TABLE 4.
Division of labor childcare discrepancies predicting individual well-being, couple functioning, and child behavior among TGNB parents.
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Depressive symptoms a |
Satisfaction with life b |
Relationship quality c |
Child behavior d |
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| Variable | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β |
| Participant age | 0.00 | 0.00 | –0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | –0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | –0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.25* |
| Number of children | –3.84 | 1.43 | −0.29** | 1.63 | 0.93 | 0.19 | –1.07 | 1.85 | –0.07 | –1.64 | 2.30 | –0.08 |
| Eldest child age | 0.58 | 0.27 | 0.25* | –0.29 | 0.17 | –0.20 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 1.58 | 0.43 | 0.42*** |
| Married e | 2.40 | 3.78 | 0.07 | –0.31 | 2.48 | –0.01 | –1.83 | 4.76 | –0.04 | –1.14 | 6.09 | –0.02 |
| Length of current relationship | –0.21 | 0.24 | –0.10 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.18 | –0.36 | 0.31 | –0.14 | 0.06 | 0.39 | 0.02 |
| Genetic relatedness to child f | 4.46 | 2.59 | 0.19 | –1.89 | 1.71 | –0.13 | 0.13 | 3.31 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 4.18 | 0.05 |
| Relative education g | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.10 | 1.09 | 0.79 | 0.16 | –0.40 | 1.01 | –0.04 |
| Relative income g | –0.18 | 0.07 | −0.51* | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 | –0.07 | 0.12 | –0.13 |
| Relative hours worked in paid employment g | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.33 | –0.06 | 0.06 | –0.21 | –0.13 | 0.11 | –0.24 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.28 |
| Actual division of childcare labor h | –1.99 | 1.29 | –0.20 | 0.04 | 0.86 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 1.66 | 0.01 | 1.53 | 2.11 | 0.10 |
| Division of childcare labor discrepancy i | 4.58 | 2.26 | 0.23* | –1.63 | 1.50 | –0.13 | –6.30 | 2.93 | −0.26* | 2.95 | 3.69 | 0.09 |
| R2 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.09 | ||||||||
| F | 2.28* | 1.10 | 1.70† | 1.91† | ||||||||
aHigher scores indicate greater depressive symptoms. bHigher scores indicate greater satisfaction with life. cHigher scores indicate positive relationship quality. dHigher scores indicate greater behavioral problems. e1 = Married, 0 = Not married. f1 = Genetically related to focal child, 0 = Not genetically related to focal child. gHigher values indicate greater individual income, education, and hours worked in paid employment relative to their partner. hHigher scores indicate greater participant participation in childcare division of labor. iHigher values indicate greater childcare division of labor discrepancies. B = unstandardized beta. SE B = standard error for the unstandardized beta. β = standardized beta. †p < 0.10. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001.