Research ArticleV. Men’s Contributions to Families
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Fathers’ Socioeconomic Precarity and Mothers’ Ability to Make Ends Meet

Allison Dwyer Emory, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Maureen R. Waller, Daniel P. Miller
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2026, 12 (2) 140-170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2026.12.2.06

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    Income-to-Poverty Ratios Among Fathers and Mothers at Year 1

    Source: Authors’ calculations.

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    Fathers’ Socioeconomic Precarity and Mothers’ Likelihood of Experiencing Any Material Hardship

    Source: Authors’ calculations.

    Note: Bars represent increases in probability of mothers’ household poverty associated with each indicator of fathers’ socioeconomic precarity from separate multivariate random effects models including all previously described covariates.

    + p < .1; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

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    Fathers’ Socioeconomic Precarity and Mothers’ Household Poverty (< 100% FPL)

    Source: Authors’ calculations.

    Note: Bars represent increases in probability of mothers’ household poverty associated with each indicator of fathers’ socioeconomic precarity from separate multivariate random effects models including all previously described covariates.

    + p < .1; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

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Fathers’ Socioeconomic Precarity and Mothers’ Ability to Make Ends Meet
Allison Dwyer Emory, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Maureen R. Waller, Daniel P. Miller
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2026, 12 (2) 140-170; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2026.12.2.06
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