Table 3.

Multilevel Models Examining Women’s and Men’s Ratings of Ambivalence as a Function of Child Problems and Successes

	Ambivalence				Ambivalence
	Women		Men		Women		Men
	B	SEB	B	SEB	B	SEB	B	SEB
Physical problems					0.08	0.09	0.20*	0.10
Lifestyle problems					0.08	0.07	0.06	0.07
Career success					−0.03	0.05	−0.09*	0.05
Relationship success					−0.14**	0.05	−0.14**	0.05
Participant characteristics
Married	−0.08	0.16	0.01	0.16	−0.07	0.15	0.04	0.16
Education	0.08*	0.03	0.09**	0.04	0.07*	0.03	0.09*	0.04
Number of children	−0.02	0.04	0.02	0.04	−0.03	0.04	0.01	0.04
Ethnicity (White)	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.08	0.13	0.13	0.15
Income	−0.01	0.06	0.01	0.06	−0.02	0.06	−0.01	0.06
Neuroticism	0.24**	0.07	0.28**	0.08	0.21**	0.06	0.24**	0.08
Self-rated health	−0.12*	0.06	−0.09	0.06	−0.09	0.06	−0.10	0.06
Child characteristics
Gender (son)	−0.22**	0.09	−0.38**	0.09	−0.22**	0.09	−0.33**	0.09
Age (30–46 years)	0.09	0.13	−0.26	0.15	0.01	0.13	−0.30*	0.14
Married	−0.40**	0.13	−0.38*	0.16	−0.23	0.14	−0.18	0.17
Education	−0.07**	0.03	−0.07**	0.03	−0.05	0.03	−0.04	0.03
Employed	−0.11	0.10	0.04	0.10	−0.11	0.10	0.05	0.10
Have children	−0.08	0.12	0.15	0.12	−0.12	0.13	0.08	0.12
Relationship characteristics
Contact frequency	0.05*	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.05*	0.02	0.05	0.03
Financial support	0.07**	0.03	0.06*	0.03	0.07**	0.03	0.06*	0.03
−2 Log likelihood	1,855.2		1,662.9		1,811.6		1,611.8
Change in log likelihood					43.6*		51.1*

Note: *p < .05; **p < .01.