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Gender role attitudes and father practices as predictors of nonresident father-child contact

Heers, Marieke ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0479-910X and Szalma, Ivett (2022) Gender role attitudes and father practices as predictors of nonresident father-child contact. Plos One, 17 (4). DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266801

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Abstract

Due to an increasing number of parental union dissolutions, a growing number of fathers does not cohabit with their biological children. This article analyses individual and societal gender role attitudes as well as societal father practices as determinants of nonresident father-child contact. Previous research shows that individual-level factors influence the relationship between nonresident fathers and their children. Research on resident fathers indicates that individual attitudes and societal contexts affect father-child involvement. Little is known on the relationship between individual gender role attitudes as well as societal gender role attitudes and father practices and nonresident fathers’ involvement in their children’s lives. To shed more light thereon, we examine data from eleven Eastern and Western European countries from the first wave of the Gender and Generations Survey. We analyze two samples: One consisting of nonresident fathers of children aged 0 to 13 and one of fathers of adolescents aged 14 to 17. Logistic regression models assess if individual and societal gender role attitudes as well as societal father practices predict the probability of monthly father-child contact. Contact between nonresident fathers is affected by different factors depending on whether the focus is on children or adolescents. Societal gender role attitudes and societal father practices predict the probability of monthly contact between fathers and their children; individual gender role attitudes are less important. Individual gender role attitudes, on the other hand, predict the probability of monthly contact between nonresident fathers and their adolescent children; societal factors matter less for this age group.

Item Type:Article
Subjects:Psychology
Sociology
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266801
ID Code:7523
Deposited By: MTMT SWORD
Deposited On:13 Jul 2022 09:50
Last Modified:19 Oct 2022 11:58

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