Table 4.
Odds ratios for the probability of having a second child and 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 | 1.62† | 1.77** | 2.22* | 1.67† | 1.73* | 2.07* |
| Father’s involvement in childcare (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 1.28 | 1.57 | 2.61 | 1.31 | 1.54 | 2.47 |
| Mother’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 1.06 | 1.11† | 1.14† | 1.06 | 1.12† | 1.15† |
| College education | 1.24 | 1.06 | 0.93 | 1.28 | 1.01 | 0.95 |
| Working part-time | 1.29 | 1.31 | 0.24* | 1.16 | 1.23 | 0.23* |
| Working full-time | 1.46 | 1.76* | 0.55 | 1.32 | 1.65 | 0.48 |
| Previous divorce | 0.46 | 0.36 | — | 0.60 | 0.57 | — |
| Satisfaction with relationship to partner | 0.92* | 0.84*** | 0.78*** | 0.91*** | 0.83*** | 0.78*** |
| Egalitarian attitude, first half | 0.83 | 0.97 | 0.74 | 0.84 | 0.98 | 0.71 |
| Egalitarian attitude, second half | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.56 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.57 |
| Father’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 0.96 | 0.96 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 1.04 |
| College education | 0.72 | 0.62** | 0.56*** | 0.60 | 0.57*** | 0.49*** |
| Working full-time | 1.10 | 0.94 | 0.60 | 0.92 | 0.78 | 0.53 |
| Couple characteristics | ||||||
| The household can make ends meet | 1.30* | 1.23 | 0.94 | 1.30 | 1.16 | 0.91 |
| Married couple | 1.24 | 1.00 | 11.34*** | 1.24 | 1.03 | 12.12*** |
| External help with childcare | 1.29 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 1.31 | 0.90 | 1.07 |
| Grandparents’ help with childcare | 0.69* | 0.97 | 1.11 | 0.70† | 1.05 | 1.22 |
| Age of the youngest child | 0.88 | 0.88 | 1.04 | 0.85† | 0.88 | 1.04 |
| Country (ref. = Bulgaria) | ||||||
| Czech Republic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hungary | 0.94 | 0.90† | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.90† | 0.88 |
| Poland | 1 12*** | 1 14*** | 1.22*** | 1.10** | 1.15*** | 1 19*** |
| Russia | 0.87** | 0.96 | 1.13 | 0.82** | 1.02 | 1.10 |
| Constant | 0.09*** | 0.08** | 0.01*** | 0.11*** | 0.08** | 0.02*** |
| Number of observations | 509 | 366 | 232 | 483 | 348 | 221 |
| B. Working Men | ||||||
| Mother’s involvement in housework (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 0.85 | 0.99 | 1.87 | 0.89 | 1.02 | 1.95 |
| Mother’s involvement in childcare (ref. = low) | ||||||
| High | 0.90 | 0.65 | 0.49* | 0.95 | 0.63† | 0.44* |
| Mother’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 0.91*** | 0.89*** | 0.85*** | 0.90*** | 0.89** | 0.86*** |
| College education | 1.84 | 1.79 | 0.95 | 1.79 | 1.81 | 0.90 |
| Working part-time | 1.42 | 1.64 | 3.41 | 1.51 | 1.55 | 3.29 |
| Working full-time | 1.07 | 1.14 | 1.60* | 1.06 | 1.08 | 1.56 |
| Father’s characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.03* | 1.00 | 1.04 | 1.03† |
| College education | 0.96 | 0.89 | 0.98 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 0.95 |
| Working full-time | 1.42** | 1.68* | 1.41 | 1.52** | 1.63* | 1.40 |
| Previous divorce | 0.21** | 0.22** | — | 0.24** | 0.24** | — |
| Satisfaction with relationship to partner | 1.10*** | 1.15† | 1.06 | 1.08*** | 1.14 | 1.01 |
| Egalitarian attitude, first half | 1.04 | 1.08 | 1.12 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.07 |
| Egalitarian attitude, second half | 1.22*** | 1.40** | 1.45 | 1.28*** | 1.48* | 1.53 |
| Couple characteristics | ||||||
| The household can make ends meet | 1.16 | 1.33** | 1.80*** | 1.15 | 1.32* | 1.80** |
| Married couple | 1.37 | 1.87 | 2.20 | 1.34 | 1.88 | 2.28 |
| External help with childcare | 1.45* | 1.50† | 1.31 | 1.60** | 1.54* | 1.35 |
| Grandparents’ help with childcare | 2.05*** | 1.53* | 1.77* | 2.06*** | 1.54** | 1.73* |
| Age of the youngest child | 0 | 0.73*** | 0.57*** | 0.78*** | 0.73*** | 0.57*** |
| Country (ref. = Bulgaria) | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 0.77*** | 0.76*** | 1.07 | 0.79*** | 0.76*** | 1.05 |
| Hungary | 1.22** | 1.26*** | 1.18† | 1.21** | 1 24*** | 1.14 |
| Poland | 1.43*** | 1.33*** | 1 42*** | 1.42*** | 1.31*** | 1.37*** |
| Russia | 0.71*** | 0.65*** | 0.69*** | 0.65*** | 0.64*** | 0.69*** |
| Constant | 0.18 | 0.04† | 0.17 | 0.23* | 0.04† | 0.24 |
| Number of observations | 416 | 292 | 185 | 409 | 288 | 182 |
†
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001