Table 3.
Odds ratios for the probability of working full-time during the second wave
| All Sample (1) |
Want/Intend to Have a Child (2) |
Both Partners Want a Child (3) |
Intend to Work (4) |
Intend to Work and Want/Intend to Have a Child (5) |
Intend to Work and Both Partners Want a Child (6) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
| A. Working Women | ||||||
| Father’s involvement in housework (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 1.48† | 1.83*** | 1.80** | 1.45† | 1.76*** | 1.69*** |
| Father’s involvement in childcare (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.83 |
| Mother’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 1.05† | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.01 |
| College education | 1.07 | 1.13 | 1.33 | 1.23 | 1.21 | 1.49 |
| Working part-time | 0.65* | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.68** | 0.98 | 0.88 |
| Working full-time | 2.42*** | 3.00** | 2.70*** | 2.30*** | 2.70** | 2.35*** |
| Previous divorce | 0.84 | 0.38 | 0.27† | 0.98 | 0.36 | 0.22 |
| Satisfaction with relationship to partner | 0.85** | 0.79*** | 0.79† | 0.86** | 0.79*** | 0.77† |
| Egalitarian attitude, first half | 0.95 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 0.88 |
| Egalitarian attitude, second half | 0.77 | 0.78* | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.85† | 0.88 |
| Father’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
| College education | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0..85 | 0.85 | 0.72 |
| Working full-time | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.02 |
| Couple characteristics | ||||||
| The household can make ends meet | 0.91* | 1.02 | 1.05 | 0.90† | 1.01 | 1.07 |
| Married couple | 1.03 | 0.78 | 1.69* | 1.03 | 0.72 | 1.82 |
| External help with childcare | 1.42 | 0.98 | 1.49 | 1.43 | 1.06 | 1.71 |
| Grandparents’ help with childcare | 1.53** | 1.40** | 1.32** | 1.49* | 1.31* | 1.21* |
| Age of the youngest child | 0.92 | 1.04 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 1.06 | 0.89 |
| Country (ref. = Bulgaria) | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 0.56*** | 0.53*** | 0.56*** | 0.57*** | 0.54*** | 0.55*** |
| Hungary | 0.76** | 0.74*** | 0.82** | 0.76*** | 0.73*** | 0.79*** |
| Poland | 0.95*** | 0.97 | 1.04 | 0.93*** | 0.94*** | 1.00 |
| Russia | 0.72*** | 0.68*** | 0.73** | 0.67*** | 0.64*** | 0.66*** |
| Constant | 3.22 | 6.51* | 8.38 | 3.65 | 8.57** | 15.78 |
| Number of observations | 540 | 394 | 258 | 512 | 374 | 244 |
| B. Working Men | ||||||
| Mother’s involvement in housework (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.32 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.35 |
| Mother’s involvement in childcare (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 1.31 | 1.04 | 1.37 | 1.41 | 1.09 | 1.36 |
| Mother’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 0.96 | 0.90*** | 0.89* | 0.94 | 0.90*** | 0.90† |
| College education | 1.35 | 1.40 | 1.03 | 1.40 | 1.49 | 1.15 |
| Working part-time | 0.77 | 1.25 | 1.81 | 0.80 | 1.28 | 1.74 |
| Working full-time | 0.75 | 0.60 | 0.85 | 0.74 | 0.57 | 0.78 |
| Father’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 1.04 | 1.10* | 1.10† | 1.05 | 1.10* | 1.10† |
| College education | 1.05 | 1.08 | 1.65 | 1.09 | 1.13 | 1.70 |
| Working full-time | 2.80** | 4.21*** | 3.84* | 2.92** | 4.10*** | 3.74* |
| Previous divorce | 1.65 | — | — | 1.35 | — | — |
| Satisfaction with relationship to partner | 1.14*** | 1.18 | 0.98 | 1.16*** | 1.24* | 1.02 |
| Egalitarian attitude, first half | 1.07 | 0.97 | 1.17 | 1.10 | 0.98 | 1.17 |
| Egalitarian attitude, second half | 1.27* | 1.63* | 2.38*** | 1.31** | 1.65* | 2.44*** |
| Couple characteristics | ||||||
| The household can make ends meet | 1.18 | 1.25† | 1.09 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 1.06 |
| Married couple | 0.92 | 1.58 | 2.61*** | 0.88 | 1.56 | 2.55*** |
| External help with childcare | 1.54† | 1.65 | 0.84 | 1.57† | 1.61 | 0.83 |
| Grandparents’ help with childcare | 1.53** | 1.28 | 1.23 | 1.51** | 1.31 | 1.26 |
| Age of the youngest child | 0.88 | 0.77* | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.78† | 0.89 |
| Country (ref. = Bulgaria) | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.71*** | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.68*** |
| Hungary | 0.91† | 0.83*** | 0.74* | 0.93 | 0.84*** | 0.75* |
| Poland | 0.98 | 0.90* | 0.76*** | 0.98 | 0.91* | 0.75** |
| Russia | 0.89* | 0.77** | 0.76† | 0.88* | 0.78** | 0.76† |
| Constant | 0.26 | 0.10* | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.06** | 0.11 |
| Number of observations | 416 | 284 | 185 | 409 | 281 | 182 |
†
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001