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Svanum, Soren; And Others – Child Development, 1982
The effects of father absence on educational achievement and intellectual development of 6- to 11-year-old children were investigated by employing a nationally representative sample of 5,493 father-present and 616 father-absent children from the Health Examination Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Comparative Analysis, Fatherless Family