Caring for infant daughters and sons in dual‐earner households: maternal reports of father involvement in weekday time and tasks

By Elizabeth E. Manlove, Lynne Vernon-Feagans. 2002

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Aggravation and Stress in Parenting: Associations with Coparenting and Father Engagement Among Resident Fathers (2010, methodology): “We also include child gender because some research shows that fathers are more accessible to infant sons than infant daughters (Manlove & Vernon-Feagans, 2002); however, other work suggests that fathers of infants and preschoolers are similarly involved with children regardless of gender…”
Measurement of fine-grained aspects of toddler temperament: the early childhood behavior questionnaire. (2006, background): “Finally, because fathers spend less time with their daughters than their sons (Manlove & Vernon-Feagans, 2002), making fathers a more scarce resource for daughters than sons, daughters may express greater positive anticipation in activities involving fathers.”
Involvement Among Resident Fathers and Links to Infant Cognitive Outcomes (2008, background): “…have demonstrated that fathers are more involved in caregiving activities and play activities with male infants than they are with female infants (Manlove & Vernon-Feagans, 2002); other studies have indicated that these variations in father involvement are most pronounced with older children…”