TABLE A1.
OLS Regression Coefficients for Parents’ Time with Children (Hours/Week)
| Fathers |
Mothers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Time with Children |
Solo Time | Primary Child Care |
Total Time with Children |
Solo Time | Primary Child Care |
|
| Intercept | 36.820*** | 7.522*** | 6.468*** | 65.612*** | 35.152*** | 12.956*** |
| Wife’s employment (1/0) | −.520* | 2.282* | −.439 | −3.236* | −3 741*** | −1.488+ |
| Wife’s weekly hours | .018 | .032 | .007 | −.348*** | − 292*** | −.128*** |
| Wife’s weekly earnings | .001 | .000 | .000 | .003** | .002* | .001 |
| Husband’s employment (1/0) | −4.300* | −4.244* | −.672 | − 11.971*** | −8.689*** | −2.648+ |
| Husband’s weekly hours | −.202*** | −.100*** | − 087*** | .075* | 167*** | .043* |
| Husband’s weekly earnings | .000 | .001 | .001* | −.001+ | .000 | .001*** |
| Wife’s portion of couple’s earnings | 2.513+ | 4.227+ | 3.837* | −15.659*** | −9.362*** | −2.659 |
| Child ages 0–2 | 5.556*** | 2.158*** | 5.539*** | 13.081*** | 10.392*** | 11.234*** |
| Child ages 3–5 | 2.620*** | 2.764*** | 3.139*** | 5.060*** | 5.373*** | 4.802*** |
| Number of children | 3.310*** | 2.069*** | 788*** | 5.201*** | 4.512*** | 1.822*** |
| Parent’s age | −.279 | .006 | −.004 | −.425*** | −.141*** | .005 |
| Less than high school education | −1.775 | −.685 | −2.400*** | −2.382* | −2.263* | −1.922*** |
| Some college | 2.809*** | 2.270*** | 1.135** | .421 | .721 | .921* |
| College graduate | 3.557*** | 2.809*** | 1.979*** | 2.443** | 1.171 | 3.537*** |
| Postgraduate education | 5.897*** | 3.152*** | 2 944*** | 4.835*** | 1.704 | 4.501*** |
| Hispanic | −1.746* | −1.440* | − 1737*** | .787 | −1.414 + | −3.343*** |
| Non-Hispanic black | −8.690** | −1.884** | −2.664*** | −5.011*** | −2.810*** | −2.368*** |
| Non-Hispanic other | −.687 | −1.353 | −1.423* | 1.395 | −.479 | .666 |
| Season of diary is summer | .937 | .141 | − 1 443*** | 2.076** | 1.334* | −2.815*** |
| Day of week is weekend | 24.868*** | 3.609*** | 1.035*** | 13.906*** | −6.361*** | −4.933*** |
| Year of diary: | ||||||
| 2004 | .669 | .669 | −.394 | −1.293 | .464 | .077 |
| 2005 | −.590 | −.590 | −.423 | .701 | .909 | −.536 |
| 2006 | .219 | .219 | −.552 | .790 | .429 | −.197 |
| 2007 | −.450 | −.450 | −.013 | .152 | −1.369+ | −.216 |
| N | 7,376 | 7,376 | 7,376 | 7,376 | 7,376 | 7,376 |
Note.—Figures come from the 2003–7 ATUS. Indicator variables for imputed income and parental education were also included in the models (coefficients not shown).
+
P < .10.
*
P <.05.
**
P < .01.
***
P < .001.