Fathers’ financial support of children in a low income community in South Africa
Fathers’ financial support of children in a low income community in South Africa
We used data from the Birth to Twenty Cohort study to understand children’s receipt of financial support from their fathers in a low income, Black community in urban South Africa. Specifically, we (1) described fathers’ financial support over the life course of children; (2) estimated survival probabilities of receiving support for all children and not receiving support for children who experienced a parental union dissolution; and (3) identified factors that explained variation in the receipt of support after a union dissolution. Results suggest that most children received full or partial support throughout the life course. Furthermore, a high proportion of children received support after a union dissolution with much of the variation driven by pre-dissolution support, father’s education and the presence of extended kin.
fathers, financial support, children, kin, south africa
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Madhavan, Sangeetha
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Richter, Linda
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Norris, Shane
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Hosegood, Victoria
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21 January 2014
Madhavan, Sangeetha
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Richter, Linda
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Norris, Shane
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Hosegood, Victoria
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Madhavan, Sangeetha, Richter, Linda, Norris, Shane and Hosegood, Victoria
(2014)
Fathers’ financial support of children in a low income community in South Africa.
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, .
(doi:10.1007/s10834-013-9385-9).
Abstract
We used data from the Birth to Twenty Cohort study to understand children’s receipt of financial support from their fathers in a low income, Black community in urban South Africa. Specifically, we (1) described fathers’ financial support over the life course of children; (2) estimated survival probabilities of receiving support for all children and not receiving support for children who experienced a parental union dissolution; and (3) identified factors that explained variation in the receipt of support after a union dissolution. Results suggest that most children received full or partial support throughout the life course. Furthermore, a high proportion of children received support after a union dissolution with much of the variation driven by pre-dissolution support, father’s education and the presence of extended kin.
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Published date: 21 January 2014
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fathers, financial support, children, kin, south africa
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367363
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