U.S. Department of Justice

Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Jul. 30, 2009

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ANNOTATION: The reduction in financial support provided by incarcerated fathers to their children is investigated. Sections of this report include: abstract; background -- incarceration and the labor market and families; data and methods -- variables of interest (i.e., incarceration, financial contributions, and socioeconomic covariates; study modeling strategy; results; and conclusions and directions for policy and research. Men with incarceration histories are 14% less likely to provide financial support with those never incarcerated, and fathers that do contribute pay $1,400 less than fathers with no history of incarceration.
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