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Where’s Daddy? Challenges in the Measurement of Men’s Fertility
Where’s Daddy? Challenges in the Measurement of Men’s Fertility
Working Paper Number SEHSD-WP2020-02/SIPP-WP-291
In this paper, we dissect the observed differences in men’s and women’s fertility as represented in the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation’s (SIPP) Wave 1 data. We consider the differences between men’s, women’s, and children’s reports of fathers and fatherhood. We argue that these data offer evidence of a “missing man” problem, rather than misreporting of the part of SIPP respondents. We then use the triangulation of these data points to model the size, and some of the characteristics, of the missing men. This estimation technique should be applied to other data sources to further disentangle what or who may be missing from our current estimates of men’s fertility. Based on our derived estimates, we conclude by offering a re-estimation of key factors of men’s fertility in a sample than did not differentially omit not just fathers, but certain types of fathers. We offer this as evidence in support of more, and more in-depth, research into men’s fertility, and men’s survey non-response.
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