|
Variable
|
Total sample
|
High EXT (n = 296)
|
Low EXT (n = 705)
|
t or χ2 value
|
|---|
| | |
Mean (SD)
|
Mean (SD)
|
t
|
|
Father age (years)
|
42.30 (9.31)
|
39.11 (9.42)
|
43.64 (8.93)
|
7.21***
|
|
Number of children
|
2.09 (1.06)
|
2.09 (1.27)
|
2.09 (0.97)
|
−0.06
|
|
Age of target child
|
8.89 (4.37)
|
8.67 (4.45)
|
8.96 (4.34)
|
0.96
|
| | |
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
χ2
|
|
Child gender male
|
603 (60.2)
|
199 (67.2)
|
404 (57.3)
|
8.57**
|
|
English language
|
920 (92.0)
|
279 (93.9)
|
642 (91.1)
|
2.33
|
|
Father education
|
|
University
|
545 (54.4)
|
171 (57.8)
|
373 (53.0)
|
4.27
|
|
Secondary school
|
378 (37.8)
|
98 (33.1)
|
280 (39.8)
| |
|
Grade 10 or less
|
78 (7.8)
|
27 (9.1)
|
51 (7.2)
| |
|
Married/defacto
|
867 (86.7)
|
256 (86.5)
|
611 (86.8)
|
0.17
|
|
Child living arrangement
|
|
Full-time with father
|
881 (88.1)
|
270 (90.9)
|
611 (86.8)
|
3.49
|
|
Part-time with father
|
75 (7.5)
|
16 (5.4)
|
59 (8.4)
| |
|
Not living with father
|
45 (4.5)
|
11 (3.7)
|
34 (4.8)
| |
|
Involvement in child rearing
|
|
Extremely involved
|
433 (43.3)
|
132 (44.6)
|
301 (42.8)
|
6.54
|
|
Very involved
|
420 (41.9)
|
112 (37.8)
|
308 (43.8)
| |
|
Somewhat involved
|
127 (12.7)
|
45 (15.2)
|
81 (11.5)
| |
|
Not very involved
|
16 (1.6)
|
4 (1.4)
|
12 (1.7)
| |
|
Not at all involved
|
5 (0.5)
|
3 (1.0)
|
2 (0.3)
| |
- ***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05; all data and analyses adjusted for sampling weights
