Irish Wedding News
20/11/2013
New research has claimed that 'serial fathers' – men who leave their homes and go on to start new, second families – are the men most likely to lose contact with their children.
The study by the NatCen research group, and which was funded by the Government's Economic and Social Research Council, also said that more than one in five men (21%) who live with second families never meet the children born during their earlier relationships.
Fewer than one in 12 men (8%) said they see their children from their first family every day, while almost a third don't have a close relationship with their offspring.
In total, 129,000 fathers are said to not have any contact with their children, while 300,000 do not pay to support them.
The way men abandon their children when they set up a new family was also outlined in the study. It revealed that fathers of second families are twice as likely to lose all contact with children as men who remain single after their family breaks up, while almost one million men have children they do not live with – which is around one in 20 of all fathers.
Professor Margaret O'Brien of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, which contributed to the study, said: "It appears that some fathers may be losing contact with non-resident children when they start new families or when they are struggling financially.
"One factor that is linked with fathers' poorer contact with non-resident children is if other dependent children live with them - either their own or their new partner's."
Of the 21% of fathers with a second or subsequent family who have no contact with the children from their former relationship, and the 8% that say they have contact almost every day, researchers added: "This compares with 10 per cent and 14 per cent respectively for fathers who are not currently living in second families.
"This may suggest that as fathers go on to have a second family they can lose contact with children from previous relationships.
"Only 69 per cent of fathers with 'two families' report having a close relationship with the children who do not live with them.
"By contrast, 86 per cent of the fathers who have not had a second family remain close to the children from their earlier relationship."
(JP/CD)
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1 In 5 Fathers Lose Contact With Children
New research has claimed that 'serial fathers' – men who leave their homes and go on to start new, second families – are the men most likely to lose contact with their children.
The study by the NatCen research group, and which was funded by the Government's Economic and Social Research Council, also said that more than one in five men (21%) who live with second families never meet the children born during their earlier relationships.
Fewer than one in 12 men (8%) said they see their children from their first family every day, while almost a third don't have a close relationship with their offspring.
In total, 129,000 fathers are said to not have any contact with their children, while 300,000 do not pay to support them.
The way men abandon their children when they set up a new family was also outlined in the study. It revealed that fathers of second families are twice as likely to lose all contact with children as men who remain single after their family breaks up, while almost one million men have children they do not live with – which is around one in 20 of all fathers.
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Professor Margaret O'Brien of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, which contributed to the study, said: "It appears that some fathers may be losing contact with non-resident children when they start new families or when they are struggling financially.
"One factor that is linked with fathers' poorer contact with non-resident children is if other dependent children live with them - either their own or their new partner's."
Of the 21% of fathers with a second or subsequent family who have no contact with the children from their former relationship, and the 8% that say they have contact almost every day, researchers added: "This compares with 10 per cent and 14 per cent respectively for fathers who are not currently living in second families.
"This may suggest that as fathers go on to have a second family they can lose contact with children from previous relationships.
"Only 69 per cent of fathers with 'two families' report having a close relationship with the children who do not live with them.
"By contrast, 86 per cent of the fathers who have not had a second family remain close to the children from their earlier relationship."
(JP/CD)
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