Table 2.
Descriptive Data for Parent Attitudes, Work Life, Family Life, and Parent-Child Relationship Qualities during Middle Childhood
| Mean (SD) | N | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender role attitudes | ||
| Mother | 25.79 (6.72) | 123 |
| Father | 28.01 (5.71) | 123 |
| Work life | ||
| Mothers’ work hours (weekly) | 27.29 (16.21) | 123 |
| Fathers’ work hours (weekly) | 46.78 (10.60) | 123 |
| Mothers’ occupation gender typicality |
75.49 (23.99) | 120 |
| Fathers’ occupation gender typicality |
68.51 (23.41) | 123 |
| Family life | ||
| Mothers’ time spent on female-typed household labor (minutes/4 days) |
459.13 (245.96) | 123 |
| Fathers’ time spent on female-typed household labor (minutes/4 days) |
118.17 (103.90) | 123 |
| Mother time with child (minutes/7 days) | 677.07 (309.48) | 123 |
| Father time with child (minutes/7 days) | 598.24 (283.15) | 123 |
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Note. The sample means include families with a child who reported his/her occupation in young adulthood (N = 123). Higher scores signify more traditional attitudes. Gender typicality was coded as the percent of women in an occupation, but fathers’ scores were reverse-coded so that higher scores reflected more gender-typed occupations for both mothers and fathers.