The specific aim of the proposed project is to enhance our understanding of male fertility, by studying the timing of nd circumstances affecting subsequent (second and higher parity) births among men who are fathers. We will examine six outcomes: the completed number of children born, as well as births that are closely-spaced, unwanted births, births outside of marriage, births in a high-conflict relationship, and births to multiple partners. The proposed project will incorporate an ecological and life-course perspective, which posits that subsequent male fertility behaviors will be influenced by factors from multiple domains, including characteristics of individuals, their families, their partners, their children, their communities, and social policies, The four stages of the proposed project will produce important information about: the process of childbearing among males compared to females (Stage 1 ); the factors influencing subsequent fertility among fathers, with a particular focus on socioeconomic status, demographic and policy characteristics (Stage 2), as well as on the role of men's relationships with their partners and children (Stage 3); and the occurrence of multiple simultaneous positive or negative fatherhood outcomes (Stage 4). We propose to use five data files for different components of the proposed analyses, including the National Survey of Adolescent Males (1995), the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 sohort, the father surveys from the Fragile Family and Child Well-Being Study, and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. Analyses will include discrete-time event history analyses to model the transition to a subsequent birth and to compare the transition to births in different circumstances, as well as Iogit and multinomial Iogit analyses to assess the influence of multiple domains on the different circumstances of subsequent fatherhood. Analyses will be conducted separately among critical sub-populations, including gender and multivariate comparisons by father's race/ethnicity, age, parity, socioeconomic status, and historical time period. Both the research and policy communities will benefit from empirical research designed to expand out understanding of family building from the male perspective.
| Goldscheider, Frances K; Hofferth, Sandra L; Curtin, Sally C (2014) Parenthood and Leaving Home in Young Adulthood. Popul Res Policy Rev 33:771-796 |
| Cabrera, Natasha; Hofferth, Sandra L; Hancock, Gregory (2014) Family structure, maternal employment, and change in children's externalizing problem behaviour: Differences by age and self-regulation. Eur J Dev Psychol 11:136-158 |
| Hofferth, Sandra L; Pleck, Joseph H; Vesely, Colleen K (2012) The Transmission of Parenting from Fathers to Sons. Parent Sci Pract 12:282-305 |
| Manlove, Jennifer; Wildsmith, Elizabeth; Welti, Kate et al. (2012) Relationship Characteristics and the Relationship Context of Nonmarital First Births Among Young Adult Women. Soc Sci Q 93:506-520 |
| Joyner, Kara; Peters, H Elizabeth; Hynes, Kathryn et al. (2012) The quality of male fertility data in major U.S. surveys. Demography 49:101-24 |
| Hofferth, Sandra L; Pinzon, Angela M (2011) Do Nonresidential Fathers' Financial Support and Contact Improve Children's Health? J Fam Econ Issues 32:280-295 |
| Hofferth, Sandra L; Goldscheider, Frances (2010) Family structure and the transition to early parenthood. Demography 47:415-37 |
| Hofferth, Sandra L; Goldscheider, Frances (2010) Does Change in Young Men's Employment Influence Fathering? Fam Relat 59:479-493 |
| Hofferth, Sandra L; Forry, Nicole D; Peters, H Elizabeth (2010) Child Support, Father-Child Contact, and Preteens' Involvement with Nonresidential Fathers: Racial/Ethnic Differences. J Fam Econ Issues 31:14-32 |
| Astone, Nan Marie; Dariotis, Jacinda; Sonenstein, Freya et al. (2010) Men's Work Efforts and the Transition to Fatherhood. J Fam Econ Issues 31:3-13 |
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