Citation
Guzzo, Karen Benjamin (2009). Paternity Establishment for Men’s Nonmarital Births. Population Research and Policy Review, 28(6), 853.Abstract
This paper uses the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to examine paternity establishment among men’s nonmarital births. Using births as the unit of analysis, I find that paternity establishment for first births (n = 661) is linked to race/ethnicity and relationship status at birth, and these characteristics are associated differently with the timing and location of paternity establishment (in-hospital or at some later point). For higher-parity births (n = 429), paternity establishment for a particular birth is strongly related to prior paternity and fertility behaviors. Paternity is less likely to be established for a higher-parity birth if the father failed to establish paternity for at least one earlier birth, and third or higher-parity births are far more likely to have paternity established at a subsequent point than at the hospital.URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-009-9131-zReference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2009Journal Title
Population Research and Policy ReviewAuthor(s)
Guzzo, Karen BenjaminArticle Type
RegularData Set/Study
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)Continent/Country
United States of AmericaState
NonspecificRace/Ethnicity
WhiteBlack
Hispanic