SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sociological Perspectives, Premarital Sex, Traditional Marriage
12 Oct 2016
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Brim- race and ethnicity (1-30) see shawna wing"s notes. Indigenous fathers are the most excluded population of fathers. Because of colonial government interventions that disrupted the family units. Father involvement is associated with better academic achievements. Historical and demographic barriers to indigenous father involvement. Most indigenous men and women are survivors of residential schools. Indigenous men that become fathers have little personal resonance. One father by community to serve as a paid member of research team to help with data collection to recruit father for the interviews. Recruitment of fathers with at least one child seven years or younger. Most father did not identify as being the father of all the children in the house they lived. Many stated they did not know how many children they biologically fathered. Challenging economic, education and employment conditions characterize the sample. However, fathers are characterized as having more social capital.
