Article

The Types of Fathers’ Participation in School and Community Programs: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis

Author

권순범(Kwon, Soonbum),진미정(Chin, Meejung),김은영(Kim, Eunyoung)

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pp. 195~212 / 2018 Vol.25 No.4

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify latent classes of fathers’ participation in school and community programs and to analyze factors affecting the latent classes. For this purpose, we used the parent survey data collected by Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University. 605 fathers were selected as analysis subjects. Latent class analysis and multinomial logit regression analysis were conducted to identify the types of fathers’ participation and to analyze the influence of relevant factors. As a result of the analysis, fathers’ participation were classified into five latent classes: the group not participating in all programs; the group participating in all programs; the group participating in counseling programs; the group participating in volunteer programs; and the group participating in child education programs. Second, the factors influencing the types of fathers’ participation varied among the groups. The results of this study are significant in that fathers’ participation can be divided into various types.

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