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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2012 Mar 1;33(12):1619–1641. doi: 10.1177/0192513X12437150

Table 2.

Stability and Change in Cooperative Coparenting from Time 1 to Time 2

Change in mother and father discussing childrearing over timea %
 Decrease from Time 1 to Time 2 45.6
 No change from Time 1 to Time 2 35.9
 Increase from Time 1 to Time 2 18.5
Change in father’s influence in childrearing over timeb
 Decrease from Time 1 to Time 2 18.7
 No change from Time 1 to Time 2 66.7
 Increase from Time 1 to Time 2 14.6
Categories of change in coparenting over timec
Stable
 High stable 3.6
 Medium stable 3.4
 Low stable 65.0
Decrease
 Medium at Time 1, low at Time 2 11.1
 High at Time 1, medium at Time 2 2.1
 High at Time 1, low at Time 2 6.2
Increase
 Low at Time 1, medium at Time 2 3.1
 Low at Time 1, high at Time 2 2.6
 Medium at Time 1, high at Time 2 2.9

Note:

a

Change is based on subtracting the Time 1 measure of discussing childrearing (coded 1–6) from the Time 2 measure of discussing childrearing.

b

Change is based on subtracting the Time 1 measure of father’s influence (coded 1–3) from the Time 2 measure of father’s influence.

c

High levels of cooperative coparenting include cases in which the mother reports at least monthly discussions with the nonresident father and a great deal of influence from the father in childrearing decisions; medium levels included cases in which the mother reports at least monthly discussions and some influence from the father; all other cases are coded as having low levels of cooperative coparenting.

N = 628