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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2012 Aug 23;83(6):2089–2103. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01826.x

Table 2. Gamma Coefficients (γ) and t-Ratios for Multi-level Models of Social and Dyadic Time With Mothers and Fathers.

Social time
Dyadic time
Mothers
Fathers
Mothers
Fathers
Fixed effects γ t-ratio γ t-ratio γ t-ratio γ t-ratio
Linear and quadratic age effects and age at Time 1
  Intercept 22.49 26.28** 19.97 22.06** 8.35 13.27** 6.08 9.95**
  Linear effect −.95 −11.51** −.84 −6.70** .04 .62 −.18 −2.06*
  Quadratic effect - - .02 .41 −.05 −3.91** −.04 −2.02*
  Age at Time 1 .31 1.18 .24 .87 −.13 −.63 −.17 −.84
Birth order, gender, sibling dyad gender composition and parental education and family size
  Birth order .28 .41 .96 1.20 1.06 1.87 .13 0.23
  Birth order × Linear effect .47 5.06** .34 2.14* - - .27 2.04*
  Birth order × Quadratic effect - - −.11 −2.13* - - - -
  Gender −1.40 −4.18** .81 2.32* −1.37 −3.12** .69 1.63
  Gender × Linear effect - - - - −0.16 −2.05* .20 2.45*
  Gender composition .09 .16 −.11 −.20 1.83 4.43** −.16 −.41
  Gender × Gender composition - - - - −1.87 −3.28** 2.67 4.84**
  Parents’ levels of education .03 .20 −.01 −.05 .07 .92 −.01 −.17
  Family size .31 .83 .42 1.10 −1.62 −7.90** −.97 −4.92**

Note.

p < .10

*

p < .05

**

p < .01.