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Studies of post-divorce parent-child relations have concentrated primarily on the short-term consequences of divorce for relations between young children and their fathers. In contrast this study examines the extended effects of divorce on mens relations with their adult offspring. Father-child relations with ever-divorce men aged 50- 79 are compared with those of never-divorced married men on the basis of data from the US National Survey of Families and Households. Logistic regression analyses reveal that divorce has a pronounced negative effect on the frequency of mens contacts with their adult offspring significantly reduces the likelihood that men have an adult child in their household and sharply reduces the probability that fathers consider their adult children as potential sources of support in times of need. Demographic and divorce-related factors that predict adult child-father relations among divorce men are also considered. (authors)
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