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Table 20. Results of one structural path analysis including seven dependent
variables.*
Full model
Participation decision
(yes or no)
Work hours
Preferred work hours
Beta
Beta
Beta
1.
Work preference
.679***
.765***
2.
Work hours
-
-
n.s.
3.
Age n.s.
-.940***
1.858***
4.
Age squared / 100
n.s.
.967***
-1.960***
5.
Education n.s.
.110***
.091**
6.
Partner present
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
7.
Income partner
n.s.
-.565***
n.s.
8.
No income
n.s.
-.775***
n.s.
9.
Religiousness n.s. -.051* n.s.
10. Number of
children
n.s.
n.s.
-.100***
11. Age of children <4
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
12. Age of children <8
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
13. Ideal family Life
n.s.
n.s.
.232***
14. General gender
values
n.s. n.s.
.129***
15. Adherence to
economic
Independence
n.s. n.s.
.138***
16. I like
to work
n.s.
n.s.
.135***
17. Mother in paid
work
n.s. n.s.
.247***
Squared Multiple corr.
(R2)
.461 .719 .219
1.
Dependent variables included in the model: participation decision, work hours, preferred work
hours, general gender values, ideal family life, and the work attitudes: ‘I work in order to
become economically independent’ and ‘I like to work’.
2.
Age of children < 13 years reference group.
3.
Beta: standardized regression coefficient.
4.
*p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001
5.
Source: Amos analysis of merged data from questionnaires: ‘Politics and Values’, ‘Work and
Schooling’, ‘Women and their social environment’, Liss Panel, Centerdata, University of
Tilburg, November 2010.
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Table 20 (continued). Results of one structural path analysis including seven
dependent variables.
Full model
General
gender values
Ideal
family life
Economic
independence
I like to
work
Beta
Beta
Beta
Beta
1.
General
gender values
-
.381***
-
-
2.
Education .230***
.094**
n.s.
-
3.
Partner present
n.s.
-.325***
-.203***
.167***
4.
Religiousness -.167***
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
5.
Education mother
.103**
n.s.
n.s.
n.s.
6.
Age 1.360***
n.s.
n.s.
.948**
7.
Age squared / 100
-1.298**
n.s.
n.s.
-.961**
8.
Message parents: Work is
above all fun
n.s n.s. n.s. .461***
9.
Message parents: You should
work for economic
independence
n.s. n.s. .520*** n.s.
10. Message parents: Caring for
others is
important
n.s. -.120** -.120** n.s.
11. Work oriented mother
n.s.
.147**
n.s.
n.s.
12. Professional support by
teacher
n.s. .182** n.s.
n.s.
13. Career support by partner
.191***
n.s.
n.s.
.099*
14. Career support by supervisors
and
colleagues
.313*** .216***
n.s.
n.s.
15. Mother in paid work
n.s.
n.s.
.110*
n.s.
Squared Multiple corr. (R2) .155
.333
.488 .551
Degrees of freedom
109
Bollen-stine bootstrap
0.001
1.
Dependent variables included in the model: participation decision, work hours, preferred work
hours, general gender values, ideal family life, and the work attitudes: ‘I work in order to
become economically independent’ and ‘I like to work’.
2.
Age of children < 13 years reference group.
3.
Beta: standardized regression coefficient.
4.
*p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001
5.
Source: Amos analysis of merged data from questionnaires: ‘Politics and Values’, ‘Work and
Schooling’, ‘Women and their social environment’, Liss Panel, Centerdata, University of
Tilburg, November 2010.
6.3
Number of work hours
Next, I examine which variables directly affect the
number of hours a mother
works if she has paid work. In this case, most background characteristics play a
significant role. In line with microeconomic theory, the higher the income of her
partner, the fewer hours she works. As expected, mothers work fewer hours
when they become older, but the positive sign of age
squared shows that the
number of hours starts increasing again beyond the age of 43. It should be noted,
however, that the effect of age might be related to both the age of the respondent
and her birth cohort. In a cross-sectional analysis it is not possible to distinguish
between age and cohort effects.