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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2016 Jun 27;79(1):10–23. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12324

Table 3.

Fathers’ Economic Characteristics as Predictors of Fathers’ Involvement, by Fathers’ Residential Status: Random and Fixed Effects Models

Random effects
Fixed effects
Resident
Nonresident
Resident
Nonresident
Variable β SE β SE Diff. by res. status β SE β SE Diff. by res. status
A. Spent 1+ hours (mother’s report, range: 1–5)
 Annual earnings ($, in 2008)a −.0023 .002 .0364 *** .010 *** −.0011 .002 .0282 .015 **
 Average weekly hours worked (10 hours) −.0149 *** .005 .0182 .010 ** −.0150 * .006 .0029 .014 *
 Annualized child support payment ($; in 2008)b .0055 *** .001 .0050 *** .001
B. Engagement (mother’s report, range: 0–7)
 Annual earnings ($, in 2008)a −.0316 *** .007 .0093 .012 ** −.0238 ** .007 −.0035   .018 *
 Average weekly hours worked (10 hours) −.0648 *** .011 −.0204   .012 ** −.0517 *** .014 −.0401   * .018
 Annualized child support payment ($, in 2008)b .0038 *** .001 .0056 *** .002
C. Responsibility (mother’s report, range: 1–4)
 Annual earnings ($, in 2008)b −.0060 ** .002 .0129 .007 * −.0039 .002 .0146 .010
 Average weekly hours worked (10 hours) −.0169 *** .004 .0061 .007 ** −.0136 ** .005 .0059 .009
 Annualized child support payment ($, in 2008)b .0038 *** .001 .0041 *** .001
D. Father involvement composite (mother’s report)
 Annual earnings ($, in 2008)a −.0096 *** .002 .0119 .007 ** −.0075 ** .002 .0072 .009 *
 Average weekly hours worked (10 hours) −.0231 *** .004 −.0005 .006 ** −.0190 *** .004 −.0071   .008
 Annualized child support payment ($, in 2008)b .0031 *** .001 .0035 *** .001
E. Days spent with child past month (mother’s report, range: 0–30)
 Annual earnings ($, in 2008)a .2130 ** .075 .3046 ** .107
 Average weekly hours worked (10 hours) .0625 .074 .0622 .101
 Annualized child support payment ($, in 2008)b .0296 *** .006 .0350 *** .009
Number of observations 7,167 3,888 7,167 3,888
Number of unique cases 2,854 1,989 2,854 1,989

Note. Each cell represents a separate regression model and includes all time-constant and time-varying covariates in Tables 1 and 2. Diff. = difference. Res. = residential.

a

In $l,000s.

b

In $100s.

*

p<.05.

**

p<.01.

***

p<.001.