Effects of Child Health on Parents' Relationship Status / Nancy E. Reichman, Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reichman, Nancy E.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Corman, Hope.

Noonan, Kelly.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w9610.

NBER working paper series no. w9610

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2003.

Summary:

We use data from the national longitudinal Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to estimate the effect of poor child health on father presence. We look at whether parents live in the same household 12-18 months after the child's birth and also at how their relationships changed along a continuum (married, cohabiting, romantically involved, friends, or not involved) during the same period. We find that having an infant in poor health reduces the likelihood that parents will live together and increases the likelihood that they will become less committed to their relationship, particularly among parents with low socioeconomic status.

Notes:

Print version record

April 2003.