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Osborne, Cynthia; Dillon, Daniel – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
In the U.S., two out of five children are born to unmarried parents. These children do not have a legal father until paternity is established, a process completed by most families in the hospital at the time of the birth. Over the last 30 years, the percentage of unmarried parents voluntarily establishing paternity in the hospital has climbed…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Fathers, Hospitals, Birth