Table 2.
Means on Nonresident Father Involvement by Race/Ethnicity over Years 1–9 after a Nonmarital Birth
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M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
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Number of Days Saw Child Past Month (Range=0–30) | 13.09a | (13.04) | 6.96b | (10.55) | 9.28b | (10.95) | 9.01a | (11.86) | 6.59b | (10.33) | 5.40b | (9.24) |
Spent One or More Hours in Past Month (Range=0–5) | 3.19a | (1.70) | 2.32b | (1.51) | 2.67b | (1.63) | 2.51a | (1.63) | 2.28a,b | (1.56) | 2.09b | (1.56) |
Engagement in Activies (Range=0–7) | 2.24a | (2.27) | 1.08b | (1.76) | 1.19b | (1.45) | 1.39a | (1.82) | 0.90b | (1.39) | 0.78b | (1.31) |
Sharing Responsibilities (Range=1–4) | 2.37a | (1.20) | 1.63b | (0.96) | 2.01c | (1.09) | 1.95a | (1.11) | 1.65b | (0.95) | 1.58b | (0.94) |
Coparenting (Range=1–3) | 2.48a | (0.56) | 1.93b | (0.76) | 2.24c | (0.62) | 2.24a | (0.67) | 2.03b | (0.73) | 2.00b | (0.68) |
n | 1,063 | 135 | 360 | 1,155 | 150 | 377 | ||||||
Unmarried (at birth) fathers who are nonresident at wave (%) | 49.6 | 33.8 | 39.0 | 65.0 | 42.5 | 49.6 | ||||||
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M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
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Number of Days Saw Child Past Month (Range=0–30) | 7.42a | (10.56) | 7.15a | (9.62) | 3.85b | (8.23) | 5.92a | (9.15) | 6.06a | (8.70) | 2.84b | (5.74) |
Spent One or More Hours in Past Month (Range=0–5) | 2.39a | (1.55) | 2.47a | (1.45) | 1.80b | (1.33) | 2.04a | (1.38) | 2.11a | (1.35) | 1.57b | (1.04) |
Engagement in Activies (Range=0–7) | 1.16a | (1.69) | 1.00a | (1.45) | 0.48b | (0.98) | 0.74a | (1.26) | 0.61a,b | (1.11) | 0.38b | (0.88) |
Sharing Responsibilities (Range=1–4) | 1.82a | (1.07) | 1.62b | (0.93) | 1.41b | (0.78) | 1.04a | (0.27) | 1.11b | (0.48) | 1.01a | (0.12) |
Coparenting (Range=1–3) | 2.24a | (0.61) | 2.02b | (0.72) | 2.12b | (0.71) | 2.25a | (0.63) | 2.02b | (0.62) | 2.10b | (0.69) |
n | 1,263 | 164 | 437 | 1,115 | 153 | 364 | ||||||
Unmarried (at birth) fathers who are nonresident at wave (%) | 71.0 | 51.7 | 55.3 | 78.2 | 56.6 | 53.8 |
Note: All figures are weighted by city sampling weights for each respective year. M: mean; SD: standard deviation. Means in the same row that do not share subscripts differ at p<. 05 in the Bonferroni comparison.