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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2019 Mar 18;98(3):1223–1256. doi: 10.1093/sf/soz014

Table 1.

Summary Statistics

M SD Min Max M
(no time off)
M
(time off)
Relationship Quality (W2) 3.66 1.25 1 5 3.28 3.76***
Coparenting Quality (W2) 2.74 0.40 1 3 2.64 2.76***
Relationship Supportiveness (W2) 2.74 0.35 1 3 2.58 2.68***
Time Off Work 0.79 - 0 1 0.00 1.00***
Length of Time Off Work 1.07 0.78 0 3 0.00 1.35***
Father Involvement 4.35 1.59 0 7 3.82 4.49***
Mother Age 25.77 6.10 16 56 24.41 26.12***
Father Age 28.18 6.93 16 57 27.40 28.39**
Mother is Whitea 0.29 - 0 1 0.16 0.33***
Mother is Black 0.40 - 0 1 0.58 0.36***
Mother is Latino 0.26 - 0 1 0.23 0.27
Mother is Other Race/Ethnicity 0.04 - 0 1 0.03 0.05
Mother is U.S. Native 0.85 - 0 1 0.89 0.84**
Father is Whitea 0.27 - 0 1 0.12 0.31***
Father is Black 0.42 - 0 1 0.59 0.37***
Father is Latino 0.26 - 0 1 0.24 0.27
Father is Other Race/Ethnicity 0.05 - 0 1 0.05 0.04
Father is U.S. Native 0.84 - 0 1 0.89 0.82**
Mother Education 2.34 1.03 1 4 2.12 2.40***
Father Education 2.31 1.00 1 4 2.05 2.38***
Father Income 3.36 2.18 0 8 2.71 3.54***
Mother Income 1.43 2.66 0 4 1.18 1.50***
Mother Does Not Work 0.05 - 0 1 0.05 0.05
Mother Works Part-Time 0.30 - 0 1 0.31 0.30
Mother Works Full-Timea 0.62 - 0 1 0.61 0.63
Mother Works Overtime 0.03 - 0 1 0.03 0.03
Father Works Part-Time 0.11 - 0 1 0.17 0.10***
Father Works Full-Timea 0.71 - 0 1 0.66 0.73**
Father Works Overtime 0.18 - 0 1 0.17 0.18
Professional Occupation 0.17 - 0 1 0.11 0.18***
Labor Occupationa 0.49 - 0 1 0.53 0.48
Sales Occupation 0.08 - 0 1 0.07 0.09
Service Occupation 0.24 - 0 1 0.27 0.23
Other Occupation 0.02 - 0 1 0.02 0.02
Marrieda 0.34 - 0 1 0.18 0.39***
Cohabiting 0.41 - 0 1 0.39 0.41
Nonresident Father 0.25 - 0 1 0.43 0.21***
Other Children 1.04 1.15 0 5 1.15 1.02***
Had Child with Other Mother 0.29 - 0 1 0.39 0.27***
Other Adults in Household 0.59 0.93 0 3 0.72 0.56**
Religious Participation (Mother) 2.11 1.36 0 4 2.08 2.11
Religious Participation (Father) 1.91 1.35 0 4 1.83 1.93
Positive Father Attitudes 3.76 0.40 1 4 3.72 3.77**
Engaged Father Attitudes (Father) 0.66 - 0 1 0.63 0.66
Engaged Father Attitudes (Mother) 0.74 - 0 1 0.71 0.75
Traditional Gender Attitudes (Father) 0.39 - 0 1 0.38 0.39
Traditional Gender Attitudes (Mother) 0.29 - 0 1 0.29 0.30
Prenatal Involvement 0.93 - 0 1 0.84 0.96***
Child is Male 0.52 - 0 1 0.51 0.52
Low Birth Weight 0.09 - 0 1 0.11 0.09
W1 Relationship Support 2.77 0.26 1 3 2.72 2.79***
W1 Relationship Conflict 1.40 0.35 1 3 1.45 1.39**

N = 2109 (N = 1687 for relationship support).

a

Used as reference category. Significant differences determined by two-tailed t-tests (*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001).