Table 1.

Summary statistics

	Partnered sample		Separated sample		Diff.
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p
Dependent variables (in daily minutes)
Mother–child solo time	164.32	194.74	212.98	240.38	***
Father–child solo time	39.97	85.89	41.84	109.82
Two-parents’ time	157.51	231.95	124.94	231.97	***
Time alone	236.42	253.24	222.31	252.93	*
Educational activities	122.48	103.34	115.57	108.31	*
Unstructured leisure	139.07	119.54	150.06	121.70	***
Independent and control variables
Father has a college degree	0.35		0.24		***
Mother has a college degree	0.39		0.27		***
Father is not employed	0.04		0.06
Father has a working-class occupation	0.40		0.55		***
Father has an intermediate occupation	0.17		0.14		**
Father has a managerial/professional job	0.39		0.25		***
Mother is not employed	0.24		0.26		*
Mother has a working-class occupation	0.31		0.31
Mother has an intermediate occupation	0.18		0.19
Mother has a managerial/professional job	0.27	0.44	0.22	0.42	***
Child’s age in months	114.99	41.36	113.56	41.29
Child is a girl	0.49		0.52		*
Child speaks English at home	0.90		0.94		***
At least one other child in the household	0.45		0.44
State of residence:
New South Wales	0.31		0.30		*
Victoria	0.25		0.23
Queensland	0.20		0.23		**
South Australia	0.07		0.07
Western Australia	0.11		0.08		**
Tasmania	0.03		0.03
Northern Territory	0.01		0.02
Australian Capital Territory	0.03		0.03
Re-partnering	0.00		0.09		***
Number of observations	12808	2054
Number of children	3214	505

Longitudinal study of Australian Children. K Cohort, waves 1–6 (2004–2014)

Observations are pooled across waves. Difference column refers to differences between partnered and control separated samples, using t test. Levels of significance: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001