TABLE 4.
Odds Ratios for Engaging in Selected Child Care Activities by Couple Economic Characteristics
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fathers’ Odds Ratios for Physical Care |
Mothers’ Odds Ratios for Physical Care |
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| Wife’s employment (1/0) | 1.309* | 1.247+ | .994 | .940 | .948 | .970 | ||||
| Wife’s weekly hours | .997 | .997 | .993+ | 983*** | 9g4*** | .985*** | ||||
| Wife’s weekly earnings | 1.000** | 1.000** | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Husband’s employment (1/0) | 1.132 | 1.206 | 2.382*** | 1.353 | 1.190 | 1.104 | ||||
| Husband’s weekly hours | 982*** | 982*** | 983*** | 1.001 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Husband’s weekly earnings | 1.000* | 1.000* | 1.000*** | 1.000** | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wife’s portion of earnings | 2.255*** | 4.191*** | .361*** | .848 | ||||||
| −2 log likelihood | 7,852.716 | 7,826.463 | 7,828.591 | 7,795.828 | 7,777.463 | 6,832.116 | 6,920.474 | 6,855.320 | 6,824.765 | 6,824.541 |
| Fathers’ Odds Ratios for Recreational Care |
Mothers’ Odds Ratios for Recreational Care |
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| Wife’s employment (1/0) | 1.287+ | 1.244 | 1.179 | .906 | .927 | .893 | ||||
| Wife’s weekly hours | .990** | .988** | .987*** | .981*** | 983*** | 982*** | ||||
| Wife’s weekly earnings | 1.000** | 1.000** | 1.000+ | 1.000** | 1.000** | 1.000+ | ||||
| Husband’s employment (1/0) | .758 | .727+ | .850 | .972 | .864 | 1.004 | ||||
| Husband’s weekly hours | .990*** | .990** | .990** | 1.007* | 1.007* | 1.007* | ||||
| Husband’s weekly earnings | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000*** | 1.000*** | 1.000*** | ||||
| Wife’s portion of earnings | 1.551*** | 1.389 | .355*** | 1.368 | ||||||
| —2 log likelihood | 7,174.439 | 7,132.755 | 7,168.381 | 7,119.064 | 7,118.224 | 8,092.052 | 8,158.862 | 8,126.194 | 8,058.168 | 8,057.297 |
| Fathers’ Odds Ratios for Managerial Care |
Mothers’ Odds Ratios for Managerial Care |
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| Wife’s employment (1/0) | 1.144 | 1.076 | 1.063 | 1.162 | 1.192 | 1.113 | ||||
| Wife’s weekly hours | 1 014*** | 1 014*** | 1 014*** | .995+ | .997 | .994 | ||||
| Wife’s weekly earnings | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Husband’s employment (1/0) | 1.087 | 1.337 | 1.383 | 1.244 | 1.238 | 1.581* | ||||
| Husband’s weekly hours | .985*** | gg4*** | gg4*** | 1.004 | 1.004 | 1.005+ | ||||
| Husband’s weekly earnings | 1.000+ | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000** | 1.000** | 1.000*** | ||||
| Wife’s portion of earnings | 3.378*** | 1.076 | 708*** | 1.685+ | ||||||
| —2 log likelihood | 7,825.387 | 7,919.896 | 7,839.820 | 7,781.494 | 7,781.445 | 8,842.155 | 8,803.502 | 8,832.716 | 8,800.991 | 8,798.093 |
Note.—All models also include controls for age, education, age of youngest child, number of children, race/ethnicity, weekend diary, summer diary, and year. Full model 5 with covariates is shown in app. table A2.
+
P <.10.
*
P <.05.
**
P < .01.
***
P < .001.