 Noncustodial fathers’ financial contributions to children in three-generation householdsAngela Guarin and Molly Costanzo Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 119, issue C Abstract: Co-residing with a grandparent and one or both parents, usually referred to as a three-generation household, is becoming more common for U.S. children, and it may be more common for children in single mother households. Despite this increase and the salience of child support for many of these households, little is known about how child support policies interact with complex households. Whether the presence of grandparents in the custodial mother’s household is associated with differential receipt of financial contributions from the noncustodial father is unknown. Using data from the March/April 2014 Current Population Survey (CPS)-Child Support Supplement (CSS), we examine the financial contributions (cash and non-cash) received by custodial mothers in three-generation households. We find no significant differences in the receipt of cash child support, but we do find significant differences in the likelihood of receiving any non-cash support. Implications for custodial mothers and their children as well as for family policies are discussed. Keywords: Child support; Three-generation households; Grandparents; Single mothers; Custodial mothers (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:119:y:2020:i:c:s0190740920305697 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105530 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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