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Author: Roan, Shari
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1. Roan, Shari
Many Women Have Children By More Than One Man
Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2011, BOOSTER SHOTS, Oddities, Musings and News from the Health World: pg.
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Keyword(s): Divorce; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Biological; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Marital Status; Parents, Single; Stress; Women's Studies

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More than one-quarter of U.S. women with two or more children have children with more than one man, according to a new study, the first national survey of "multiple partner fertility."

The study found that, overall, 28% of women with two or more children had children by different men. The rate was 59% among African American women with two or more children compared with 35% among Hispanic women and 22% among white women, said the author of the study Cassandra Dorius, a demographer at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

Dorius presented her study Friday at the annual meeting of the Population Assn. of America.

The study was unique because it analyzed data from almost 4,000 women who were interviewed more than 20 times over a 27-year period. The women had completed their child-bearing years by the time of the final interview.

Dorius found that having children by more than one man is a phenomenon that impacts all racial, income and educational sub-groups. It is tied to marriage and divorce as well as single parenthood.

The impact of multiple partner fertility is important, she said.

"Raising children who have different fathers is a major factor in the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage," Dorius said in a news release. "Juggling all of the different needs and demands of fathers in at least two households, four or more pairs of grandparents, and two or more children, creates a huge set of chronic stressors that families have to deal with for decades."

The women who had multiple fathers for their children said they ended up having more children than they had said was "ideal" when they were young adults.

Bibliography Citation
Roan, Shari. "Many Women Have Children By More Than One Man." Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2011, BOOSTER SHOTS, Oddities, Musings and News from the Health World: pg.
2. Roan, Shari
Stay-at-Home Moms Have the Hardest Job
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2011, BOOSTER SHOTS, Oddities, musings and news from the health world: pg.
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Employment; Health Factors; Labor Force Participation; Motherhood; Mothers; Mothers, Behavior; Mothers, Health

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Women who stay at home raising children are more likely than working mothers to have symptoms of depression, a new study finds.

But working mothers who strongly believe they should be able to have fulfilling and successful work and family lives are probably setting themselves up for disappointment too. The study found that those working women with a "supermom" complex are more likely to feel frustration and guilt compared to working mothers who expect difficulties balancing work and family life.

The research was presented Saturday (August 20, 2011) at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Assn. in Las Vegas.

"Women who expect it's going to be hard and are employed nevertheless have better mental health outcomes," said the study's author, Katrina Leupp, a University of Washington sociology graduate student. "Work-family conflict is much more likely to bring about feelings of guilt for women as compared to men -- guilt for the things you can't do."

Leupp analyzed data from 1,600 women who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth as young adults and answered questions about their beliefs and expectations of work-family life. When the women were 40, Leupp measured their levels of depression.

The findings on stay-at-home mothers support other research that shows working outside the home is good for a woman's mental health. Stay-at-home moms may have higher levels of depression because they want to be employed but find the cost of childcare too high to make a job worthwhile.

Bibliography Citation
Roan, Shari. "Stay-at-Home Moms Have the Hardest Job." Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2011, BOOSTER SHOTS, Oddities, musings and news from the health world: pg.