PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Carlsmith, Lyn TI - Effect of Early Father Absence on Scholastic Aptitude AID - 10.17763/haer.34.1.t23173u451jhu637 DP - 1964 Apr 01 TA - Harvard Educational Review PG - 3--21 VI - 34 IP - 1 4099 - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/34/1/3.short 4100 - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/34/1/3.full SO - herp1964 Apr 01; 34 AB - This article reports the results of an investigation into the effect of father absence on young children in terms of the patterns of math and verbal aptitude scores which these children later attain on college entrance examinations. The author relates the findings to sex-identification theory.