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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
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)
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