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标题：A BETTER DEAL FOR COHABITING FATHERS? UNION STATUS DIFFERENCES IN FATHER INVOLVEMENT
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作者：LAUREN RINELLI MCCLAIN ; ALFRED DEMARIS
期刊名称：Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers
印刷版ISSN：1933-026X
出版年度：2013
卷号：11
期号：2
出版社：Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers
摘要：We use investment theory to study the trajectory of father involvement over time as a function of union status and union transition. Data on 4,311 mother-father pairs are from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study. Fathers who remain in a continuous co-residential union, who transition from cohabitation to marriage, or who transition from a non-coresidential state to a co-residential union experience the highest levels of father involvement. Fathers who are continuously nonresident exhibit the lowest levels of involvement. Cohabiting fathers exhibit higher levels of father involvement than married fathers. A positive coparenting relationship is associated with higher levels of involvement. We discuss the place of cohabiting families in light of our findings.