Table 5.
Multivariate Analysis of Covariance: Maternal Employment and Couple Functioning Child Aged 54 Month Through Fifth Grade
| Time period |
Couple intimacy | Housework performed | Childcare performed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | r | adj M | (SE) | t | r | adj M | (SE) | t | r | adj M | (SE) | |
| 54 Month | (F [2, 1080] = 0.43) | (F [2, 1080] = 20.72***) | (F [2, 1080] = 14.47***) | |||||||||
| PT vs | 3.74 | (.09) | 71.51 | (1.34) | 71.06 | (1.15) | ||||||
| NE | −.57 | [.05] | 3.69 | (.11) | 2.14* | [.14] | 74.95 | (1.75) | 1.50 | [.12] | 73.18 | (1.60) |
| FT | −.50 | [.05] | 3.69 | (.11) | −3.01** | [.18] | 66.54 | (1.45) | −2.18* | [.17] | 68.32 | (1.52) |
| Grade 1 | (F [2, 1129] = 0.74) | (F [2, 1129] = 36.16***) | (F [2, 1129] = 23.67***) | |||||||||
| PT vs | 3.81 | (.06) | 71.40 | (0.96) | 72.08 | (.78) | ||||||
| NE | −0.68 | [.07] | 3.75 | (.05) | 2.95** | [.17] | 75.77 | (1.04) | 2.07* | [.12] | 74.26 | (.90) |
| FT | −0.82 | [.05] | 3.74 | (.05) | −3.86*** | [.20] | 66.16 | (0.87) | −3.31** | [.19] | 68.32 | (.73) |
| Grade 5 | (F [2, 1127] = 1.58) | (F [2, 1127] = 36.11***) | (F [2, 1127] = 13.39***) | |||||||||
| PT vs | 3.72 | (.06) | 72.63 | (1.07) | 72.30 | (.86) | ||||||
| NE | .88 | [.03] | 3.80 | (.06) | 1.63 | [.06] | 74.94 | (1.05) | 1.06 | [.11] | 73.59 | (.80) |
| FT | 1.63 | [.04] | 3.85 | (.05) | −5.27*** | [.20] | 65.50 | (0.81) | −3.07** | [.26] | 68.74 | (.81) |
Note. Includes only mothers with live-in partner. Covariates include work commitment at 1 month, employment status at previous wave, ethnicity, educational status, mother extraversion, number of children in home, child gender, child health, live-in partner, partner income. PT = part time (1-32). NE = not employed. FT = full time. #s in bracket after the t values are effect size r expressed in absolute values estimated using unadjusted means and standard deviations. #s in parentheses after the adjusted means are standard errors.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.