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Direct linkMonserud, Maria A. – Journal of Family Issues, 2011
This study examines the associations between grandchildren's (N = 1,170) adult role transitions and their contact with, and closeness to, grandparents, by drawing on data from Waves 2 and 3 of the National Survey of Families and Households. Findings indicate that this relationship is frequently contingent on the nature of the adult role in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Parent Role, Grandchildren, Grandparents
Sobolewski, Juliana M.; King, Valarie – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2005
We examine the importance of the coparental relationship for nonresident fathers' ties to their children. Using data from Wave 2 of the National Survey of Families and Households, we focus on the link between two dimensions of coparenting, cooperative coparenting and conflict over childrearing, and three dimensions of nonresident father…
Descriptors: Conflict, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedCooksey, Elizabeth C.; Fondell, Michelle M. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Investigates how fathers spend time with their children, what encourages them to do this, and the effects of fathers' time on children's academic achievement. Both family structure and shared activities between fathers and their children are associated with children's academic achievement. Discusses other findings. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Divorce, Family Structure
Peer reviewedAldous, Joan; Mulligan, Gail M.; Bjarnason, Thoroddur – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1998
Examines how much fathers participate in child care and factors related to it. Findings indicate that hours on the job keep some men from active fathering, but if they begin taking care of young children, a continuing pattern is established. Mothers' child-care hours are positively related to fathers' child care, and fathers do more with sons.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Employed Parents, Fathers, Housework
Peer reviewedCooney, Teresa M; Uhlenberg, Peter – Social Forces, 1992
Examines changes in level and types of support that children receive from parents, from young through middle age, using data from National Survey of Families and Households. Finds that, in general, there is no change or only a slight increase in support when children are in their twenties. Decline in all forms of support occurs after age 30. (KS)
Descriptors: Adult Children, Age Differences, Child Caregivers, Financial Support
Knoester, Chris; Eggebeen, David J. – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
This study uses data (N = 3,088) from the first two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households to explore the effects of the transition to fatherhood and the addition of subsequent children on men's psychological and physical health, contacts with extended family, social interactions, and work behaviors. The results suggest that new…
Descriptors: Well Being, National Surveys, Parent Role, Fathers
