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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Father’s satisfaction with quality of relation with a child

From: Does union type make a difference when you separate? Frequency of father–child contact and father’s satisfaction with the relation

 

M1

M2

M3

 

b

se

b

se

b

se

Previous union type (ref.: marriage)

      

 Cohabitation

− 0.80*

0.4

− 0.15

0.41

− 0.46

1.05

Time since separation

− 0.18***

0.03

− 0.10*

0.05

− 0.10*

0.05

Father’s age

  

− 0.02

0.03

− 0.02

0.03

Education (ref.: lower than secondary)

      

 Secondary

  

0.7

0.49

0.7

0.5

 Higher than secondary

  

1.17*

0.53

1.17*

0.53

Not employed

  

− 1.15**

0.41

− 1.13**

0.41

Current co-residential partner

  

− 0.47

0.3

− 0.45

0.3

Number of children

  

− 0.25+

0.15

− 0.26+

0.14

Duration of the relationship in which a child was born

 

0.12**

0.04

0.12**

0.04

Child’s age (ref.: 0–6 years)

      

7–12 years

  

− 0.06

0.46

− 0.06

0.47

13 years

  

0.01

0.54

0

0.55

Child female

  

0.05

0.25

0.05

0.25

Country (ref.: Sweden)

      

Austria

0.74

0.61

0.86

0.64

1.04

0.77

Belgium

1.03+

0.54

1.08+

0.6

0.42

0.69

France

0.53

0.53

0.78

0.55

0.63

0.66

Germany

− 0.77

0.71

− 0.52

0.7

− 0.4

0.75

Bulgaria

0.17

0.6

0.95

0.67

0.97

0.75

Czech Republic

0.24

0.57

0.84

0.61

0.74

0.7

Lithuania

0.06

0.53

0.45

0.58

0.21

0.67

Poland

− 1.00+

0.55

− 0.6

0.58

− 0.84

0.66

Romania

− 0.76

0.59

− 0.3

0.63

− 0.31

0.72

Russia

− 0.76

0.54

− 0.51

0.6

− 0.66

0.67

Sweden*cohabitation (ref.)

      

Austria*cohabitation

    

− 0.26

1.27

Belgium*cohabitation

    

2.29+

1.24

France*cohabitation

    

0.38

1.15

Germany*cohabitation

    

− 0.61

1.57

Bulgaria*cohabitation

    

− 0.57

1.59

Czech Republic*cohabitation

    

0.05

1.44

Lithuania*cohabitation

    

1.39

1.26

Poland*cohabitation

    

1.06

1.37

Romania*cohabitation

    

− 0.46

1.4

Russia*cohabitation

    

0.48

1.56

Constant

8.48***

0.55

7.26***

1.21

7.48***

1.27

N

1587

 

1587

 

1587

 
  1. Results from linear regression with clustered standard errors. Number of father-child dyads = 1587. Number of fathers = 1202
  2. Significance levels: ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, +p < 0.1