Family Structure, Function, and the Early Transition to Fatherhood in Great Britain

Identifying Antecedents Using Longitudinal Data

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2589907
AutoresKirk Dearden, Kirk A Dearden (0000-0002-6907-9808, autor correspondente), Christiane Hale, Christiane B Hale, Mary Blankson, Mary L Blankson (0000-0002-5166-1154)
Ano1994
Volume56
Fascículo4
Páginas844
Data de publicação1994-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/353597
OpenAlexW2079051674
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas21

This study uses data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS) of Great Britain to identify social risk factors for becoming a father at a young age. The NCDS is a longitudinal study spanning more than 20 years. Findings reported here suggest that boys whose families experienced financial hardship were at greater risk for fathering a child while in their teens. Presence of older siblings was also associated with the transition to early fatherhood. However teen fathers were no more likely than non-fathers to come from single-parent homes homes where fathers played a minimal role in child management or those marked by domestic tension. (authors)

Developmental psychology · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology