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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Soc Secur. 2017 Mar 9;16(4):308–346. doi: 10.1177/138826271401600403

Table A3.

Effects of leave taking on father’s involvement at 9 months –Denmark

Model 1

odd ratios std error
Help child with eating at least daily
 Father’s leave (ref.=no leave)
  <1 week 1.85 [0.91]
  1 week 1.14 [0.21]
  2 or + weeks 1.39** [0.17]

Change child diapers at least daily
 Father’s leave (ref.=no leave)
  <1 week 0.67 [0.34]
  1 week 1.16 [0.19]
  2 weeks or more 1.37** [0.15]

Help child go to bed
 Father’s leave (ref.=no leave)
  <1 week 0.78 [0.50]
  1 week 1.01 [0.20]
  2 weeks or more 1.19 [0.16]

Give child a bath
 Father’s leave (ref.=no leave)
  <1 week 0.46 [0.26]
  1 week 0.93 [0.16]
  2 weeks or more 1.14 [0.13]

Play with the child
 Father’s leave (ref.=no leave)
  <1 week 0.60 [0.29]
  1 week 0.87 [0.15]
  2 weeks or more 1.18 [0.14]

Get up in the night for him
 Father’s leave (ref.=no leave)
  <1 week 1.47 [0.79]
  1 week 0.75 [0.16]
  2 weeks or more 0.95 [0.13]

Notes:

+

p < 0.10,

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001.

Model 1 includes controls for child, father, mother and family characteristics.