Table 9
Ordinary least squares regression models for married immigrant women’s hours of housework as the outcome

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Ordinary least squares regression models for married immigrant women’s hours of housework as the outcome
Table summary
This table displays ordinary least squares regression models for married immigrant women's hours of housework. The row headers describe the variables used in the models. The column headers identify the estimated models and associated coefficients and standard errors.
  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
  coefficient standard error coefficient standard error coefficient standard error
Intercept 28.34*** 0.94 12.71*** 0.93 13.52*** 1.14
Female–male labour activity -8.08*** 0.51 -7.54*** 0.36 -11.55*** 0.63
Female–male secondary education -1.30** 0.49 -1.44*** 0.41 0.69 0.79
Total fertility rate 0.00 0.08 0.10 0.06 0.03 0.06
Log gross domestic product per capita 0.27* 0.08 0.55*** 0.06 0.53*** 0.06
Official language is English/French -0.32 0.17 -0.23 0.16 -0.35* 0.15
Age … … 0.22*** 0.01 0.22*** 0.01
Age squared … … 0.00* 0.00 0.00* 0.00
Common-law … … -2.37*** 0.16 -2.34*** 0.16
Visible minority … … -0.66 0.15 -0.62 0.14
Husband is Canadian-born … … -0.56*** 0.14 -4.06*** 0.88
Husband from a different country … … 0.08 0.12 -1.17 0.65
Years since landing … … -0.05** 0.02 -0.07 0.04
Cohort 1970 to 1974 … … -1.96** 0.57 -1.48** 0.55
Cohort 1975 to 1979 … … -1.67** 0.48 -1.39** 0.45
Cohort 1980 to 1984 … … -1.41*** 0.41 -1.44** 0.39
Cohort 1985 to 1989 … … -1.94*** 0.35 -1.94*** 0.32
Cohort 1990 to 1994 … … -1.63*** 0.29 -1.60*** 0.26
Cohort 1995 to 1999 … … -0.87** 0.25 -0.82*** 0.22
Graduate degree … … -1.77*** 0.16 -1.78*** 0.16
Some postsecondary education … … 1.11*** 0.12 1.12*** 0.12
High school graduation … … 1.93*** 0.14 1.92*** 0.14
Less than high school … … 2.27*** 0.18 2.25*** 0.18
Husband—graduate degree … … 0.54*** 0.15 0.55*** 0.14
Husband—some postsecondary education … … 0.22 0.13 0.22 0.12
Husband—high school graduation … … -0.37** 0.14 -0.36** 0.14
Husband—less than high school … … -0.98*** 0.18 -0.98*** 0.18
Mother tongue not English/French, not speaking English/French … … 1.09*** 0.23 1.08*** 0.23
Mother tongue not English/French, speaking French … … -0.43 0.30 -0.56 0.30
Mother tongue not English/French, speaking English … … 0.26 0.14 0.19 0.14
Mother tongue French … … -3.33*** 0.28 -3.32*** 0.28
Number of children aged 0 to 5 … … 6.32*** 0.11 6.30*** 0.11
Number of children aged 6 to 14 … … 3.24*** 0.06 3.23*** 0.06
Number of children aged 15 to 17 … … 2.46*** 0.09 2.44*** 0.09
Years since landing interacted with female–male labour activity … … … … 0.22*** 0.03
Years since landing interacted with female– male secondary education … … … … -0.12** 0.04
Husband is Canadian-born interacted with female– male labour activity … … … … 4.06*** 0.77
Husband is Canadian-born interacted with female– male secondary education … … … … 1.00 0.85
Husband from a different country interacted with female–male labour activity … … … … 3.75*** 0.56
Husband from a different country interacted with female–male secondary education … … … … -1.13 0.64
Ordinary least squares regression models for married immigrant women’s hours of housework as the outcome (continued)
  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Census metropolitan areas and provinces fixed effects Not included Included Included
Sample size 335,839 335,839 335,839
Adjusted R-squared 0.008 0.067 0.068
*
significant at p<0.05; **significant at p<0.01; ***significant at p<0.001
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1996, 2001, and 2006 Census of Population.
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