@article{448,
  keywords = {Fatherhood and father involvement, Family structure and stability, Parenting},
  author = {Lauren Rinelli McClain and Alfred DeMaris},
  title = {A Better Deal for Cohabiting Fathers? Union Status Differences in Father Involvement},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>
},
  year = {2013},
  journal = {Fathering},
  volume = {11},
  number = {2},
  pages = {199-220},
  url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/1373205785?accountid=13314},
}