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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2015 Dec 30;38(8):1157–1185. doi: 10.1177/0192513X15623585

Table 3.

OLS regression predicting weeks of parental leave taken by employed fathers (N=2,233)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Attitudes towards fatherhood 0.11*** (0.03) 0.08** (0.03) 0.07* (0.03)
Importance of financial support 0.04 (0.06) 0.06 (0.06)
Importance of direct care -0.02 (0.07) 0.00 (0.07)
Involvement by father’s father 0.03 (0.03) 0.00 (0.03)
Cohabiting with mothera 0.30*** (0.05) 0.27*** (0.05)
Married to mothera 0.54*** (0.06) 0.46*** (0.07)
Child’s mother expects to work 0.10 (0.06)
Father has other children -0.06 (0.05)
Father’s age 0.00 (0.00)
Blackb -0.12* (0.06)
Latino/Hispanicb 0.04 (0.06)
Other raceb 0.07 (0.11)
Less than high schoolc -0.02 (0.06)
Some collegec 0.11 (0.06)
College or higherc 0.15 (0.08)
Income (logarithmic) 0.03 (0.03)

p<0.1

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p <0 .001

Notes: b coefficients are presented. Standard errors are in parentheses.

a

Reference group is “Non-resident father”

b

Reference group is “White”

c

Reference group is “High school”