A Qualitative Study of Early Differences in Fathers’ Expectations of Their Child Care Responsibilities

This paper was published through the California Center for Population Research, and researchers conducted qualitative analysis to compare non-married and married fathers’ expectations of their child care responsibilities soon after their child’s birth. As a subset of the national Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, 75 men were interviewed at the hospital following the birth of their child. Results showed differences between non-married and married fathers regarding father involvement, child care activities, and barriers to child care.