Table 5.

Random- and Fixed-Effects Regression Models Predicting the Number of Days Father Saw Child in the Past Month

Variable	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE
Subsequent Relationships
Mother has new partner	−3.27***	0.34	−3.08***	0.33	−4.29***	0.59	−3.23***	0.44	−2.56***	0.43
Three-year survey	—		—		1.44†	0.77	—		—
Five-year survey	—		—		2.03**	0.78	—		—
Mother’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		0.55	0.67	—
Father’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		−0.31	0.78	—
Father has new partner	−2.45***	0.31	−2.51***	0.34	−2.65***	0.63	−1.89***	0.49	−1.27**	0.45
Three-year survey	—		—		−0.05	0.79	—		—
Five-year survey	—		—		0.59	0.81	—		—
Mother’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		−2.61**	0.78	—
Father’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		0.03	0.69	—
Mother has new child	−1.05**	0.52	−0.83*	0.51	−2.46†	1.65	−1.51*	0.66	−0.21	0.68
Three-year survey	—		—		1.27	1.78	—		—
Five-year survey	—		—		1.88	1.76	—		—
Mother’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		−2.09*	1.01	—
Father’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		−0.28	1.18	—
Father has new child	−0.75	0.48	−0.38	0.47	−0.37	1.21	−0.95	0.61	−0.24	0.65
Three-year survey	—		—		0.66	1.33	—		—
Five-year survey	—		—		−0.56	1.29	—		—
Mother’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		−0.03	1.18	—
Father’s prior multiple-partner fertility	—		—		—		1.45	0.91	—
Time since coresidence ended	−1.36***	0.21	−1.25***	0.20	−1.31***	0.20	−1.26***	0.20	−0.88***	0.24
Three-year survey	0.89	0.35	0.23	0.35	−0.15	0.45	0.15	0.35	—
Five-year survey	1.02*	0.44	1.13*	0.44	0.34	0.53	1.08*	0.43	—
Mother’s prior multiple-partner fertility	0.35	0.42	0.58	0.41	0.59	0.41	−0.06	0.50	—
Father’s prior multiple-partner fertility	−0.69	0.48	−0.03	0.46	0.00	0.47	1.02†	0.58	—
Time-Varying Controls
Father employed at prior wave	—		1.78***	0.35	1.78***	0.34	1.77***	0.34	2.03***	0.46
Father’s earnings (in $1,000s)	—		0.03**	0.01	0.03**	0.01	0.03*	0.02	0.04*	0.02
Father ever in jail or prison	—		−2.69***	0.38	−2.69***	0.38	−2.73***	0.38	−3.22**	0.79
Father used drugs	—		−3.47***	0.46	−3.41***	0.46	−3.49***	0.46	−2.95***	0.66
Mother’s health	—		0.08	0.15	0.08	0.15	0.08	0.15	−0.33	0.22
Time-Constant Controls
Father’s race/ethnicity
Hispanic	−0.88†	0.49	−1.15***	0.49	−1.21***	0.49	−1.16*	0.49	—
Non-Hispanic white	−0.83	0.71	−0.37	0.69	−0.44	0.69	−0.37	0.69	—
Non-Hispanic other	−1.09	1.12	−0.80	1.09	−0.79	1.09	−0.85	1.09	—
Father’s age (in years)	−0.02	0.03	−0.06*	0.03	−0.06*	0.03	−0.06†	0.03	—
Father’s education
Less than high school	−1.03*	0.45	−0.22	0.44	−0.21	0.44	−0.29	0.44	—
Some college	0.14	0.55	−0.49	0.53	−0.49	0.53	−0.48	0.54	—
College or more	0.04	1.26	−2.13†	1.24	−2.05†	1.23	−2.22†	1.23	—
Child is male	0.58	0.39	0.51	0.38	0.51	0.38	0.50	0.38	—
Prior shared children (number)	0.99*	0.44	1.43**	0.43	1.41**	0.43	1.46**	0.43	—
Nonintact family at age 16	0.41	0.43	0.41	0.42	0.38	0.42	0.41	0.42	—
Financial contributions in pregnancy	3.89***	0.51	3.49***	0.49	3.39***	0.49	3.49***	0.49	—
Constant	10.79***	1.21	11.92***	1.22	12.50***	1.24	12.02***	1.23	13.96***	1.10
R2	.07		.13		.17		.18		.22
Fixed Effects									X

Notes: The sample is restricted to couples who had a nonmarital birth and in which the father was nonresident at one or more survey waves. Regressions are based on 2,266 unique cases and 4,890 person-wave observations, in which fathers had contact with their children since the previous survey.

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001