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Fathers' Involvement and Fathers' Well-being over Children's First Five Years

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  • Marcia J. Carlson

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Kimberly J. Turner

    (University of Wisconsin)

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Despite the growing scholarly attention to fathers' roles in family life, the consequences of fathers' involvement with children for men's well-being have been little explored. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N=3,880), we evaluate how fathers' involvement (time, engagement and responsibility) is linked to fathers' well-being with respect to health and mental health, social integration, and economic outcomes. We evaluate resident and non-resident fathers separately, using data from three survey waves about 1, 3 and 5 years after a baby's birth. Our results indicate that fathers' involvement is not strongly related to paternal health and mental health, but greater involvement is linked with better relationship quality with the child's biological mother for both resident and nonresident fathers. With respect to economic outcomes, there is modest evidence that greater involvement is linked to lower earnings for resident fathers and to higher earnings for non-resident fathers.

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  • Marcia J. Carlson & Kimberly J. Turner, 2010. "Fathers' Involvement and Fathers' Well-being over Children's First Five Years," Working Papers 1257, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
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    Keywords

    Father involvement; fragile families; longitudinal data; well-being;
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    JEL classification:

    • I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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