Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Evolution of Unwed Fatherhood as a Policy Issue
I / Who Young Unwed Fathers Are
2 A National Profile of Young Unwed Fathers
3 Young Fathers and Parenting in Two Inner-City Neighborhoods
4 Sex Codes and Family Life among Poor Inner-City Youths
5 Paternity Risk among Adolescent Males
6 When and Why Fathers Matter: Impacts of Father Involvement on the Children of Adolescent Mothers
I I / Rights and Obligations
7 Legal Rights and Obligations: An Uneven Evolution
8 Ethical Dimensions of Young Unwed Fatherhood
I I I / Policies and Programs
9 Creating Federal Leadership in Research and Policy Development
10 Paternity Actions and Young Fathers
11 The Problems and Promise of Child Support Policies
12 In-Kind Contributions as Child Support: The Teen Alternative Parenting Program
13 Involving Unwed Fathers in Adoption Counseling and Teen Pregnancy Programs
14 The Role of Unwed Fathers in the Abortion Decision
15 Service Programs to Help Unwed Fathers
16 Employment Patterns of Unwed Fathers and Public Policy
List of Contributors
Index