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.

^aReference group is “Non-resident father”

^bReference group is “White”

^cReference group is “High school”