Are There Really Deadbeat Dads? The Relationship between Ability to Pay, Enforcement, and Compliance in Nonmarital Child Support Cases

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judi Bartfeld ◽  
Daniel R. Meyer
2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Hassebrock Laakso

About one-third of custodial mothers choose not to pursue a child support award even though it can be a significant source of income. A qualitative study was conducted with 43 mothers who have each had at least one child in a nonmarital relationship, to learn more about how mothers make the decision to file or not file for child support. The findings indicate that a key determinant in a mother's decision is the quality of her relationship with the father: a mother is less likely to file when the relationship is good and more likely to file when the relationship is poor or has ended. Other key determinants are family influence and availability of information about filing. Visitation was not found to influence these decisions. Unfortunately, mothers are often making their decisions without access to accurate and timely information. Social workers frequently are employed in settings that serve families faced with decisions about child support, and have numerous opportunities for intervention by providing both information and guidance about the decision.


Demography ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin Garfinkel ◽  
Donald Oellerich

1989 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Seltzer ◽  
Nora Cate Schaeffer ◽  
Hong-Wen Charng

Sociology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1110-1125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Turney

This article draws on a study of the use of genetic paternity testing in the Australian context. It uses data from interviews with women in regular or cohabitating relationships whose partners exited the relationship because of a pregnancy and subsequently denied paternity. At a broader level, it explores the fragility of paternity itself in the early 21st century within the context of unprecedented sexual freedoms and transformative changes to family formation and intimate relationships. It also locates cohabitating paternity in a broader discursive context that has seen an unparalleled demonization of mothers as potential perpetrators of ‘paternity fraud’, a neo-legal exposé of infidelity and extortion of child support that commercial DNA paternity testing purports to be able to uncover.


Demography ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro M. Hernandez ◽  
Andrea H. Beller ◽  
John W. Graham

Author(s):  
Siska Putri Utami ◽  
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Yanti Harjono Hadiwiardjo ◽  
Kristina Simanjuntak ◽  
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ABSTRACT Background: Limited cost of health services, especially in laboratory tests for diagnoses, causes doctors to consider patient’s willingness to pay so the costs are spent more efficiently. Some factors which supposedly affect the willingness to pay are ability to pay and health insurance ownership. This study aims to know the relationship between ability to pay and health insurance ownership with the willingness to pay for laboratory services in outpatients at RSUP Persahabatan. Method: This research was an analytical observational research with cross-sectional design. Samples consisted of 70 outpatients at RSUP Persahabatan laboratory collected by consecutive sampling. The dependent variable is willingness to pay and the independent variable are the ability to pay and insurance ownership measured using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by Chi-square. Results: Chi-square test results showed relationship between the ability to pay and the willingness to pay for laboratory health services (OR= 13.14; 95% CI= 2.76 to 62.49; p< 0.001). There was no relationship between health insurance ownership and the willingness to pay for laboratory health services (OR= 2.82; 95% CI= 0.85 to 9.33; p= 0.083). Conclusion: High ability to pay will lead to high willingness to pay, since their need for food has been met and they will shift to the need for health. The health insurance ownership does not affect the willingness of patients in paying laboratory service. Keywords: Ability to Pay, Health Insurance, Hospital, Laboratory Services, Willingness to Pay. Correspondence: Siska Putri Utami. Medicine Study Program, Medicine Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, UPN “Veteran” Jakart. Jl. RS. Fatmawati Raya, Pd. Labu, Cilandak district, Depok, West Java, 12450. Email: [email protected]. Phone: (021) 7656971 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.04.18


2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin Garfinkel ◽  
Dana Glei ◽  
Sara S. McLanahan

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