Paternal Depression in the Child's First Year of Life and Subsequent Father-Child Co-Residence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate associations between fathers' postpartum depression and whether their children lived with them at 3 subsequent time points.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of a national US cohort of mostly nonmarital births. Paternal depression was assessed when the child was age 1 and fathers' co-residence was assessed when their children were ages 3, 5, and 9. We estimated unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models of associations between paternal depression in the postpartum year and father's subsequent co-residence with the child.

Results

Among 1691 new fathers, 8% screened positive for depression when the child was age 1. Thirty-five percent of the parents were married, and 77% lived together (married or cohabiting) when the child was b

SUBMITTER: Sandouk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12927712 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature