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Table 4Li2. Results of linear regression analyses of the dependent variables:
preferred number of work hours.
Preferred work hours
Preferred work hours*
B S.E.
Sig
B S.E.
Sig.
1. Level of education
.580
.344
.092
.764
.295
.010
2. Attendance to religious gatherings
.343
.298
.250
3. Age
1.765
.457 .000
1.761
.419
.000
4. Age squared / 100
-2.077
.527
.000
-2.030
.480
.000
5. Partner present
-4.439
4.444
.318
6. Partner no
income
14.380
12.279
.242
7. Income partner
1.997
1.973
.312
8. Number of children
-1.544
.531
.004
-1.410
.468
.003
9. Age
youngest child <4
1.072
1.000
.284
10. Age youngest child <8
-.459
.942
.626
11. Age youngest child <12 (ref)
12. General gender values
12.520
3.516
.000
11.553
3.194
.000
13. Ideal family life
3.796
.679
.000
3.760
.619
.000
14. A good education is important.
.985
.999
.324
15. I want to fulfil my full potential.
.849
1.056
422
16. Caring for others is important.
1.622
1.012
.110
17. I like to work.
3.098
1.009
.002
2.305
.780
.003
18.
I work to be valued by my social
environment.
3.413 2.677
203
19.
I only want to do what I really
want.
1.126 1.048
.283
20.
Work is
above all a mean to earn
money.
1.722 1.108
.121
21.
I work to be financially
independent of others.
3.834 1.060
.000
2.648 .836 .002
22.
I work to contribute to society.
1.431
1.454
.325
23.
When I do not do paid work. I feel
less worthwhile.
3.556 1.678
.034
24.
I work to make a career.
1.460
3.180
646
25.
Educational level father.
-.060
.413
.884
26.
Educational level mother
.274
.505
.588
27.
Parental family life
-.310
.565
.584
28.
Did
your mother have paid work
when you were twelve years old?
3.067 1.068
.004
3.051 .826 .000
Constant -48.124
14.879
-36.624
8.660
Rsquare .214
.218
N 740
825
Degrees of freedom
27
8
1.
*After stepwise deleting the most insignificant variables
2.
B: unstandardized regression coefficient.
3.
S.E.: standard error.
4.
Source: 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 4P. Bilateral (Pearson) correlations of dependent and independent variables
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Work
1
Work
hours .***
1
Work preference
.664***
.702***
1
Education .164***
.257***
.192***
1
Religiousness -.051
-.176***
-.073*
.041
1
Partner .034
-.150***
-.088**
.034
.089*
1
Age
-.103** -.028 -.092 -.092** -.012 -.113*** 1
Age
square
-.129*** -.028 -.099**
-.099** -.003 -.114***
.994***
Partner’s Income
-.007
-.158***
-.131***
-.028
.115**
.847***
.030
No income
-.009
-.123**
.129***
.046
-.090*
-.732***
-.004
Number of
children
-.024 -.187*** .037 .037 .247***
.204*** -.057
General
gender
values
.353*** .407*** .329*** .274***
-.233*** -.049
.014
Ideal family life
.322***
.357***
.367***
.226***
-.164***
-.135***
.035
I like to work
.272***
-.036
.147***
.058
.035
.092**
.016
I
work in order to
become
economically
independent
.135*** .205*** .182*** .041 -.121*** -.107*** .045
Mother in paid
work
.116*** .121** .170*** .068* -.068* .001 -.176***
* p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001
Table 4P. (continued) Bilateral (Pearson) correlations of dependent and independent
variables
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Age square
1
Partner’s
Income
.030
1
.No income
-.004
-.973***
1
Number of
children
-.081** .209*** -.176*** 1
General gender
values
.002 -.107**
.092**
-112*** 1
Ideal family life
.019
-.168***
.140***
-.090**
.474***
1
like to work
.004
.067*
-.048
.024
.121***
.132***
1
I work in order to
become
economically
independent
.040 -.110***
-.093** -.069*
.201***
.170***
-.086** 1
Mother in paid
work
-.178*** -.018 .018 -.024 .078* .096** .009 .089***
* p<.05; ** p<.01; *** p<.001