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  • This report examines how often fathers engage in activities with their children, both those living with them and those living apart, highlighting differences for younger (0-4 years) and older children (5-18 years).
  • The study utilizes data from a national sample of over 10,000 men aged 15-44 in the U.S., focusing on 2,200 fathers with children under 5 and 3,166 fathers with children aged 5-18.
  • Findings indicate that fathers living with their children are generally more involved, with variations based on demographics such as age, marital status, education, and race.

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Objective: This report measures fathers' involvement with their children. Father involvement is measured by how often a man participated in a set of activities in the last 4 weeks with children who were living with him and with children who were living apart from him. Involvement is measured separately for children aged 0-4 years and children aged 5-18 years. Increased involvement of fathers in their children's lives has been associated with a range of positive outcomes for the children.

Methods: The analyses presented in this report are based on a nationally representative sample of 10,403 men aged 15-44 years in the household population of the United States. The father-involvement measures are based on 2,200 fathers of children under age 5-1,790 who live with their children and 410 who live apart from their children, and on 3,166 fathers of children aged 5-18-2,091 who live with their children and 1,075 who live apart from their children.

Results: Statistics are presented on the frequency with which fathers took part in a set of age-specific activities in their children's lives. Differences in percent distributions are found by whether the father lives with or apart from his children, and by his demographic characteristics. In general, fathers living with their children participated in their children's lives to a greater degree than fathers who live apart from their children. Differences in fathers' involvement with their children were also found by the father's age, marital or cohabiting status, education, and Hispanic origin and race.

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