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Children whose fathers lack stable employment (i.e. - who are unable to make child support payments) or are Black receive a greater proportion of their total support in kind

Topic: Divorce

Source

Citation: How Much In-Kind Support Do Low-Income Nonresident Fathers Provide? A Mixed-Method Analysis
Author(s): Kane, Nelson, Edin
Institution(s): University of California, Johns Hopkins University

Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.12188/abstract


Nation(s): United States
Year(s): 2015
Source: Primary
Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

"Past child support research has largely focused on cash payments made through the courts (formal support) or given directly to the mother (informal support) almost to the exclusion of a third type: non-cash goods (in-kind support)"