Fathers of children on welfare: their impact on child well-being.
Although it is generally assumed that fathers are absent from the lives of children being raised on AFDC, evidence from a case-control study in Worcester, Massachusetts, suggests that there is considerable father-child contact. In addition, multivariate modeling indicates that contact with fathers had a modest beneficial effect on children's behavior. Based on these study findings, negative traits of fathers (e.g., substance abuse, physical violence) appear to be associated with increased child behavior problems.
Perloff
J N
JN
Better Homes Fund, Newton, Mass., USA.
Buckner
J C
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000385:Aid to Families with Dependent Children; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000191:economics; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009035:Mothers; D010331:Paternal Age; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States