Table 3.
Results from OLS Regression Models Predicting Relationship Support One Year after a Birth (W2)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | B | SE B | B | SE B | B | SE B | B | SE B |
| Time Off Work | 0.05* | 0.02 | 0.05* | 0.02 | ||||
| Length of Time Off Work | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||||
| Father Involvement | 0.01* | 0.00 | 0.01* | 0.00 | ||||
| Controls | ||||||||
| Mother Age | −0.00 | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.00 |
| Father Age | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Black (Mother) | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Latino (Mother) | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Other Race/Ethnicity (Mother) | −0.02 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0.05 |
| U.S. Native (Mother) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Black (Father) | −0.06 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.04 |
| Latino (Father) | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 |
| Other Race/Ethnicity (Father) | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| U.S. Native (Father) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Mother Education | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Father Education | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Father Income | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 |
| Mother Income | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Does Not Work (Mother) | −0.01 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.04 |
| Works Part-Time (Mother) | −0.02 | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.02 |
| Works Overtime (Mother) | 0.11* | 0.05 | 0.11* | 0.05 | 0.11* | 0.05 | 0.11* | 0.05 |
| Works Part-Time (Father) | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Works Overtime (Father) | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
| Professional Occupation | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Sales Occupation | −0.00 | 0.03 | −0.00 | 0.03 | −0.00 | 0.03 | −0.00 | 0.03 |
| Service Occupation | −0.04 | 0.02 | −0.04 | 0.02 | −0.04 | 0.02 | −0.04 | 0.02 |
| Other Occupation | −0.02 | 0.06 | −0.02 | 0.06 | −0.02 | 0.06 | −0.02 | 0.06 |
| Cohabiting | −0.00 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.02 |
| Nonresident Father | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Had Child with Other Mother | −0.02 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.02 | −0.03 | 0.02 |
| Other Children | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Other Adults in Household | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 |
| Religious Participation (Mother) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Religious Participation (Father) | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 | −0.00 | 0.01 |
| Positive Father Attitudes | −0.00 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.02 |
| Engaged Father Attitudes (Father) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Engaged Father Attitudes (Mother) | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
| Traditional Gender (Father) | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.02 |
| Traditional Gender (Mother) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Prenatal Involvement | −0.00 | 0.04 | −0.00 | 0.04 | −0.00 | 0.04 | −0.00 | 0.04 |
| Child is Male | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Low Birth Weight | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.01 | 0.03 |
| W1 Relationship Support | 0.59*** | 0.03 | 0.59*** | 0.03 | 0.59*** | 0.03 | 0.59*** | 0.03 |
| W1 Relationship Conflict | −0.14*** | 0.03 | −0.14*** | 0.03 | −0.14*** | 0.03 | −0.14*** | 0.03 |
| Sobel-Goodman Test | 0.00* | 0.00 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.26 | ||||
N = 1687
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001