Housing Insecurity among Urban Fathers

Marah Curtis and Amanda Geller
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Marah Curtis: Boston University
Amanda Geller: Columbia University

No 1231, Working Papers from Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.

Abstract: This article examines housing insecurity among an understudied population: urban fathers of young children. Housing security is of particular importance for vulnerable populations, and urban fathers, many of whom face unemployment and monitoring from the child support and criminal justice systems, often rely on this security to mitigate the socioeconomic challenges they face. By assessing the extent and type of housing insecurity affecting urban fathers, we identify a potentially serious source of disadvantage facing families more broadly. A year after the birth of a new child, fully a quarter of fathers reported significant housing insecurities with 3% experiencing homelessness. Results suggest that from 9 to 12% of fathers are doubling up, relying on others for living expenses, and moving more than once every year. Finally, only half of fathers had been able to maintain housing security over the three to four years since the focal child?s birth.

Keywords: demographics; urban environment; homeless (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D19 D60 I00 I32 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-05
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