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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2016 Nov 10;79(2):511–534. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12376

Table 3.

OLS Coefficients for Minutes Spent in Housework and Child care on the ATUS Diary Day, 2008-2012 (N=4,633).

Housework
Child care
Female-Typed Male-Typed Gender-Neutral Playing Physical Care Education & Other With Children Secondary Child care

Work/Family Arrangement
 Breadwinner father (reference)
 At-home father 35.81*** 6.61 11.80 -3.46 17.54** 18.72*** - 17.05 - 21.65
(10.46) (8.06) (7.99) (5.10) (6.57) (5.45) (20.34) (21.90)
 At-home mother 120.48*** 24.64*** -3.17 7.35* 32.14*** 30.78*** 68.10*** 39.14**
(5.57) (4.09) (3.57) (3.64) (5.01) (3.10) (12.14) (13.20)
 Breadwinner mother 109.96*** 29.71*** 11.71** -6.23 18.96* 15.93* 13.70 9.67
(12.06) (4.74) (4.31) (4.45) (8.25) (6.19) (22.31) (24.22)
 Breadwinner parents’ daily work hours -5.19*** -2.70*** -1.98*** -1.83*** -2.37*** -2.38*** -30.10*** -25.06***
(0.46) (0.42) (0.39) (0.33) (0.55) (0.25) (1.31) (1.44)
 Breadwinner mother X Daily work hours -8.22*** 2.19*** 1.07* 0.56 -0.71 -0.85 2.25 8.33**
(1.42) (0.52) (0.52) (0.53) (0.93) (0.74) (2.72) (3.12)
Age
 Mother -0.66 -0.09 0.87** 0.02 0.24 0.31 -0.76 0.22
(0.51) (0.23) (0.32) (0.24) (0.24) (0.26) (0.88) (0.91)
 Father 1.18* 0.54* -0.25 -0.09 -0.62** -0.03 0.46 0.72
(0.48) (0.25) (0.21) (0.16) (0.21) (0.21) (0.76) (0.75)
Couple-level Education
 Both college (reference)
 Neither college 12.20** 7.05* 1.78 -9.14*** -7.68** -10.80*** -0.81 24.33*
(4.74) (2.77) (2.70) (2.63) (2.48) (3.07) (8.98) (10.23)
 Mother college, father no college -4.79 -1.23 2.20 -1.60 3.59 -4.31 27.69* 14.54
(6.27) (2.90) (4.32) (3.57) (4.95) (3.55) (13.44) (13.66)
 Father college, mother no college 4.34 9.97* 0.79 -1.60 -5.05 -11.52** -26.44* -8.06
(6.93) (4.86) (3.18) (3.80) (3.23) (3.51) (11.91) (13.63)
Couple-level Race
 Both white (reference)
 Both non-white 11.98** -8.57*** -12.51*** -9.32*** 0.33 -1.26 3.03 8.01
(4.11) (2.45) (2.25) (2.08) (2.75) (2.32) (7.86) (8.27)
 Mixed race 3.55 -13.10*** -3.28 -0.02 1.91 1.52 1.21 -10.97
(6.35) (2.27) (2.96) (3.80) (3.47) (3.67) (10.93) (11.67)
Family Income
 <$25,000 9.42 2.40 -2.69 4.65 -2.13 -6.81 2.79 -7.61
(6.76) (4.12) (3.73) (3.65) (4.05) (3.56) (12.62) (14.02)
 $25,000-49,999 8.53 -1.51 -3.47 2.60 -2.59 -4.27 1.82 8.53
(5.78) (3.31) (2.66) (3.07) (2.87) (3.09) (10.01) (11.33)
 $50,000-74,999 -0.86 -2.78 -0.76 5.31 4.06 0.20 6.77 -9.53
(5.12) (2.87) (3.06) (2.92) (3.44) (3.13) (9.32) (10.12)
 $75,000+ (reference)
Physical Difficulty
 Respondent -38.46* -29.51*** -13.45* 1.82 1.44 1.90 -39.15 -67.51*
(15.26) (4.70) (5.98) (8.35) (6.25) (10.76) (30.40) (29.51)
 Spouse 3.03 -5.75 -1.64 -0.98 26.94 0.58 -13.14 -9.09
(9.50) (5.19) (4.68) (4.78) (14.04) (5.44) (24.21) (22.37)
Age of youngest child 1.15* 0.58 -0.32 -3.76*** -4.02*** 0.16 -15.04*** -21.18***
(0.57) (0.34) (0.28) (0.28) (0.30) (0.30) (1.01) (1.04)
Number of children under 18 4.27* 0.20 -0.94 -6.87*** -0.25 12.00*** 13.40*** 12.15**
(1.90) (0.94) (0.95) (1.08) (1.35) (1.43) (3.84) (4.20)
Unemployed/Looking/Intends to find work
 Respondent 17.27* 1.30 -3.21 -5.98 -2.98 -13.79*** -39.40** -8.11
(8.25) (3.58) (3.28) (3.95) (3.84) (4.07) (12.37) (13.73)
 Spouse 5.92 1.13 2.11 -4.95 2.08 -2.10 -3.50 -4.84
(4.34) (3.49) (3.34) (2.63) (3.88) (2.16) (11.70) (12.85)
Retired
 Respondent 11.70 18.11 -12.00 7.70 -3.00 -25.57* -134.32*** -22.83
(33.76) (31.22) (10.88) (10.43) (6.90) (10.21) (36.85) (44.20)
 Spouse -26.17 -8.87 3.90 0.06 12.21 33.90 32.13 -11.76
(17.99) (7.09) (7.62) (5.04) (7.45) (18.16) (36.82) (62.98)
Infant (<6 months) in household 9.23 0.30 -2.05 -13.51* 66.04*** -7.57 32.06 -49.19*
(11.63) (4.40) (4.39) (6.23) (11.89) (4.55) (17.96) (19.30)
Has non-residential child under 18 -15.04 -10.90* -7.44 10.00 -1.90 11.70 -4.27 -47.26
(11.91) (5.11) (5.90) (14.15) (6.60) (9.25) (29.68) (25.70)
Has non-own child under 18 in household 3.43 -2.69 -8.00*** 6.21 12.05 -2.89 -32.35 -3.61
(18.56) (4.28) (2.25) (13.54) (14.48) (5.07) (23.48) (31.41)
Weekday 24.12*** -3.82 0.85 1.29 19.93*** 20.45*** -63.67*** -116.47***
(4.38) (2.52) (2.32) (2.36) (3.02) (2.24) (8.29) (9.13)
Year
 2008 (reference)
 2009 -2.33 -6.01 -2.66 5.39 -10.25 -1.83 5.37 13.34
(6.77) (5.73) (4.95) (3.70) (6.08) (4.21) (12.05) (13.36)
 2010 -1.48 -0.44 -5.97 8.40* -10.11 -2.66 -2.23 -7.96
(6.68) (5.83) (4.92) (3.75) (5.42) (4.11) (12.23) (13.05)
 2011 -7.63 -3.04 0.80 5.64 -14.00** -3.97 0.94 16.42
(6.73) (5.95) (5.24) (3.66) (5.40) (4.17) (12.13) (13.16)
 2012 -1.23 -5.33 -5.36 7.60 -10.32 -6.34 6.56 7.58
(7.32) (5.88) (4.74) (4.29) (5.63) (4.25) (12.65) (13.93)
Constant -9.60 20.98** 16.55* 68.84*** 66.90*** -8.06 563.35*** 511.08***
(14.81) (7.94) (7.03) (7.68) (10.04) (7.52) (28.33) (30.29)
*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001.

Note: Standard errors are in parentheses.