Multiple partner fertility and access to social support / by Jasmine Walker.
| Author/creator | Walker, Jasmine author. |
| Other author | Campbell, Colin, degree supervisor. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Publication | [Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2020. |
| Description | 46 pages |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Social support helps individuals manage problems and make ends meet. However, access to social support varies across groups and by sociodemographic characteristics. Past studies have found that multiple partner fertility is associated with decreased access to social support. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, I expand on these studies by (1) examining both received instrumental support and perceived expressive support, (2) by separately examining social support from maternal kin and paternal kin, and (3) by examining social support available both to mothers and to their children. I find that multiple partner fertility is negatively associated with both instrumental and expressive support from paternal family, but is not associated with support from maternal family. Expanding on previous studies that find decreased access to social support due to multiple partner fertility, my research shows that this finding is driven by decreases in support from paternal kin. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of Sociology |
| General note | Advisor: Colin Campbell |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed August 3, 2021). |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 2020. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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