scholarly journals Fathers’ Time Off Work After the Birth of a Child and Relationship Dissolution among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged U.S. Families

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Petts ◽  
Daniel L. Carlson ◽  
Chris Knoester
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Fragile Families ◽  
Relationship Dissolution ◽  
Relationship Stability ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Child Wellbeing ◽  
Union Type ◽  
The U.S

Relationship dissolution is common among socioeconomically disadvantaged parents. This study utilizes longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to assess whether fathers’ time off work after the birth of a child reduces the likelihood of parents dissolving their relationship. We also consider whether the association between fathers’ time off work and relationship dissolution is mediated by fathers’ support of mothers and moderated by union type. Results indicate that the risk of relationship dissolution is lower when fathers take time off work after the birth of a child. Results also suggest that longer periods of time off work (i.e., two or more weeks) are associated with a lower risk of relationship dissolution among married couples, although overall evidence for variations by union type are mixed. Additionally, there is evidence that the association between fathers’ time off work and relationship dissolution is at least partially explained by higher levels of relationship support among fathers who took time off work after the birth of a child. Overall, findings suggest that providing fathers with opportunities to take time off for the birth of a child may help to promote relationship stability among socioeconomically disadvantaged couples in the U.S.

Mitigating the Effects of Parental Incarceration through Social Intervention

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Parental Incarceration ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Fragile Families ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Child Wellbeing ◽  
Incarcerated Parents ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Regional Branch

This study addresses two central research questions: (1) are children with incarcerated parents (CIP) more deviant than nonimpacted peers and (2) is a regional mentoring social intervention program effective for CIP? Two sources of data were used, longitudinal data gathered from 173 children involved with a regional branch of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) and a sample of children from the Fragile Families (FF) and Child Wellbeing Study. Based on the BBBS data, results find that CIP were more deviant than nonimpacted peers. Unexpectedly, children involved with BBBS reported more deviance after a year of social intervention, compared with children from FF.

Neighborhood Firearm Victimization Rates and Social Capital Over Time

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin C. Medina
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Neighborhood Social Capital ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Victimization Rates

Distribution of firearm victimization is not equal within cities. Victimization can persistently concentrate in a small number of neighborhoods, while others experience very little violence. Theorists have pointed to one possible explanation as the ability of groups to control violence using social capital. Researchers have shown this association at the U.S. county, state, and national levels. Few studies, however, have examined the relationship between neighborhood social capital and violence over time. This study uses longitudinal data to ask whether neighborhood social capital both predicts and is influenced by firearm victimization over 3 years in Philadelphia. The results of several regression analyses suggest that trusting others and firearm victimization are inversely related over time. Implications for neighborhood policy planning and social capital as a theoretical framework are discussed.

scholarly journals Foods implicated in U.S. outbreaks differ from the types most commonly consumed

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaTonia C Richardson ◽  
Dana Cole ◽  
R Michael Hoekstra ◽  
Anangu Rajasingham ◽  
Shacara D Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Outbreak Investigations ◽  
Chicken Eggs ◽  
The U.S

Foodborne disease outbreak investigations identify foods responsible for illnesses. However, it is not known the degree to which foods implicated in outbreaks reflect the distribution of food consumption in the U.S. population or the risk associated with their consumption. To examine this, we compared the distribution of foods in 24 categories implicated in outbreaks to the distribution of foods consumed by the U.S. population. Beef, chicken, eggs, fish, herbs, mollusks, pork, sprouts, seeded vegetables, and turkey were implicated in outbreaks significantly more often than expected based on the frequency of their consumption in the general population, suggesting a higher risk of contamination or mishandling from foods in these categories than in others. In contrast, pasteurized dairy, fruits, grains-beans, oils and sugars, and root/underground vegetables were less frequently implicated in outbreaks than they were consumed in the general population, suggesting a lower risk for these food categories.

scholarly journals Marital quality and loneliness in later life

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Marital Quality ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dyadic Data ◽  
Initial Wave ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Unpleasant Experience ◽  
The U.S

Loneliness is not merely an unpleasant experience but is harmful for older adults’ health and well-being as well. While marriage buffers against loneliness in later life, even married adults experience loneliness, and aspects of adults’ marriages may either protect against or actually foster loneliness among spouses. The current study analyzed dyadic data from 1,114 opposite-sex married Irish couples who participated in the initial wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (2009–2011) in order to extend findings of two prior dyadic studies of marital quality and loneliness in the U.S. to older married couples in Ireland and to directly compare two theoretical and methodological frameworks used by these studies to explain associations between husbands’ and wives’ reports of marital quality and loneliness in later life. Results revealed that both spouses’ perceptions of positive and negative marital quality were significantly related with husbands’ and wives’ loneliness and that spouses’ reports of loneliness were significantly related with one another. Findings also indicated that associations between marital quality and loneliness were similar for Irish and American couples in later life. Comparison of differing modeling strategies suggested that emotional contagion may serve as a pathway for dyadic partner effects.

scholarly journals Coresidential Father Transitions and Biological Parents’ Coparenting Quality in Early and Middle Childhood

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 677-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Martin ◽  
Rebecca M. Ryan ◽  
Elizabeth M. Riina ◽  
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Growth Curve ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Fragile Families ◽  
Child Wellbeing ◽  
Growth Curve Models ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
Social Fathers

This study examined how the entrances and exits of biological and social fathers into and out of children’s households were associated with biological parents’ coparenting quality. Piecewise growth curve models tested for variation in these associations between child ages 1 and 3, 3 and 5, and 5 and 9. Data came from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( n = 2,394). Results indicated that in all three age intervals, a biological father’s entrance was associated with a contemporaneous increase in coparenting quality, whereas his exit was associated with a contemporaneous decrease. A biological father’s exit between child ages 1 and 3, or 3 and 5, was associated with declining coparenting quality in subsequent intervals. A social father’s entrance was consistently associated with a contemporaneous decrease in the biological parents’ coparenting quality, whereas his exit was associated with a contemporaneous increase between ages 3 and 5, and 5 and 9.

scholarly journals Predicting GPA at Age 15 in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 237802311882480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Raes
Keyword(s):  
Mean Squared Error ◽  
Fragile Families ◽  
Child Wellbeing ◽  
Teacher Observations ◽  
Squared Error ◽  
Predicting Gpa

In this paper, we describe in detail the different approaches we used to predict the GPA of children at the age of 15 in the context of the Fragile Families Challenge. Our best prediction improved about 18 percent in terms of mean squared error over a naive baseline prediction and performed less than 5 percent worse than the best prediction in the Fragile Families Challenge. After discussing the different predictions we made, we also discuss the predictors that tend to be robustly associated with GPA. One remarkable predictor is related to teacher observations at the age of nine. We end with a reflection on our participation in the Fragile Families Challenge and provide some suggestions for follow-up work.

Self-control, sleep disturbance, and the mediating role of occupational burnout in married couples

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 3159-3177
Author(s):  
Gregory S. Seibert ◽  
Matthew E. Jaurequi ◽  
Ross W. May ◽  
Ashley N. Cooper ◽  
Thomas Ledermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Occupational Burnout ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The U.S

Although the importance of occupational burnout for sleep has long been recognized, it is largely examined as an individual phenomenon. Because a majority of adults in the U.S. share the bedroom with their partner, the current study examines the role of occupational burnout in understanding the link between self-control and sleep disturbance in close relationships. Data from 96 married couples were analyzed using the actor–partner interdependence mediation model. Both husbands’ and wives’ self-control (predictor) were linked to their levels of occupational burnout (mediator), and to husbands’ sleep disturbance (outcome) through husbands’ occupational burnout. Neither husbands’ or wives’ self-control nor occupational burnout scores related to wives’ sleep disturbance. Findings from the current study identify burnout management in husbands as a potential nonpharmacological alternative approach to treating sleep disorders and emphasizes the need to examine predictors of sleep in a relational context.

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