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Swiss, Liam; Le Bourdais, Celine – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Following divorce or separation, father-child contact is deemed an important influence on child development. Previous research has explored the impact of sociodemographic and attitudinal factors on the amount of contact between fathers and their children following a union dissolution. This article revisits this important question using fathers'…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Fathers, Child Development, Place of Residence
Meta Brown; Christopher J. Flinn – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2007
Policies governing divorce and parenting, such as child support orders and enforcement, child custody regulations, and marital dissolution requirements, can have a large impact on the welfare of parents and children. Recent research has produced evidence on the responses of divorce rates to unilateral divorce laws and child support enforcement. In…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Divorce, Public Policy, Marital Status