Table 3.
Standardized (Beta) Coefficients for OLS Regression of Psychological Distress on Relative Time in Housework and Perceived Fairness of the Division of Housework, by Gender
| Step | Variable | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||
| 1 | Age | .07 | .06 | .04 | .03 | .05 | .06 |
| Number of children | -.18 | -.17 | -.10 | -.00 | -.03 | -.05 | |
| Educational attainment a | |||||||
| Some post-secondary | -.04 | -.05 | -.10 | .12 | .11 | .13 | |
| High school or less | .02 | .02 | -.13 | .02 | .00 | .01 | |
| Inadequate income b | .19 | .19 | **.28 | **.21 | *.19 | **.21 | |
| Weekly work hours | -.04 | -.04 | -.07 | -.06 | -.06 | -.05 | |
| Job demands | -.09 | -.09 | -.15 | *.18 | *.18 | *.19 | |
| Decision latitude at work | *-.21 | *-.21 | -.19 | -.04 | -.03 | -.02 | |
| 2 | Perceived relative time in housework c | .03 | .02 | .13 | .14 | ||
| 3 | Perceived fairness (housework) | ||||||
| Unfair to me | **.38 | -.03 | |||||
| Unfair to partner | .14 | -.10 | |||||
| Adjusted R2 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |
| F (df) for change in R2 | 1.65 (8,95) | 0.07 (1,94) | **6.04(2,92) | *2.26(8,163) | 2.97 (1,162) | 0.75 (2,160) | |
a
compared to university/college graduates;
b
compared to adequate income;
c
compared to fair to both;
*
p ≤ 0.05
**
p ≤ 0.01