. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 22.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2013 Aug 24;62(4):649–661. doi: 10.1111/fare.12023

Table 2.

Hierarchical Regressions Predicting Father Involvement in Child Health Care

	Father Direct Engagement in Child Health Care			Father Influence In Child Health-Related Decision-Making

	β	ΔR²	ΔF	β	ΔR²	ΔF
Predictors

Step 1		.05	2.59		.01	.35
Family SES	−.15			−.05
F Work Hours	−.12			.02
M Work Hours	.09			.07
Step 2		.14	26.53^**		.05	8.71^**
F Prenatal Involvement	.38^**			.24^**
Step 3		.03	3.14^*		.02	1.35
F Nontraditional Beliefs	.02			.13
M Nontraditional Beliefs	.18^*			−.05
Step 4		.01	.85		.06	5.11^**
Gate Opening	.01			.23
Gate Closing	−.09			−.04
Step 5		.00	.12		.06	2.49^*
F Inv X Gate Opening	.05			.11
F Inv X Gate Closing	.01			.03
F Beliefs X Gate Opening	−.03			.10
F Beliefs X Gate Closing	−.03			.24^**

Note. N = 158 for the full model predicting father direct engagement and N = 160 for the full model predicting fathers' perceptions of influence.

F = Father; M = Mother; Inv = Involvement.

p < .05

^**

p < .01.