NDLI: The Role of Ethnicity in Father Absence and Children’s School Enrollment in Guatemala

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Ishida, Kanako
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Despite the historical prevalence of single motherhood in Latin America and its rise in recent years, there is limited knowledge on the magnitude and consequences of father absence as experienced by children. Using a nationally representative sample from the 2002 Guatemalan Reproductive Health Survey, this study provides unprecedented documentation on the national prevalence of children’s separate living arrangements from their biological fathers and nonresident fathers’ paternity establishment and child support payments. Using random-intercept models, this study further demonstrates that father absence has a negative effect on the school enrollment of indigenous children of both sexes and Ladino male children. Increased poverty in father-absent households explains a smaller proportion of this adverse effect on indigenous children, suggesting that their fathers, when present, play a stronger social, rather than economic, role compared to their Ladino counterparts. Finally, child support payments attenuate the negative effects of father absence, particularly among Ladino male children.
Starting Page	569
Ending Page	591
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01675923
Journal	Population Research and Policy Review
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15737829
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2009-10-02
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Father absence School enrollment Ethnicity Guatemala Latin America Population Economics Sociology Demography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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