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Fathers and absent fathers: sociodemographic similarities in Britain and the United States
L Clarke1, E C Cooksey, G Verropoulou
1Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. cooksey.1@osu.edu
Abstract:
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey and the National Survey of Families and Households in the United States, we present a sociodemographic profile of fathers and compare the determinants of absent fatherhood in each country. Although fatherhood has a younger profile in the United States, especially for blacks, predictors of fathers' residency with their children are remarkably similar in the two countries. In both countries, the strongest predictor of a father's absence is the parent's relationship to each other at the time of the child's birth. Policy implications of this finding are discussed.
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