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Factors Associated With Multiple-Partner Fertility Among Fathers
Article first published online: 7 APR 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00499.x
© National Council on Family Relations, 2008
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Manlove, J., Logan, C., Ikramullah, E. and Holcombe, E. (2008), Factors Associated With Multiple-Partner Fertility Among Fathers. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70: 536–548. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00499.x
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Keywords:
- fatherhood;
- life course theory;
- social trends/social change;
- transition to parenthood
This article uses a sample of 1,731 fathers aged 16 – 45 from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to identify factors associated with multiple-partner fertility. Almost one third of fathers who reported multiple-partner fertility did so across a series of nonmarital relationships, and nonmarital-only multiple-partner fertility has been increasing across recent cohorts of men. Being older, having a first sexual experience or a first child at a young age, and fathering a child outside of marriage or cohabitation are associated with greater odds of multiple-partner fertility, whereas having additional children with the first birth mother is associated with reduced odds. Black, Hispanic, and young fathers have especially high odds of experiencing multiple-partner fertility across a series of nonmarital relationships.