Table 1.
Descriptive Information about Analytic Sample, MIDUS I and II (1996–2004) N=1319
| Men
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Women
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Gender diff?
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|---|---|---|---|
| Work-home spillover change | |||
| Change in Neg. WHS | −0.14 | −0.03 | ** |
| (0.65) | (0.74) | ||
| Change in Neg. HWS | −0.09 | −0.05 | |
| (0.57) | (0.62) | ||
| Change in Pos. WHS | 0.04 | 0.01 | |
| (0.67) | (0.73) | ||
| Change in Pos. HWS | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
| (0.71) | (0.72) | ||
| Parenting Stage | |||
| Remain never parent | 5.7% | 7.0% | |
| Become a new parent (oldest child 0–5 yrs) | 2.2% | 1.9% | |
| Parent school-aged child (oldest child 6–11 yrs) | 7.6% | 8.0% | |
| Parent adolescent child (oldest child 12–17 yrs) | 11.0% | 11.8% | |
| Parent young adult child (oldest child 18–25 yrs) | 24.6% | 22.6% | |
| Parent adult child (oldest child 26–34 yrs) | 26.9% | 25.2% | |
| Remain parent to adult child (oldest child 35+ yrs) | 22.0% | 23.5% | |
| Age at baseline | 43.64 | 41.95 | * |
| (9.47) | (8.99) | ||
| Youngest child age at W2 (among those with children) | 20.90 | 20.83 | |
| (10.77) | (10.47) | ||
| Change in total number of children | |||
| No change | 79.1% | 80.3% | |
| Gain 1 child | 9.7% | 8.4% | |
| Gain 2 children | 5.0% | 4.3% | |
| Gain 3+ children | 3.8% | 4.1% | |
| Lost a child | 2.5% | 2.9% | |
| Change in total work hours | −4.32 | −2.73 | |
| (17.68) | (18.77) | ||
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| N | 736 | 583 | |