Table 3. Probit model predicting the probability of providing at least 30 minutes of unpaid childcare to non-own children in the previous day for women aged 50 years and older in the United States (average marginal coefficients).
(1) | (2) | (3) | ||||
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β | se(β) | β | se(β) | β | se(β) | |
Immigration | ||||||
<1-9 years in U.S. (ref.) | ||||||
10+ years in U.S. | -0.055* | (0.026) | -0.032 | (0.021) | -0.004 | (0.015) |
Native-born | -0.059* | (0.025) | -0.016 | (0.021) | 0.018 | (0.015) |
Individual-level | ||||||
Non-Hispanic White (ref.) | ||||||
Non-Hispanic Asian | 0.003 | (0.014) | -0.013 | (0.012) | ||
Hispanic | 0.044*** | (0.009) | 0.008 | (0.008) | ||
Aged 50-59 (ref.) | ||||||
60-69 | 0.010 | (0.006) | 0.012* | (0.006) | ||
70-79 | -0.048*** | (0.006) | -0.036*** | (0.006) | ||
80+ | -0.082*** | (0.005) | -0.066*** | (0.005) | ||
Completed college | -0.030*** | (0.004) | -0.020*** | (0.004) | ||
Married/In union (ref.) | ||||||
Widowed | 0.007 | (0.006) | -0.013 | (0.007) | ||
Divorced/Separated | 0.002 | (0.005) | -0.016** | (0.006) | ||
Never married | -0.050*** | (0.005) | -0.055*** | (0.005) | ||
Employed | -0.021*** | (0.005) | -0.018*** | (0.005) | ||
Household-level | ||||||
1st income tertile (ref.) | ||||||
2nd income tertile | 0.000 | (0.005) | 0.0003 | (0.005) | ||
3rd income tertile | 0.006 | (0.006) | 0.006 | (0.006) | ||
Missing | -0.001 | (0.007) | -0.001 | (0.007) | ||
No. adults in household | -0.012* | (0.005) | ||||
1+ own adult child in household | -0.005 | (0.008) | ||||
1+ child <6 in household | 0.187*** | (0.011) | ||||
1+ child 6-12 in household | 0.190*** | (0.010) | ||||
1+ child 13-17 in household | 0.059*** | (0.012) | ||||
Dummy for survey year | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
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Unweighted N | 29,629 | 29,629 | 29,629 |
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001
Source: Author's calculations using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), 2003 to 2013. Estimates are weighted using ATUS-provided survey weights.