Table 2.
Characteristics of fathers working standard schedules and fathers working nonstandard schedules.
| Fathers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard schedules | Nonstandard schedules | Total | ||
| Total number of observations | 5075 (81.99%) | 1115 (18.01%) | 6190 (100.0%) | |
| Age# | ≤ 40 years of age | 1844 (36.36%) | 431 (38.65%) | 2275 (36.77%) |
| > 40 years of age | 3228 (63.64%) | 684 (61.35%) | 3912 (63.23%) | |
| Number of children‡ | 2.44 (±.81) | 2.47 (±.89) | 2.45 (±.83) | |
| Infant at home# | No | 4728 (93.16%) | 1028 (92.20%) | 5756 (92.99%) |
| Yes | 347 (6.84%) | 87 (7.80%) | 434 (7.01%) | |
| Social economic status#† | Lower than average | 1734 (34.17%) | 511 (45.83%) | 2245 (36.27%) |
| Higher than average | 3341 (65.83%) | 604 (54.17%) | 3945 (63.73%) | |
| Share of domestic work# | I do my fair share | 3133 (62.35%) | 683 (61.75%) | 3816 (62.24%) |
| I do less than my fair share | 1399 (27.84%) | 294 (26.58%) | 1693 (27.61%) | |
| I do more than my fair share* | 493 (9.81%) | 129 (11.66%) | 622 (10.15%) | |
| Work hours# | Part-time*** | 94 (1.85%) | 77 (6.91%) | 171 (2.76%) |
| Full-time | 2501 (49.28%) | 483 (43.32%) | 2984 (48.21%) | |
| Over time | 2480 (48.87%) | 555 (49.78%) | 3035 (49.03%) | |
| Partner's work hours# | Part-time | 1975 (38.92%) | 421 (37.76%) | 2396 (38.71%) |
| Full-time | 2584 (50.92%) | 577 (51.75%) | 3161 (51.07%) | |
| Over time | 516 (10.17%) | 117 (10.49%) | 633 (10.23%) | |
| Job quality‡*** | 3.19 (±.83) | 2.78 (±.93) | 3.12 (±.86) | |
| Occupation# | Managers** | 1429 (28.20%) | 197 (17.68%) | 1626 (26.30%) |
| Professionals** | 1477 (29.14%) | 197 (17.68%) | 1674 (27.08%) | |
| Technicians† | 1014 (20.01%) | 196 (17.59%) | 1210 (19.57%) | |
| Service Workers*** | 94 (1.85%) | 233 (20.92%) | 327 (5.29%) | |
| Clericals*** | 369 (7.28%) | 20 (1.80%) | 389 (6.29%) | |
| Sales Workers | 214 (4.22%) | 39 (3.50%) | 253 (4.09%) | |
| Operators*** | 239 (4.72%) | 162 (14.54%) | 401 (6.49%) | |
| Labourers | 232 (4.58%) | 70 (6.28%) | 302 (4.89%) | |
# Number of observations (% within the column) ‡ Mean (±SD) of all observations †p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.