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- Title
Factors Associated With Multiple-Partner Fertility Among Fathers.
- Authors
Manlove, Jennifer; Logan, Cassandra; Ikramullah, Erum; Holcombe, Emily
- Abstract
This article uses a sample of 1,731 fathers aged 16 – 45 from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to identify factors associated with multiple-partner fertility. Almost one third of fathers who reported multiple-partner fertility did so across a series of nonmarital relationships, and nonmarital-only multiple-partner fertility has been increasing across recent cohorts of men. Being older, having a first sexual experience or a first child at a young age, and fathering a child outside of marriage or cohabitation are associated with greater odds of multiple-partner fertility, whereas having additional children with the first birth mother is associated with reduced odds. Black, Hispanic, and young fathers have especially high odds of experiencing multiple-partner fertility across a series of nonmarital relationships.
- Subjects
HUMAN fertility; MAN-woman relationships; HOUSEHUSBANDS; FIRST-born children; FAMILY life education; HOUSEHOLDS; PROBLEM solving; MARRIAGE; MARRIED people
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 2008, Vol 70, Issue 2, p536
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00499.x