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The NRFC Library is a collection of materials to build a knowledge base around fathers, fatherhood, and operating a Responsible Fatherhood program. It also houses all resources created by the NRFC, including fact sheets, PSAs, and past webinars.

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Talking South African Fathers: A Critical Examination of Men's Constructions and Experiences of Fatherhood and Fatherlessness.

The absence of biological fathers in South Africa has been constructed as a problem for children of both sexes but more so for boy-children. Arguably the dominant discourse in this respect has demonized non-nuclear, female-headed households. Fathers are constructed as either absent or 'bad'. Thus…

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The Transition to Early Fatherhood : National Estimates Based on Multiple Surveys.

Although a large body of research examines early female fertility, there is considerably less demographic research on male fertility. This study seeks to fill this gap by describing the timing of early fatherhood transitions and examining the family background factors associated with early fertility transitions. The authors tested for differences in these patterns from ages 15 to 24 by sex, race, and cohort. To test the robustness of results, they used the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth and the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. With a few exceptions, estimates of…

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Fathers of U.S. Children Born in 2001 : Findings From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B).

This E.D. TAB presents information about the biological fathers of children born in the United States in the year 2001. It is the first publication of findings using the data collected from fathers during the base-year collection of the ECLS-B. It presents information on specific demographic characteristics of resident and nonresident biological fathers' involvement in pregnancy and birth, fathers' attitudes about fathering, and father involvement. (Author abstract)

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