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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2020 Mar 9;82(5):1587–1605. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12676

Table 4.

Father Involvement among Children with Nonresidential Fathers (n = 1,368)

(1) Internalizing behaviors (2) Externalizing behaviors

Model 1: Hour spent (ref=no hour at both waves)
 No hour at 1 wave & some hour at other −0.07 (0.07) −0.00 (0.07)
 At least some hour at both waves −0.14+ (0.07) −0.22** (0.07)
Model 2: Close to biological father (Age 9), ref=not extremely close
 Extremely close −0.03 (0.07) −0.09 (0.07)
 Not asked (did not see father) 0.01 (0.07) 0.01 (0.08)
Model 3: Youth-reported activity scale, std (Age 9) −0.04 (0.03) −0.06+ (0.03)
Model 4: Mother-reported father engagement, std (Ages 5 and 9) −0.09* (0.04) −0.10* (0.05)

Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses. Models control for baseline and Year 3 variables and child’s age at Year 15.

***

p < .001.

**

p < .01.

*

p < .05.

+

p < .10.