Table 6.
Selected Results from Linear Regressions Predicting 54-Month Child-Care Hours among Children in Non-Maternal Care
| B Coefficients (t-ratio) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Maternal Education | −.50* (−2.31) | −.44* (−2.04) | .00 (.00) | 2.68 (.74) |
| Income | .26* (2.05) | .28* (2.23) | .27* (2.18) | .10 (2.06) |
| Maternal Employment | ||||
| Parttime | 3.16** (2.99) | 2.73** (2.55) | 2.75** (2.57) | 2.75** (2.57) |
| Fulltime | 18.42*** (20.52) | 17.77*** (19.19) | 17.79*** (19.16) | 17.77*** (19.13) |
| Non-Standard Hours | −1.41+ (−1.32) | −1.34 (−1.23) | −1.31 (−1.19) | −1.32 (−1.20) |
| Care Type (In-Home) | ||||
| Center | .29 (.17) | 26.29* (2.16) | 78.13 (1.36) | |
| Group | 2.65 (1.35) | 25.71+ (1.82) | 63.11 (.95) | |
| Relative | .97 (.52) | 35.79** (2.66) | 49.82 (.81) | |
| Child-Care Quality | −2.10** (−3.12) | 1.66 (.32) | 16.13 (.83) | |
| Two-Way Interactions | ||||
| Education × Quality | .09 (.32) | −.84 (−.68) | ||
| Quality × Center | −5.42+ (−1.66) | −23.47 (−1.17) | ||
| Quality × Group | −6.00 (−1.64) | −19.17 (−.84) | ||
| Quality × Relative | −4.17 (−1.20) | −8.60 (−.40) | ||
| Education × Center | −.60 (−.90) | −4.00 (−1.08) | ||
| Education × Group | −.28 (−.35) | −2.68 (−.61) | ||
| Education × Relative | −1.49* (−1.98) | −2.22 (−.55) | ||
| Three-Way Interactions | ||||
| Education × Quality × Center | 1.17 (.92) | |||
| Education × Quality × Group | .83 (.56) | |||
| Education × Quality × Relative | .21 (.15) | |||
| R2 | .49 | .50 | .51 | .51 |
Notes: All models controlled for child gender, race/ethnicity, family structure, number of children in home, maternal age at birth, site, maternal PPVT-R score, maternal depression, resident fathers’ college education and resident fathers’ employment. N = 818.
+
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001