RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Effect of Early Father Absence on Scholastic Aptitude JF Harvard Educational Review JO herp FD Harvard Educational Press SP 3 OP 21 DO 10.17763/haer.34.1.t23173u451jhu637 VO 34 IS 1 A1 Carlsmith, Lyn YR 1964 UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/34/1/3.abstract 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.