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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Econ Issues. 2017 Nov 9;39(2):277–296.

Table 5.

OLS regression models predicting the association between spouse’s behavioral disorders and family-to-work conflict (N = 980)

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
Model 6
b SE b SE b SE b SE b SE b SE
Spouse’s behavioral disorders 0.093 0.029** 0.092 0.032** 0.010 0.033 0.070 0.054 −0.036 0.059 0.203 0.144
 × womena −0.099 0.055 −0.297 0.157
 × parenthooda
  Children 0–5 0.095 0.077 −0.182 0.166
  Children 6–17 0.050 0.073 −0.126 0.159
  Adult children 0.041 0.072 −0.244 0.186
 × women × parenthooda
  Children 0–5 0.379 0.191*
  Children 6–17 0.142 0.185
  Adult children 0.334 0.198
Time allocation
 R weekly paid work hours 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.002
 R weekly housework hours 0.012 0.005** 0.006 0.004 0.006 0.004 0.006 0.004 0.006 0.004
 S weekly paid work hours 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001
 S weekly housework hours −0.003 0.003 −0.001 0.003 −0.001 0.003 −0.001 0.003 −0.000 0.003
Household economic conditions
 Household income 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000
 R share of incomea
  < 40% −0.031 0.063 −0.033 0.055 −0.035 0.055 −0.035 0.055 −0.042 0.054
  > 60% 0.124 0.060* 0.091 0.054 0.091 0.054 0.088 0.055 0.080 0.055
Strain-based stressors
 Role overload 0.317 0.039*** 0.319 0.039*** 0.321 0.039*** 0.320 0.039***
 Financial strain 0.026 0.027 0.026 0.027 0.026 0.028 0.028 0.027
 Relationship strain
  Perceived relationship strain 0.125 0.044** 0.126 0.044** 0.126 0.044** 0.123 0.044**
  Housework unfairness 0.037 0.027 0.034 0.027 0.037 0.027 0.031 0.026
Control variables
 Womena 0.034 0.042 0.076 0.056 0.051 0.053 0.094 0.054 0.053 0.053 0.103 0.108
 × parenthooda
  Children 0–5 −0.106 0.146
  Children 6–17 −0.033 0.135
  Adult children 0.049 0.130
 Parental statusa
  Children 0–5 0.211 0.089* 0.205 0.089* 0.114 0.081 0.104 0.080 0.070 0.083 0.136 0.107
  Children 6–17 0.015 0.085 0.005 0.083 0.001 0.077 −0.013 0.076 −0.025 0.081 0.019 0.099
  Adult children −0.118 0.088 −0.129 0.088 −0.014 0.084 −0.015 0.083 −0.032 0.089 −0.031 0.104
 Number of children in HH 0.055 0.020** 0.049 0.020* 0.025 0.020 0.025 0.020 0.025 0.020 0.020 0.019
 Age 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.003 −0.000 0.003 −0.001 0.003 −0.001 0.003 −0.001 0.003
 Cohabitationa −0.002 0.100 0.020 0.095 0.037 0.084 0.028 0.084 0.031 0.086 0.002 0.084
 Race/ethnicitya
  Non-Hispanic Black −0.258 0.099** −0.244 0.090** −0.172 0.093 −0.183 0.095 −0.174 0.094 −0.185 0.097
  Hispanic −0.116 0.111 −0.125 0.113 −0.015 0.103 −0.021 0.104 −0.018 0.102 −0.010 0.105
  Non-Hispanic other −0.131 0.072 −0.105 0.072 −0.109 0.067 −0.109 0.067 −0.113 0.067 −0.107 0.067
 Education 0.018 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.007 0.010 0.008 0.010 0.007 0.010 0.009 0.010
 Physical health problems 0.042 0.028 0.044 0.028 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.027 0.025
 Emotional health problems 0.108 0.030*** 0.111 0.029*** 0.063 0.029* 0.061 0.029* 0.062 0.029* 0.062 0.029*
Intercept 1.600 0.185*** 1.263 0.229*** 0.442 0.231 0.432 0.230 0.473 0.228* 0.436 0.227
R2 0.136*** 0.162*** 0.299*** 0.303*** 0.301*** 0.313***

R respondents, S spouses, and HH household

Data are weighted

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001

a

Omitted reference categories include: 40–60%, men, no children, spouse’s behavioral disorders × no children, spouse’s behavioral disorders × women × no children marriage, and Non-Hispanic White