Gender and cash child support in Jamaica

Residential context, institutional alloparental care, and child growth in Jamaica

“…Previous studies have shown that this may result in improved health and educational outcomes for girls (Sargent and Harris, ). There is also evidence that absentee fathers provide financial support for daughters more often than for sons (Wyss, ). These practices of gender socialization may explain why there are more boys than girls in children's homes throughout the parish.…”