The Father Presence Questionnaire: A New Measure of the Subjective Experience of Being Fathered
This study introduces a new social science measure called the Father Presence Questionnaire (FPQ).
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Mens Studies Press • March 22, 2006

Fathering Court-Involved Daughters: Fathers' Gender-Specific Concerns About Their Paternal Role
This study explores the role fathers play in relationships with their delinquent daughters.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Mens Studies Press • March 22, 2005

Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 1994

Unmarried African American Fathers’ Involvement with Their Infants: The Role of Couple Relationships
This paper presents the findings of a study that asked unmarried African-American parents about the quality of their relationship and the level of the father's involvement with their child.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • October 2003

Son Preference and Sex Composition of Children: Evidence from India
This analysis of demographic data demonstrates a preference for sons among parents in India.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Population Association of America • 2000

Past, Present, and Future Roles of Child Protective Services
This article looks at the historical development of the child protection system, the way in which it currently operates, and the challenges and issues it will have to deal with in the future.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• The Future of Children • Spring 1998

Gendering the Family Composition: Sex Preferences for Children and Childbearing Behavior in the Nordic Countries
This paper challenges the hypothesis that parents' gender preferences for children disappear in countries with high levels of gender equality.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • June 3, 2004

Predictors of Father and Father Figure Involvement in Pre-kindergarten Head Start
This paper examines four predictors of father involvement in the early childhood Head Start program.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• National Center on Fathers and Families • December 01, 1999

The Intergenerational Correlation in AFDC Participation: Welfare Trap or Poverty Trap?
This paper discusses the fact that women who relied on Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) are likely to have grown daughters who will rely on it as well.
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Insitute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Keeping Contact with Children: Assessing the Father/Child Post-separation Relationship from the Male Perspective
This paper summarizes findings from the 1995 General Social Survey (GSS) of the Family (cycle 10) regarding separated mothers and fathers, ...
• Category: Children > Sons/Daughters
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001