The Effects of Paternal Imprisonment on Children’s Economic                     Well-Being

Chung, Yiyoon

doi:10.1086/667779

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“…The finding that previously incarcerated mothers and fathers are less likely to live with and financially support their young adult children parallels previous evidence that they are less likely to live with and support their younger children (Chung, 2012;Geller et al, 2011). This confirms Foster and Hagan's (2007) assertion that parental incarceration disadvantages children well beyond early childhood.…”

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“…Although parental incarceration has been shown to have uniformly harmful effects on young children's material well-being (e.g., Chung, 2012;Geller et al, 2011), the current results suggest more complex effects for older offspring. In partial support of Hypothesis 1, young adults were considerably less likely to receive parental housing support when either of their parents had been incarcerated.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Some of these effects may be lasting. Chung (2012) found that fathers' incarcerations lowered their provision of child support and increased mothers' receipt of food stamps 2 years later. Turney et al (2012) found that weakened instrumental support networks among mothers persisted for several years after their partners' incarcerations.…”

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Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Transfers to Young Adults

Siennick

2014

Journal of Family Issues

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This study extended work on the consequences of incarceration for families by linking parents' incarcerations to their material support of children entering adulthood. It examined two categories of support, parental transfers of cash and shared housing, that are known deficits among young children of incarcerated parents and that play important roles in young adult attainment and well-being. Propensity score analyses of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N [Wave3] = 14,023; N [Wave4] = 14,361) revealed that previously incarcerated mothers were less likely to give money and housing support to young adult children, as were previously incarcerated fathers. Some evidence of cross-parent effects was found; a given parent's incarceration may increase the odds of the other parent's financial support and decrease the odds of their housing support. The study confirms that the impact of parental incarceration extends beyond childhood and may disadvantage youths during the transition to adulthood.

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Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Transfers to Young Adults

Siennick

2014

Journal of Family Issues

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“…The state’s population is somewhat less urban and less racially and ethnically diverse than the population of other states (Cancian et al 2008; Tench 2013). Although imprisonment rates in Wisconsin are generally lower than national estimates, the comparison for unwed fathers is unclear with some evidence showing more similar rates of imprisonment among unwed fathers in Wisconsin and elsewhere (Chung 2012). Unwed mothers in Wisconsin tend to reside in urban areas with high imprisonment rates, so if high rates of imprisonment in those regions reduce the number of repartnerable men, this aspect might lead our estimate of the impact of partner imprisonment on mother’s MPF to be smaller than estimates using data from a national study of unwed mothers.…”

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“…Imprisonment reduces a father’s ability to financially support his children and/or their mother (Chung 2012; Geller et al 2011; Swisher and Waller 2008). During incarceration, fathers collect little or no earnings.…”

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Fathers’ Imprisonment and Mothers’ Multiple-Partner Fertility

2016

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We consider the intersection between two striking U.S. trends: dramatic increases in the imprisonment of fathers and increases in the proportion of mothers who have children with more than one partner (multiple-partner fertility, or MPF). Using matched longitudinal administrative data that provide unusually comprehensive and accurate information about the occurrence and timing of imprisonment, fertility, and MPF for the population of the state of Wisconsin, we consider the relationship between paternal imprisonment and MPF among unwed mothers. Employing discrete-time event history analysis with multinomial logistic regression, we model the occurrence and timing of the mother’s second birth, distinguishing between a birth with the same father and a birth with a different father, and distinguishing between current imprisonment and a history of imprisonment. We find that current imprisonment is associated with an increased likelihood of MPF and a decreased likelihood of fertility with the same father (compared with no additional birth) and that a history of imprisonment is associated with increased MPF in some models but not in our preferred model. To control for unobserved heterogeneity among mothers and assess the evidence of a causal effect of fathers’ imprisonment, we also employ the case-time-control method, a fixed-effects method for the analysis of nonrepeated events. Results suggest that fathers’ current imprisonment may increase mothers’ MPF. Policy implications are discussed.

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Family-Related Factors Influencing Child Well-Being

Flaquer¹

2014

Handbook of Child Well-Being

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The Effects of Paternal Imprisonment on Children’s Economic Well-Being

Cited by 14 publications

References 65 publications

Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Transfers to Young Adults

Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Transfers to Young Adults

Fathers’ Imprisonment and Mothers’ Multiple-Partner Fertility

Family-Related Factors Influencing Child Well-Being

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