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. 2022 Jun 15;78(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s41118-022-00168-4

Table 2.

Linear regression models on symmetry in the division of housework (Z-score)

Overall Men Women
Coef S.E Coef S.E Coef S.E

Meetings with (grand)parents

(Ref. Daily)

 Living at home 0.339** (0.069) 0.328** (0.097) 0.363** (0.094)
 Weekly 0.060+ (0.032) 0.059 (0.043) 0.055 (0.045)
 Less than weekly 0.057 (0.039) − 0.030 (0.053) 0.139* (0.055)
N. of grandparents 0.034* (0.016) 0.015 (0.022) 0.021 (0.022)
Age (Ref. 25–34)
 35–39 − 0.102* (0.047) − 0.188** (0.071) − 0.085 (0.060)
 40–44 − 0.118** (0.045) − 0.176** (0.067) − 0.154** (0.059)
 45–49 − 0.103* (0.047) − 0.249** (0.068) − 0.107+ (0.064)
 50–59 0.041 (0.054) − 0.149* (0.074) − 0.045 (0.082)
Region (Ref. North)
 Centre 0.014 (0.039) 0.050 (0.053) − 0.059 (0.054)
 South − 0.058+ (0.032) − 0.074+ (0.044) − 0.074 (0.045)
Education (Ref. Tertiary)
 Secondary − 0.099** (0.038) − 0.096+ (0.056) − 0.165** (0.049)
 Lower than secondary − 0.138** (0.042) − 0.095 (0.059) − 0.310** (0.057)
Employed 0.381** (0.058) 0.193+ (0.101) 0.304** (0.076)
Working hours per week 0.002 (0.001) − 0.007** (0.002) 0.003 (0.002)
Employed partner 0.345** (0.065) 0.036 (0.083) 0.332** (0.117)
Partner working hours − 0.010** (0.002) 0.007** (0.002) − 0.010** (0.002)
Hiring a housekeeper 0.352** (0.063) 0.232* (0.093) 0.439** (0.083)
Babysitter 0.135+ (0.080) 0.237* (0.117) 0.007 (0.105)
N. of children − 0.053** (0.018) − 0.022 (0.026) − 0.038 (0.026)
Constant − 0.711** (0.135) − 0.088 (0.201) − 0.637** (0.182)
Observations 4991 2526 2465
R-squared 0.085 0.053 0.109

**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, +p < 0.1