Marriage and Nonmarital Fertility: A Comparison of Ireland and Sweden

June Sklar

doi:10.2307/1971681

Child Support and Subsequent Nonmarital Fertility With a New Partner

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x14565701 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 151-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yeongmin Kim ◽

Maria Cancian ◽

Daniel R. Meyer

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Child Support ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Nonmarital Fertility ◽

Multiple Partner ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Subsequent Fertility ◽

Policy Experiment ◽

Multiple Partner Fertility

When a parent has another child with a new partner, a significant effect on parents and children is likely, making factors associated with multiple-partner fertility of interest to policy makers. For single mothers, one potential policy-relevant factor influencing their subsequent fertility with a new partner is child support income. However, the direction and magnitude of any effect is not well-established. This study documents the simple negative relationship between child support and nonmarital fertility with a new partner in our sample of low-income unmarried mothers. We then take advantage of a policy experiment that resulted in randomly assigned differences in child support income to investigate its effects. We find no support for a negative causal relationship between child support receipt and nonmarital fertility with a new partner, instead finding suggestive evidence that mothers with more child support income are slightly more likely to have a subsequent nonmarital birth with a new partner.

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A Multilevel Analysis of Marital and Nonmarital Fertility in the U.S.

Social Forces ◽

10.1093/sf/70.4.977 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 70 (4) ◽

pp. 977-1011 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

J. O. G. Billy ◽

D. E. Moore

Keyword(s):

Multilevel Analysis ◽

Nonmarital Fertility ◽

The U.S

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Trends of Nonmarital Fertility in the Czech Republic after 1989

Naše společnost ◽

10.13060/1214438x.2015.2.13.233 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (13) ◽

pp. 35

Author(s):

Barbora Kuprová

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Nonmarital Fertility ◽

The Czech Republic

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Men's Visitation With Nonresidential Children

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x08327860 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 30 (7) ◽

pp. 921-944 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Karen Benjamin Guzzo

Keyword(s):

National Survey ◽

Family Characteristics ◽

Nonmarital Fertility ◽

Family Growth

High rates of nonmarital fertility and divorce mean that many fathers do not live with some or all of their children. Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, this research compares socioeconomic and family characteristics among men with only coresidential children ( n = 762), with both coresidential and nonresidential children ( n = 107), and with only nonresidential children ( n = 367) and examines the factors that influence men's visitation with nonresidential children. Men with only nonresidential children are more disadvantaged than men with both coresidential and nonresidential children, who in turn are more disadvantaged than men with only coresidential children. Although competing obligations to coresidential children affect visitation with nonresidential children, other factors are also important. In particular, the number of both coresidential sons and daughters negatively affects visitation. Men visit nonresidential children more frequently when they were married or cohabiting at birth, and visitation is negatively related to the age of nonresidential children.

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