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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 5 Contact (logged)

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

− 0.32+

0.18

− 0.03

0.18

0.13

0.32

Time since separation

− 0.10***

0.01

− 0.09***

0.02

− 0.09***

0.02

Father’s age

  

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

Education (ref.: lower than secondary)

      

 Secondary

  

0.47*

0.21

0.48*

0.21

 Higher than secondary

  

0.47*

0.22

0.49*

0.22

Not employed

  

− 0.53***

0.16

− 0.52**

0.16

Current co-residential partner

  

− 0.33*

0.13

− 0.32*

0.14

Number of children

  

− 0.11+

0.06

− 0.12+

0.06

Duration of the relationship in which a child was born

0.03

0.02

0.03

0.02

Child’s age (ref.: 0–6 years)

      

7–12 years

  

0.17

0.25

0.16

0.25

13–18 years

  

0.36

0.28

0.35

0.28

19–21 years

  

0.2

0.33

0.2

0.33

Child female

  

0.09

0.12

0.1

0.12

Country (ref.: Sweden)

      

Austria

− 0.03

0.24

0.18

0.25

0.38

0.31

Belgium

0.35+

0.21

0.52*

0.22

0.46+

0.26

France

− 0.03

0.2

0.18

0.2

0.22

0.25

Germany

− 0.84***

0.25

− 0.67**

0.24

− 0.54*

0.25

Bulgaria

− 0.41

0.26

0.02

0.29

− 0.01

0.31

Czech Republic

− 0.3

0.21

0.04

0.23

0.07

0.25

Lithuania

− 0.83***

0.21

− 0.62**

0.22

− 0.57*

0.25

Poland

− 0.31

0.22

− 0.1

0.23

− 0.06

0.26

Romania

− 1.09**

0.35

− 0.68+

0.35

− 0.56

0.38

Russia

− 0.93***

0.21

− 0.70**

0.23

− 0.62*

0.25

Sweden*cohabitation (ref.)

      

Austria*cohabitation

    

− 0.41

0.46

Belgium*cohabitation

    

0.41

0.46

France*cohabitation

    

− 0.1

0.39

Germany*cohabitation

    

− 0.47

0.59

Bulgaria*cohabitation

    

0.31

0.71

Czech Republic*cohabitation

    

0.49

0.49

Lithuania*cohabitation

    

0.09

0.53

Poland*cohabitation

    

0.06

0.54

Romania*cohabitation

    

− 0.69

0.96

Russia*cohabitation

    

− 0.27

0.6

Constant

4.10***

0.21

2.96***

0.54

2.89***

0.56

N

2005

 

2005

 

2005

 
  1. Results from linear regression with clustered standard errors including children aged 0–21. Number of father–child dyads = 2005. Number of fathers = 1477
  2. Significance levels: ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, +p < 0.1