eprintid: 10106208
rev_number: 20
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/10/62/08
datestamp: 2020-08-04 09:24:06
lastmod: 2021-09-26 23:19:17
status_changed: 2020-08-04 09:24:06
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Emmott, EH
creators_name: Mace, R
title: Why the Son-bias in Caregiving? Testing Sex-differences in the Associations Between Paternal Caregiving and Child Outcomes in England
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F22
keywords: child care, quantitative, father–child relationship, parent/child relations, gender and family
note: Copyright © The Author(s) 2020.  This is an Open Access article published under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
abstract: Studies show that fathers across Western populations tend to provide more care to sons than daughters. Following a human behavioral ecological framework, we hypothesize that son-biases in fathering may (at least in part) be due to differences in fitness returns to paternal direct investments by child’s sex. In this study, we investigate sex-differences in the associations between paternal caregiving and children’s outcomes in stable, two-parent families. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, we test whether paternal caregiving in early childhood is associated with different effects on children’s school test scores and behavioral difficulties by children’s sex. Overall, we find that paternal caregiving is associated with higher school test scores and lower behavioral difficulty scores, but the association between paternal caregiving and school test scores was stronger for boys. Our findings highlight possible sex-differences in returns to paternal caregiving for certain domains of child outcomes in England.
date: 2020-07-18
publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20941902
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1800076
doi: 10.1177/0192513X20941902
lyricists_name: Emmott, Emily
lyricists_name: Mace, Ruth
lyricists_id: EEMMO66
lyricists_id: RHMAC12
actors_name: Emmott, Emily
actors_id: EEMMO66
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Family Issues
pages: 30
citation:        Emmott, EH;    Mace, R;      (2020)    Why the Son-bias in Caregiving? Testing Sex-differences in the Associations Between Paternal Caregiving and Child Outcomes in England.                   Journal of Family Issues        10.1177/0192513X20941902 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20941902>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106208/1/EmmottMace_2020.pdf