scholarly journals Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children’s Educational Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Ginther ◽  
Astrid Grasdal ◽  
Robert Pollak
Keyword(s):  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Multiple Partner Fertility

scholarly journals Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children's Educational Outcomes

Demography ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna K. Ginther ◽  
Astrid L. Grasdal ◽  
Robert A. Pollak
Keyword(s):  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Resource Competition ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Parental Characteristics ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Outcomes For Children ◽  
Multiple Partner Fertility

Abstract Fathers' multiple-partner fertility (MPF) is associated with substantially worse educational outcomes for children. We focus on children in fathers' second families that are nuclear: households consisting of a man, a woman, their joint children, and no other children. We analyze outcomes for almost 75,000 Norwegian children, all of whom lived in nuclear families until at least age 18. Children with MPF fathers are more likely than other children from nuclear families to drop out of secondary school (24% vs. 17%) and less likely to obtain a bachelor's degree (44% vs. 51%). These gaps remain substantial—at 4 and 5 percentage points, respectively—after we control for child and parental characteristics, such as income, wealth, education, and age. Resource competition with the children in the father's first family does not explain the differences in educational outcomes. We find that the association between a father's previous childless marriage and his children's educational outcomes is similar to that between a father's MPF and his children's educational outcomes. Birth order does not explain these results. This similarity suggests that selection is the primary explanation for the association between fathers' MPF and children's educational outcomes.

Child Support and Subsequent Nonmarital Fertility With a New Partner

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeongmin Kim ◽  
Maria Cancian ◽  
Daniel R. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Nonmarital Fertility ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Subsequent Fertility ◽  
Policy Experiment ◽  
Multiple Partner Fertility

When a parent has another child with a new partner, a significant effect on parents and children is likely, making factors associated with multiple-partner fertility of interest to policy makers. For single mothers, one potential policy-relevant factor influencing their subsequent fertility with a new partner is child support income. However, the direction and magnitude of any effect is not well-established. This study documents the simple negative relationship between child support and nonmarital fertility with a new partner in our sample of low-income unmarried mothers. We then take advantage of a policy experiment that resulted in randomly assigned differences in child support income to investigate its effects. We find no support for a negative causal relationship between child support receipt and nonmarital fertility with a new partner, instead finding suggestive evidence that mothers with more child support income are slightly more likely to have a subsequent nonmarital birth with a new partner.

Multiple‐Partner Fertility: Incidence and Implications for Child Support Policy

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Meyer ◽  
Maria Cancian ◽  
Steven T. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Child Support ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
Multiple Partner Fertility

scholarly journals Fathers’ Imprisonment and Mothers’ Multiple-Partner Fertility

Demography ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 2045-2074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cancian ◽  
Yiyoon Chung ◽  
Daniel R. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Multiple Partner Fertility

The Role of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Family Structure During Adolescence in Young Adults’ Experiences of Multiple Partner Fertility (MPF)

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1627-1655
Author(s):  
Emma Kahle Monahan ◽  
Angela Guarin
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Multiple Partners ◽  
Multiple Partner Fertility ◽  
Using Data

Families in the United States have become more complex, with an increasing number of individuals having children with multiple partners, called multiple partner fertility (MPF). MPF has significant negative consequences for the well-being of adults and children. Understanding the correlates of MPF, particularly how familial and community constructs affect the fertility outcomes of youth, has important implications for prevention and intervention. However, while many studies have examined these constructs, few have looked at them together. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; N = 8,678), this study uses a prospective design to examine how family structure and level of community disadvantage experienced by youth predict MPF in young adulthood. Using multilevel, mixed effects modeling, we find that family structure appears to play a role in influencing the fertility outcomes of youth, more so than community poverty. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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