Patterns of Father Involvement in Low Income Families

低收入家庭父亲参与的模式

• 批准号: 7100750
• 负责人: Kevin M Roy
• 金额: $ 3.69万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-06-18 至 2006-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7100750
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; caregivers; clinical research; employment /unemployment; expectancy; family structure /dynamics; father child interaction; human subject; interview; low socioeconomic status; psychosocial separation; social support network; socioeconomics; socioenvironment

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In search of security in work and family roles, low-income fathers struggle to remain tenuously attached to the labor market and, as a result, to their partners and children. As they move in and out of jobs, residence, and intimate relationships, these fathers may become involved with some children and not with others. The broad long-term objective of this application is to identify conditions that lead to the differential involvement of transitory fathers on the margins of work and family. The specific aims are (1) to document transitions in low-income fathers' work and family roles over time and (2) to explore how men interpret differential involvement as providers and caregivers for children in multiple families. This research is relevant to the health of children and families in that involved fathers can provide resources and social capital to pull children and families out of poverty. A qualitative research design with purposeful sampling for a racially/ethnically diverse group of 35 fathers with children in two or more families will be utilized. The methods to be used are two semistructured interviews, including a life history protocol with calendar grid (to trace transitions in employment, family relationships, and residence) and a father involvement protocol (to explore fathers' interpretations of transitory involvement with multiple children over time).

描述（由申请人提供）：为了在工作和家庭角色中寻找安全感，低收入的父亲们努力保持对劳动力市场的脆弱依恋，因此，他们的伴侣和孩子。 当他们进出工作、住所和亲密关系时，这些父亲可能会与一些孩子发生关系，而不是与其他孩子。 这项申请的广泛的长期目标是查明导致临时父亲在工作和家庭边缘的不同参与的条件。 具体目标是：（1）记录低收入父亲的工作和家庭角色随着时间的推移而发生的变化;（2）探讨男子如何解释作为多个家庭中子女的提供者和照顾者的不同参与。 这项研究与儿童和家庭的健康有关，因为参与的父亲可以提供资源和社会资本，使儿童和家庭摆脱贫困。 一个定性的研究设计与有目的的抽样为一个种族/民族多样化的35个父亲在两个或两个以上的家庭的孩子将被利用。 将使用的方法是两个半结构化的采访，包括生活史协议与日历网格（跟踪就业，家庭关系和居住的过渡）和父亲参与协议（探索父亲的解释暂时参与多个孩子随着时间的推移）。