@article{171131,
  author = {Jennifer Buher-Kane},
  title = {How Much In-Kind Support do Low-Income Nonresident Fathers Provide? A Mixed-Method Analysis},
  abstract = { <br>Past child support research has largely focused on cash payments made through the courts (formal support) or given directly to the mother (informal support) almost to the exclusion of a third type: non-cash goods (in-kind support). Drawing on repeated, semistructured interviews with nearly 400 low-income noncustodial fathers, the authors found that in-kind support constitutes about one quarter of total support. Children in receipt of some in-kind support receive, on average, $60 per month worth of goods. Multilevel regression analyses demonstrated that children who are younger and have more hours of visitation as well as those whose father has a high school education and no current substance abuse problem receive in-kind support of greater value. Yet children whose fathers lack stable employment or are Black receive a greater proportion of their total support in kind. A subsequent qualitative analysis revealed that fathers{\textquoteright} logic for providing in-kind support is primarily relational and not financial. },
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Journal of Marriage and Family},
  volume = {77},
  pages = {591-611},
  language = {eng},
}