TABLE 5.
Multiple Regressiona of Child Behavior on Employment and Control Variables
| Independent Variables | Externalizing Behavior Problems | Internalizing Behavior Problems | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s education | −.11 | −.11 | −.11 | −.11 | −.29** | −.29** | −.29** | −.29** |
| Total family income | .07 | .06 | .07 | .07 | .22* | .17 | .18 | .22* |
| Gestational status (preterm = 1, fullterm = 0) | −.06 | −.06 | −.06 | −.06 | .08 | .09 | .08 | .08 |
| Number children in family | −.20 | −.22* | −.23* | −.21 | .09 | .06 | .07 | .09 |
| Proportion child’s life with single mother | −.09 | −.10 | −.10 | −.09 | .05 | .07 | .07 | .05 |
| Attachment strains | .28** | .23** | .28** | .28** | .26* | .27** | .26** | .25* |
| Discrepancy | .17 | .21 | .20 | .16 | .12 | .14 | .14 | .13 |
| Hours employed per week | .003 | .01 | — | — | .07 | .07 | — | — |
| Employment status (EM = 1, NEM = 0) | — | — | .02 | .01 | — | — | −.06 | −.07 |
| Proportion child’s life with employed mother | −.09 | — | — | −.08 | −.02 | — | — | −.02 |
| Resumed employment in 1st year of life | — | −.13 | −.12 | — | — | −.05 | −.03 | — |
| F | 1.99* | 2.53** | 2.53** | 1.99* | 2.65** | 2.85** | 2.84** | 2.66** |
| Adjusted R2 | .09 | .12 | .12 | .09 | .14 | .15 | .14 | .14 |
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
a
all regression coefficients standardized.