Table 4 Odds ratios of alcohol-related inpatient care and/or death among fathers for paternity leave (> 0 days) versus no paternity leave (0 days), and for three categories of paternity leave (1–30, 31–90, > 90 days) versus no paternity leave (0 days); crude (original population and population without those having another child in 1979–80) and models I-IV (95% CI).
Odds ratios Crude | Odds ratios Crude | Odds ratios Model I | Odds ratios Model II | Odds ratios Model III | Odds ratios Model IV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original male population | Excluded: child 1979–80 | |||||
n = 49,120 | n = 38,031 | n = 25,150 | n = 25,150 | n = 25,150 | n = 25,150 | |
Dichotomized: | ||||||
Paternity leave = 0 days n = 19,341; alcohol harm = 799 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Paternity leave > 0 days n = 5,809; alcohol harm = 182 | 0.76 (0.68–0.86) | 0.75 (0.66-0.87) | 0.75 (0.64–0.89) | 0.80 (0.68–0.95) | 0.82 (0.69–0.99) | 0.82 (0.68–0.99) |
Categorized: | ||||||
Paternity leave = 0 days n = 19,341; alcohol harm = 799 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Paternity leave: 1–30 days n = 3,114; alcohol harm = 99 | 0.79 (0.68–0.92) | 0.78 (0.66–0.92) | 0.77 (0.62–0.95) | 0.80 (0.65–1.00) | 0.82 (0.66–1.02) | 0.82 (0.66–1.02) |
Paternity leave: 31–90 days n = 2,013; alcohol harm = 63 | 0.71 (0.58–0.86) | 0.71 (0.57–0.88) | 0.75 (0.58–0.97) | 0.82 (0.63–1.07) | 0.85 (0.64–1.13) | 0.85 (0.64–1.13) |
Paternity leave: > 90 days n = 682; alcohol harm = 20 | 0.78 (0.58–1.06) | 0.76 (0.54–1.06) | 0.69 (0.44–1.09) | 0.73 (0.46–1.15) | 0.74 (0.45–1.23) | 0.74 (0.45–1.2) |