title: Fathers' Financial Support of Children in a Low Income Community in South Africa.
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 ofreceiving supportfor all children andnotreceiving supportfor 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA.
authors.forename: Sangeetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.affiliation: Human Sciences Research Council, University of Kwazulu Natal, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hosegood
keywords: Children; Fathers; Financial support; Kin; South Africa