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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2017 Jun;54(3):861–886. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0571-5

Table 3.

Estimating mother-reported father involvement at nine-year survey as a function of relationship history (measured between baseline and five-year surveys)

Mother-Reported
Contact With Child
in Past 30 Days
Mother-Reported
Shared Responsibility
in Parenting
Mother-Reported
Cooperation in
Parenting
Model 1
Unadjusted
Model 2
+ Controls
Model 1
Unadjusted
Model 2
+ Controls
Model 1
Unadjusted
Model 2
+ Controls
Relationship History (ref. = chinning)
 Stably together 1.605*** 1.131*** 1.097*** 0.814*** 0.842*** 0.567***
(0.202) (0.230) (0.041) (0.048) (0.046) (0.053)
 Stably broken up −0.140 −0.289 −0.151** −0.235*** −0.131* −0.214***
(0.184) (0.195) (0.051) (0.051) (0.058) (0.058)
 Repartnered −0.083 −0.123 −0.413*** −0.405*** −0.402*** −0.353***
(0.161) (0.173) (0.044) (0.045) (0.050) (0.051)
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity (ref. = non-Hispanic white)
 Non-Hispanic black −0.479* 0.000 0.084
(0.208) (0.041) (0.046)
 Hispanic 0.183 0.052 0.074
(0.233) (0.043) (0.049)
 Non-Hispanic other race −0.183 0.081 0.152
(0.425) (0.081) (0.091)
Mother and Father Are
Mixed-Race Couple
−0.239 −0.062 −0.060
(0.193) (0.042) (0.048)
Mother’s Age 0.014 0.003 0.004
(0.018) (0.004) (0.004)
Father’s Age 0.016 0.004 0.001
(0.014) (0.003) (0.003)
Mother Lived With
Both Biological Parents at Age 15
0.060 0.048 0.029
(0.142) (0.030) (0.034)
Father Lived With
Both Biological Parents at Age 15
−0.018 0.025 0.056
(0.151) (0.031) (0.037)
Mother’s Educational Attainment (ref. = less than high school)
 High school diploma or
GED
0.238 −0.030 −0.047
(0.155) (0.037) (0.041)
 Some college 0.157 −0.064 −0.047
(0.186) (0.042) (0.048)
 College degree 0.403 −0.042 −0.020
(0.395) (0.066) (0.074)
Father’s Educational Attainment (ref. = less than high school)
 High school diploma or
GED
0.061 0.012 0.022
(0.151) (0.036) (0.041)
 Some college 0.278 0.080 0.075
(0.206) (0.044) (0.050)
 College degree 0.762 0.098 0.079
(0.461) (0.066) (0.075)
Parents’ Relationship Status at Baseline (ref. = married)
 Cohabiting 0.079 −0.122* −0.055
(0.260) (0.055) (0.063)
 Nonresidential romantic −0.007 −0.246*** −0.164*
(0.267) (0.059) (0.068)
 Separated 0.105 −0.292*** −0.355***
(0.303) (0.071) (0.084)
Father Provided Financial
Support During Pregnancy
−0.052 0.181** 0.396***
(0.223) (0.057) (0.070)
Father Provided Instrumental
Support During Pregnancy
0.006 0.090 0.121*
(0.218) (0.050) (0.055)
Mother Material Hardship −0.021 −0.017 −0.021*
(0.039) (0.009) (0.010)
Father Material Hardship 0.001 −0.003 0.006
(0.056) (0.015) (0.017)
Mother Employed −0.089 −0.018 0.004
(0.133) (0.029) (0.032)
Father Employed 0.116 0.041 0.113*
(0.163) (0.015) (0.047)
Mother Depression −0.050 −0.096* −0.114**
(0.167) (0.039) (0.044)
Father Depression −0.169 −0.169** −0.197***
(0.194) (0.048) (0.054)
Parents Have Only
One Child Together
−0.023 −0.039 −0.002
(0.140) (0.030) (0.034)
Child Is Boy −0.145 0.014 −0.027
(0.125) (0.027) (0.031)
Child Temperament 0.030 0.001 −0.013
(0.083) (0.019) (0.021)
Intercept 1.688 1.116 −0.336 −0.477 −0.234 −0.626
N 2,832 2,832 2,832 2,832 2,832 2,832

Notes: Mother-reported contact with child in the past 30 days is estimated with a logistic regression model. The other outcomes are estimated with ordinary least squares (OLS) regression (and these outcomes are standardized, with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1).

p < .10;

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001