Money, Time, or Something Else? Measuring Nonresident Fathers' Informal and In-Kind Contributions

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ID2347799
AutoresMaureen R Waller (0000-0001-7381-1902, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, autor correspondente), A Dwyer Emory (0000-0002-1041-240X, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA), Elise Paul (0000-0002-9193-3740, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany)
Ano2018
Volume39
Fascículo13
Páginas3612-3640
Data de publicação2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x18783801
OpenAlexW2835965285
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas47

Despite efforts to improve the measurement of low-income, nonresident fathers' economic contributions to children in large-scale surveys, limited research has examined how survey measures of informal and in-kind support relate to other standard indicators of fathering. Drawing on data from a large sample of separated parents ( N = 1,381) and matched nonresident father-child pairs ( n = 846) in the Fragile Families Study, our results show that in-kind and informal support represent the same construct, and that this construct differs from both formal child support and fathers' time with children. In comparison with formal child support, informal and in-kind support measures converged more strongly with indicators of the quality and quantity of time spent with children, consistent with recent conceptualizations of involved fathering. Informal and in-kind support measures were also more predictive of closeness in the nonresident father-child relationship, supporting qualitative research about its emotional significance in low-income families

Economics · Labour economics · Sociology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology