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Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2018 May 3;80(5):1144–1162. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12494

Table 3.

Results from OLS Models of the Association between Length of Paternity Leave and Father Engagement at W1

Variable	Model 1 (Bivariate)		Model 2 (Adds Controls)		Model 3 (Adds Prenatal)		Model 4 (Adds Attitudes)
Variable	b	SE	b	SE	b	SE	b	SE
Developmental Activities
Length of Paternity Leave	0.04	0.01^***	0.03	0.01^***	0.03	0.01^***	0.02	0.01^**
Father Commitments and Attitudes
Prenatal Involvement					0.15	0.02^***	0.12	0.02^***
Fathering Competence							0.13	0.01^***
Traditional Gender Attitudes							0.06	0.03^*
Importance of Father Involvement							0.36	0.03^***
R²	0.00		0.06		0.07		0.15
Caretaking
Length of Paternity Leave	0.05	0.01^***	0.04	0.01^***	0.04	0.01^***	0.03	0.01^***
Father Commitments and Attitudes
Prenatal Involvement					0.15	0.02^***	0.13	0.02^***
Fathering Competence							0.11	0.01^***
Traditional Gender Attitudes							0.09	0.04^*
Importance of Father Involvement							0.45	0.03^***
R²	0.00		0.08		0.09		0.16

N = 5000. Models 2–4 include all control variables listed in the methods section.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001