TABLE 2.
FATHER INVOLVEMENT AFTER A NONMARITAL BIRTH, BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
| Year 1 |
Year 3 |
Year 5 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | White | Black | Hispanic | Overall | White | Black | Hispanic | Overall | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Resident fathers | 52.1 | 58.8 | 46.9 | 57.9 | 43.9 | 48.1 | 39.4 | 49.2 | 35.5 | 39.7 | 29.3 | 41.8 |
| Nonresident fathers | 47.9 | 41.2 | 53.1 | 42.1 | 56.1 | 51.9 | 60.6 | 50.8 | 64.5 | 60.3 | 70.7 | 58.2 |
| All nonresident fathers | ||||||||||||
| Saw child since previous survey | 87.2 | 89.3 | 92.8 | 79.9 | 73.3 | 72.7 | 78.3 | 67.2 | 66 | 69.6 | 73.1 | 56.8 |
| Saw child in past month | 63.2 | 58.5 | 67.4 | 59.7 | 49.0 | 53.1 | 51.6 | 42.9 | 45.9 | 56.3 | 52.4 | 36.6 |
| Saw child at least eight days in past month | 36.4 | 28.7 | 35.6 | 39.4 | 29.8 | 32.2 | 30.2 | 27.7 | 25.8 | 35.1 | 28.1 | 20.6 |
| Mean number of days father saw child in past month | 8.9 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 4.3 |
| Fathers who saw child in past month | ||||||||||||
| Saw child at least eight days in past month | 57.6 | 49.1 | 52.8 | 65.8 | 60.7 | 65.9 | 59 | 64.6 | 56.3 | 62.4 | 53.6 | 56.3 |
| Mean number of days father saw child | 13.7 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
NOTE: Weighted by national sampling weights for each survey year. All values are percentages unless otherwise indicated.