Child support after marital and cohabitation dissolution in Spain

Non-marital cohabitation is nowadays an accepted family framework for having and rearing children in Spain, but the separation of cohabiting couples falls under the radar of official statistics. This study compares non-resident fathers’ provision of child support between formerly married and cohabit...

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Autores: Cordero Coma, Julia, Seiz, Marta, Martín García, Teresa, Castro Martín, Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/102678
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102678
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Divorcio
España
Manutención de hijos
Matrimonio
Parejas de hecho
Pensión alimenticia
Separación
Divorce
Spain
Marriage
Cohabitation
Child Support
Separation
Sociología
Familia (Trabajo Social)
Familia (Sociología)
Sociología de la educación (Educación)
63 Sociología
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Sumario:Non-marital cohabitation is nowadays an accepted family framework for having and rearing children in Spain, but the separation of cohabiting couples falls under the radar of official statistics. This study compares non-resident fathers’ provision of child support between formerly married and cohabiting couples. The analysis is based on data from the 2018 Spanish Fertility Survey. Results from multivariate logistic regression models confirmed that the likelihood of receiving child support was significantly lower among formerly cohabiting mothers than among formerly married mothers, after controlling for compositional differences. This is the first study to examine differences between formerly married and cohabiting non-resident fathers in Spain in meeting economic responsibilities toward their children.