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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2017 Jul 26;80(1):166–181. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12432
Ages 6–11 years
Broad Reading Applied Problems Externalizing Behavior Internalizing Behavior
B SE B SE B SE B SE
Mother-child total time (weekly hours) 0.055 0.027* 0.001 0.029 −0.006 0.007 −0.006 0.005
Child time in educational or structured activities (weekly hours) 0.418 0.122** 0.305 0.120* −0.004 0.029 −0.028 0.021
Punitive parenting (standardized) 1.177 0.429** 0.289 0.451 0.384 0.107*** 0.029 0.077
Parental school involvement (standardized) 1.268 0.565* 1.560 0.616* −0.258 0.135 −0.137 0.103
Parent-child discussions (standardized) −0.170 0.510 0.286 0.558 −0.065 0.131 −0.015 0.096
Emotional support (standardized) −2.032 1.284 0.249 1.370 −0.355 0.309 −0.797 0.220***
Cognitive stimulation (standardized) 1.936 0.927* 0.849 0.974 0.015 0.220 0.326 0.155*
Child age in years −0.413 0.336 0.373 0.348 −0.037 0.078 0.300 0.054***
Child is male −2.167 0.827** 2.610 0.856** 1.047 0.199*** 0.387 0.150*
Primary caregiver age 0.245 0.083** 0.356 0.086*** −0.049 0.020* −0.029 0.015
Child race/ethnicity (vs. non-Hispanic white)
 African-American −6.467 1.449*** −8.386 1.372*** −0.563 0.327 −0.449 0.238
 Latino −2.287 1.456 −3.234 1.418* −0.785 0.370* 0.349 0.306
 Other race −1.241 1.733 −2.070 2.530 −0.267 0.460 −0.806 0.306**
Primary caregiver’s education (vs. high school)
 Less than high school −4.840 1.524* −5.951 1.713** −0.164 0.375 0.149 0.312
 Some college 3.825 1.071*** 3.289 1.075** −0.259 0.256 0.024 0.191
 College or more 5.392 1.143*** 7.066 1.230*** −0.631 0.284* −0.252 0.214
Primary caregiver’s employment status (vs. working)
 Unemployed 0.757 1.768 1.730 1.867 −0.382 0.453 −0.267 0.343
 Out of labor force 1.348 0.880 1.625 0.951 −0.038 0.235 −0.080 0.175
Primary caregiver’s union status (vs. married to other biological/adoptive parent)
 Married to child’s steparent −1.435 1.809 −2.459 1.832 0.634 0.455 0.095 0.300
 Cohabiting with other parent 1.011 2.533 3.361 2.704 1.169 0.723 0.260 0.523
 Cohabiting with stepparent −1.447 3.957 2.582 3.635 1.916 0.790* 1.632 0.620**
 Unpartnered −3.643 1.275** −0.878 1.244 1.096 0.287*** 0.511 0.231*
Number of siblings −1.800 0.425*** −1.121 0.407** 0.053 0.100 −0.081 0.067
Child was low birthweight −1.583 1.568 −4.645 1.929* −0.051 0.417 0.669 0.275*
Diary characteristics
 Caregiver wrote/helped with weekday diary −1.558 1.645 2.750 1.598 −0.037 0.454 0.034 0.306
 Caregiver wrote/helped with weekend diary 2.409 1.709 −2.523 1.543 0.413 0.452 0.558 0.314
 Report on weekday diary completion missing −3.172 3.610 −2.883 2.626 0.739 0.914 0.200 0.596
 Report on weekend diary completion missing 4.558 3.033 0.863 2.573 −0.630 0.730 −0.006 0.520
 Weekday diary day is typical/very typical −0.347 0.890 0.410 0.942 0.102 0.229 0.068 0.176
 Weekend diary day is typical/very typical −1.242 0.817 −1.303 0.891 −0.574 0.212** −0.393 0.164*
 Weekday diary day typicality is missing −4.193 3.586 1.305 3.113 0.677 0.681 1.346 0.549*
 Weekend diary day typicality is missing −2.992 2.956 1.172 2.500 −0.607 0.553 −0.234 0.428
Wave (vs. wave 1, 1997)
 Wave 2, 2002 2.522 2.548 1.323 2.487 −1.089 0.626 −1.096 0.465*
 Wave 3, 2007 −2.684 2.521 1.604 2.567 −0.596 0.624 −1.113 0.494*
Intercept 103.189 4.095*** 91.548 4.527*** 8.024 0.924*** 1.931 0.716**
N (person-wave records) 2143 2180 2300 2302
Ages 12–17 years
Broad Reading Applied Problems Externalizing Behavior Internalizing Behavior
B SE B SE B SE B SE
Mother-child total time (weekly hours) 0.070 0.028* 0.029 0.022 −0.024 0.007*** −0.009 0.005
Child time in educational or structured activities (weekly hours) 0.173 0.071* 0.146 0.064* −0.056 0.016*** −0.035 0.014*
Punitive parenting (standardized) −0.027 0.472 −0.303 0.449 0.646 0.119*** 0.206 0.092*
Parental school involvement (standardized) −2.051 0.645** −1.817 0.668** 0.301 0.173 0.220 0.152
Parent-child discussions (standardized) 0.966 0.378* 0.539 0.397 0.075 0.118 −0.139 0.105
Emotional support (standardized) 0.670 1.848 1.140 1.580 −1.849 0.505*** −0.737 0.400
Cognitive stimulation (standardized) 6.431 1.175*** 5.134 1.021*** −1.033 0.283*** −0.090 0.224
Child age in years −0.240 0.260 −0.705 0.258** −0.212 0.070 −0.049 0.058
Child is male −1.327 0.907 4.144 0.826*** 0.249 0.226 −0.364 0.179*
Primary caregiver age 0.158 0.092 0.143 0.081 −0.075 0.024** −0.046 0.019*
Child race/ethnicity (vs. non-Hispanic white)
 African-American −10.338 1.508*** −10.517 1.141*** −0.043 0.387 −0.741 0.284**
 Latino −3.813 1.598* −6.296 1.589*** −0.284 0.438 0.364 0.340
 Other race −1.553 1.750 0.696 2.314 0.278 0.548 0.142 0.362
Primary caregiver’s education (vs. high school)
 Less than high school −5.107 1.598** −3.912 1.649* −0.183 0.452 0.258 0.358
 Some college 2.627 1.190* 2.086 1.068 0.060 0.300 0.125 0.236
 College or more 7.534 1.321*** 7.167 1.223*** 0.016 0.312 −0.074 0.240
Primary caregiver’s employment status (vs. working)
 Unemployed 3.482 1.563* 3.329 1.850 −0.475 0.555 −0.410 0.465
 Out of labor force 0.194 1.016 1.286 0.945 0.227 0.261 0.455 0.207*
Primary caregiver’s union status (vs. married to other biological/adoptive parent)
 Married to child’s steparent −0.460 2.241 −1.354 1.792 1.269 0.482** 0.626 0.392
 Cohabiting with other parent −1.454 2.047 5.235 2.542* −1.907 0.901* −0.382 0.934
 Cohabiting with stepparent −0.021 3.286 0.221 3.012 −0.576 0.815 −1.049 0.507*
 Unpartnered −0.551 1.378 −0.707 1.069 0.471 0.332 0.764 0.254**
Number of siblings −0.392 0.249 0.100 0.222 0.049 0.070 0.042 0.056
Child was low birthweight −3.037 1.620 −4.087 1.748* −0.352 0.463 0.171 0.323
Diary characteristics
 Caregiver wrote/helped with weekday diary −0.104 1.554 −0.168 1.429 0.069 0.387 −0.324 0.339
 Caregiver wrote/helped with weekend diary −1.494 1.520 −0.146 1.447 −0.279 0.396 0.322 0.344
 Report on weekday diary completion missing −0.195 1.978 −2.200 2.185 0.588 0.586 −0.302 0.441
 Report on weekend diary completion missing −1.660 1.761 0.127 2.058 −0.609 0.523 −0.166 0.403
 Weekday diary day is typical/very typical −0.944 0.968 0.393 0.902 −0.250 0.247 0.137 0.199
 Weekend diary day is typical/very typical 0.552 0.909 1.585 0.814 −0.301 0.240 −0.679 0.186***
 Weekday diary day typicality is missing 0.362 2.248 −0.100 2.523 −1.186 0.680 −0.856 0.520
 Weekend diary day typicality is missing −0.147 1.916 −2.196 2.518 1.179 0.723 0.756 0.527
Wave (vs. wave 1, 1997)
 Wave 2, 2002 0.277 3.303 2.894 2.902 −3.569 0.927*** −0.517 0.759
 Wave 3, 2007 −0.915 3.329 5.281 3.059 −4.499 0.985*** −1.171 0.806
Intercept 100.853 5.874*** 101.994 4.856*** 15.977 1.494*** 6.895 1.222***
N (person-wave records) 1977 1978 2023 2019

Notes: Models are weighted. All models include controls for sociodemographic characteristics and are clustered on the child.