Poole, E;
Speight, S;
O'Brien, M;
Connolly, S;
Aldrich, M;
(2016)
Who are Non-Resident Fathers?: A British Socio-Demographic Profile.
Journal of Social Policy
, 45
(2)
pp. 223-250.
10.1017/S0047279415000653.
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Abstract
Despite international growth of, and policy interest in, divorce and separation since the 1970s, there is still surprisingly little known about non-residential fatherhood. This paper presents a 'father-centric' analysis and provides one of the first profiles of non-residential fatherhood in early millennium UK. Using data from Understanding Society Wave 1, a nationally representative survey of over 30,000 households in the UK, we found 1,070 men self-identifying as having a non-resident child under 16 years old (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk). We estimate a prevalence of 5 per cent of British men having a non-resident dependent child. Through latent class analysis, four distinct groups of non-resident fathers are identified: 'Engaged' fathers, 'Less Engaged' fathers, 'Disengaged' fathers and 'Distance' fathers. Our analysis finds that non-resident fathers form a heterogeneous group in terms of their socio-demographic profile and family behaviour. It is recommended that legislation and policy concerning fathers in post-separation families are sensitive to variation as well as commonality in socio-economic conditions and family lives and situations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Who are Non-Resident Fathers?: A British Socio-Demographic Profile |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0047279415000653 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279415000653 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2015 Cambridge University Press. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514459 |
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