APPENDIX.
COEFFICIENTS FROM LOGIT REGRESSION MODELS PREDICTING AT LEAST WEEKLY FATHER INVOLVEMENT AT FIVE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
| Parents Single | Mom Repartnered | Dad Repartnered | Mom Subsequent Children by New Partner | Dad Subsequent Children by New Partner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race | |||||
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.59** (0.26) | 0.62** (0.29) | 0.66** (0.29) | 0.69* (0.36) | 1.34** (0.63) |
| Hispanic | 0.11 (0.29) | 0.10 (0.33) | 0.09 (0.33) | −0.66 (0.59) | 0.49 (0.68) |
| Non-Hispanic other race | 0.53 (0.61) | 0.26 (0.72) | 1.19** (0.56) | 0.75 (0.93) | 1.05 (1.03) |
| Education | |||||
| High school or GED | 0.17 (0.18) | 0.12 (0.21) | 0.08 (0.21) | 0.37 (0.31) | −0.05 (0.29) |
| Some college | 0.33 (0.22) | 0.40 (0.27) | 0.13 (0.29) | 0.69 (0.43) | −0.27 (0.39) |
| College or more | 0.29 (0.51) | 0.43 (0.65) | 1.09 (0.72) | 0.43 (1.17) | —a |
| Earned less than $15,000 | −0.31 (0.24) | −0.79*** (0.28) | −0.82*** (0.26) | −0.25 (0.41) | −0.22 (0.36) |
| Employed | 0.99**** (0.19) | 0.78*** (0.25) | 0.37 (0.25) | 1.32*** (0.38) | 0.84 (0.33) |
| Age (in years) | −0.004 (0.01) | −0.03 (0.02) | −0.01 (0.02) | −0.01 (0.03) | 0.02 (0.02) |
| Child is male | −0.02 (0.15) | 0.07 (0.19) | 0.04 (0.19) | 0.10 (0.29) | −0.06 (0.27) |
| Survey waves since parents stopped coresiding | −0.43**** (0.07) | −0.45**** (0.09) | −0.48**** (0.09) | −0.29* (0.17) | −0.37*** (0.14) |
| Constant | −0.64 (0.49) | 0.13 (0.63) | 0.10 (0.63) | −2.05* (1.08) | −2.08** (1.04) |
| N | 944 | 810 | 684 | 439 | 389 |
| Pseudo R2 | .10 | .09 | .08 | .10 | .07 |
NOTE: Omitted reference categories are Non-Hispanic white and less than high school. All parents were unmarried at focal child’s birth, and dad is presently nonresidential.
a
There are no college-educated fathers in this cell.
*
p < .10.
**
p < .05.
***
p < .01.
****
p < .001.