THE ROLE OF MEN IN FAMILY FORMATION AND PARENTING

男性在家庭组建和养育子女中的作用

基本信息

批准号：
6387870
负责人：
RENATA T FORSTE
金额：
$ 11.28万
依托单位：
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1999
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1999-09-30 至 2003-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Based on a life course framework, the proposed project will examine the demographic and socio-cultural forces influencing the family formation behaviors of young adult men, and their involvement in parenting in the U.S. Due to high rates of nonmarital childbearing, many children in the U.S. live in impoverished female-headed homes. Prior fertility research has focused almost exclusively on women, hence, little is known about the role of men in paternity and parenting outside of marriage. The proposed study will generate basic information on how men's background experiences and attitudes influence the timing and sequencing of marriage and paternity. In addition, the emotional and financial contributions of men to their children, as well as the factors that inhibit or facilitate their involvement in parenting will be assessed. Particular attention will be given to understanding the role of men in parenting children outside of marriage. In addition, racial differences in family formation behaviors and parenting will also be examined. Data from the National Survey of Adolescent Males will be used to estimate the influence of background and attitudinal measures on patterns of family formation using multivariate regression methods. In addition, in-depth interview with nonmarital fathers will be collected to further examine the factors influencing men's access to their children and the role of nonresidential men in parenting. Overall, the primary aim of the study is to heighten understanding of the mechanisms underlying the role of men in nonmarital childbearing, as well as the early involvement of men with their children.

根据人生课程框架，拟议的项目将研究影响年轻成年男性家庭形成行为的人口和社会文化力量，以及由于非婚姻育儿的高率，美国的许多儿童都生活在贫困的女性头顶房屋中，因此他们参与了美国的育儿。先前的生育研究几乎只关注女性，因此，关于男性在婚姻和婚外育儿中的作用知之甚少。拟议的研究将生成有关男性背景经历和态度如何影响婚姻和亲子鉴定的基本信息。此外，将评估男人对孩子的情感和经济贡献，以及抑制或促进其参与育儿的因素。特别注意了解男人在婚姻之外的育儿子女中的作用。此外，还将检查家庭形成行为和育儿方面的种族差异。全国对青少年男性调查的数据将用于估计使用多元回归方法的背景和态度措施对家庭形成模式的影响。此外，将收集对非婚姻父亲的深入访谈，以进一步研究影响男人与孩子接触的因素以及非住宅男性在育儿中的作用。总体而言，该研究的主要目的是加强对男性在非婚姻生育中作用的机制的了解，以及男性与孩子的早期参与。