Multiple Partner Fertility and Access to Social Support

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dc.access.optionOpen Access
dc.contributor.advisorCampbell, Colin
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Jasmine
dc.contributor.departmentSociology
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-04T17:13:27Z
dc.date.available2022-12-01T09:02:00Z
dc.date.created2020-12
dc.date.issued2020-11-18
dc.date.submittedDecember 2020
dc.date.updated2020-12-18T14:31:27Z
dc.degree.departmentSociology
dc.degree.disciplineMA-Sociology
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.A.
dc.description.abstractSocial 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.
dc.embargo.lift2022-12-01
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/8826
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectMultiple partner fertility
dc.subject.lcshNon-monogamous relationships
dc.subject.lcshSocial networks
dc.subject.lcshChildren--Health and hygiene
dc.titleMultiple Partner Fertility and Access to Social Support
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
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