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. 2019 Jan 30;36(1):1–25. doi: 10.1007/s10680-019-09518-z

Table 7.

Risk of union dissolution for couples with at least one child

Iceland Norway Sweden
Estimate CI Estimate CI Estimate CI
Fathers use of parental leave * time period at first birth
 Not used * 1994–1997 1 1
 Up to the reserved part * 1994–1997 0.64** 0.61–0.66 0.86** 0.83–0.90
 More than the reserved part * 1994–1997 0.78** 0.74–0.83 0.95* 0.90–0.99
 Not used * 1998–2000 1.19** 1.15–1.23 1.02 0.98–1.06
 Up to the reserved part * 1998–2000 0.87** 0.83–0.90 0.92** 0.88–0.96
 More than the reserved part * 1998–2000 0.97 0.91–1.03 0.99 0.95–1.04
 Not used * 2001–2004 1 1.36** 1.31–1.41 0.88** 0.85–0.92
 Up to the reserved part * 2001–2004 0.81 0.58–1.14 1.09** 1.04–1.13 0.81** 0.78–0.84
 More than the reserved part * 2001–2004 0.83 0.55–1.25 1.15** 1.09–1.22 0.86** 0.82–0.89
 Not used * 2005–2009 0.88 0.52–1.48 2.09** 2.01–2.18 0.93* 0.89–0.98
 Up to the reserved part * 2005–2009 0.63* 0.44–0.91 1.90** 1.82–2.00 0.78** 0.75–0.82
 More than the reserved part * 2005–2009 0.52* 0.34–0.79 1.85** 1.75–1.95 0.78** 0.75–0.82
Log likelihood − 2323.47 − 147,443.75 − 202,131.68
Number of observations (person-year exposure) 19,085 919,348 1,476,611

Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Odds ratio. Including interaction between fathers’ use of parental leave and time period

**0.001; *0.05; same model as Table 3