliminary results show that controlling for individual and community characteristics, this male cohort tends to re-create their childhood family situations while forming their own families. |
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Harper, Cynthia Channing. "When Father Walks, Does Son Follow? An Intergenerational Analysis of Fathering Patterns." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997. |