TY - JOUR
T1 - Single mothers, single fathers
T2 - Gender differences in fertility after a nonmarital birth
AU - Guzzo, Karen Benjamin
AU - Hayford, Sarah R.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Research on nonmarital fertility has focused almost exclusively on unmarried mothers, due in part to a lack of fertility information for men. Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth allows exploration of nonmarital fertility for both genders.The authors compare the characteristics of unmarried first-time mothers (n = 2,455) and fathers (n = 797), use event history techniques to model second-birth hazards, and examine the distribution of men's and women's second births across types of relationships. The authors' analysis is motivated by questions about how selection into nonmarital fertility relates to subsequent fertility behavior and by theories of mate selection and the "relationship" market. The authors found that unmarried mothers are more likely to have a second birth than unmarried fathers, driven largely by a higher hazard of having a noncoresidential second birth.
AB - Research on nonmarital fertility has focused almost exclusively on unmarried mothers, due in part to a lack of fertility information for men. Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth allows exploration of nonmarital fertility for both genders.The authors compare the characteristics of unmarried first-time mothers (n = 2,455) and fathers (n = 797), use event history techniques to model second-birth hazards, and examine the distribution of men's and women's second births across types of relationships. The authors' analysis is motivated by questions about how selection into nonmarital fertility relates to subsequent fertility behavior and by theories of mate selection and the "relationship" market. The authors found that unmarried mothers are more likely to have a second birth than unmarried fathers, driven largely by a higher hazard of having a noncoresidential second birth.
KW - Fertility
KW - Gender
KW - Nonmarital fertility
KW - Parity
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U2 - 10.1177/0192513X09351508
DO - 10.1177/0192513X09351508
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77952923323
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 31
SP - 906
EP - 933
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 7
ER -