Single mothers' contact frequency with family and non-family members

Abstract: Existing studies on single mothers’ social contacts often examine small selective samples and are mostly cross-sectional. The lack of high-quality longitudinal survey data on this subject constrains the possibility to draw more generalizable conclusions. This paper exploits panel data to investigate whether transitions to single motherhood affect contact frequency. Fixed-effects models are used on the six waves of the German ‘Socio-economic Panel’ survey that contain social contact data (1990, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013) for analyzing whether single motherhood is associated with changes in contact frequency with family and non-family members. Findings show that women transitioning to single motherhood maintain contact with family and non-family members. Single motherhood is unlikely to cause mothers’ structural isolation. However, the absence of a second parent in the household neither seems to be connected with an increase in contact frequency with others. Providing a mo.... https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/156

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Single mothers' contact frequency with family and non-family members ; volume:32 ; number:1 ; day:13 ; month:01 ; year:2020 ; Journal of family research ; 32, Heft 1 (13.01.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Hannah Zagel

Further information

• DOI: 10.20377/jfr-156-136
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020070814434027092508
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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