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ERIC Number: EJ790516
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2445
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Factors Associated with Multiple-Partner Fertility among Fathers
Manlove, Jennifer; Logan, Cassandra; Ikramullah, Erum; Holcombe, Emily
Journal of Marriage and Family, v70 n2 p536-548 May 2008
This article uses a sample of 1,731 fathers aged 16 - 45 from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to identify factors associated with multiple-partner fertility. Almost one third of fathers who reported multiple-partner fertility did so across a series of nonmarital relationships, and nonmarital-only multiple-partner fertility has been increasing across recent cohorts of men. Being older, having a first sexual experience or a first child at a young age, and fathering a child outside of marriage or cohabitation are associated with greater odds of multiple-partner fertility, whereas having additional children with the first birth mother is associated with reduced odds. Black, Hispanic, and young fathers have especially high odds of experiencing multiple-partner fertility across a series of nonmarital relationships.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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