Gender liberation, economic squeeze, or fear of strangers: why fathers provide infant care in dual-earner families

Article Abstract:

The number of fathers caring for newborn babies while mothers go to work after giving birth is increasing. Longitudinal studies of a sample of childbearing women revealed that father care was not usually opted for because it was more dependable or convincing to the mothers. It is a result of certain structural and social-psychological conditions in the family. Families with both parents present, work conflicting shifts, work less hours per week and have other preschool-age children are the most likely to have fathers caring for newborn infants.

Research, Child care, Fathers, Dual-career families

---

Economic well-being following an exit from Aid to Families with Dependent Children

Article Abstract:

A research was conducted to determine the economic status of women who left the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program for five years. Based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. most women have achieved moderate to high success in their economic lives. High levels of success were attained by women who have higher education and by those who have small families or older children.

Social aspects, Economic aspects, Welfare recipients, United States. Office of Family Assistance. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program

---

Expensive children in poor families: out-of-pocket expenditures for the care of disabled and chronically ill children in welfare families

Article Abstract:

The care of disabled or chronically ill children produces both direct and indirect costs for their families. Disability-related direct and indirect costs place great pressure on many very low-income families.

Finance, Disabled children, Parents, Chronically ill children, Home care, Parents of disabled children

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The division of child care among mothers, fathers, and nonparental care providers in Dutch two-parent families
• Abstracts: An intergenerational examination of patterns of individual and family adjustment. Traumatic events and marital well-being
• Abstracts: Uncovering daycare dangers. Daycare, just down the hall. Great grains
• Abstracts: Further discussion on the effects of no-fault divorce on divorce rates. A reconsideration of the effect of no-fault divorce on divorce rates
• Abstracts: Strengths-based assessment of children with SED: consistency of reporting by teachers and parents. A method for developing a biopsychosocial formulation

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.