Nonresidential Father Involvement: A Comparison of Divorced, Separated, Never Married, and Remarried Fathers

Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, this study compared the level of involvement of nonresi- dential fathers as a hnction of marital status: divorced/single parent, separated, remanied, and never manied. MANCOVA analysis, with SES as the covariate, indicated that separate...

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Published in:Journal of divorce & remarriage 1996-01, Vol.25 (3-4), p.1-14
Main Authors: McKenry, Patrick C, McKelvey, Mary W., Leigh, Diana, Wark, Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absent fathers
Child Custody
Child development
Children
Children & youth
Contact
Divorce
Factors
Father Absence
Fathers
Human relations
Interpersonal communication
Literature
Marital Disruption
Marital status
Parent Child Relations
Parents & parenting
Personal relationships
Remarriage
Single Fathers
Stepfamily
USA
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Summary:Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, this study compared the level of involvement of nonresi- dential fathers as a hnction of marital status: divorced/single parent, separated, remanied, and never manied. MANCOVA analysis, with SES as the covariate, indicated that separated and divorced fathers communicated with and visited their children more often than did remarried or never married fathers. Also, separated and never married fathers evidenced higher levels of well-being than did remanied fa- thers. There also was a tendency for remanied and never manied fathers to perceive that they had less influence than divorced or sepa- rated fathers.
ISSN:1050-2556
2837-5300
1540-4811
2837-5319
DOI:10.1300/J087v25n03_01