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Table 6

Odds ratios or coefficients from models predicting employment (odds ratios) and log hours and log wages (coefficients), by skill, from Model 3

	Employment		Log Hours		Log Wages
	High Skill	Low- to Mid-Skill	High Skill	Low- to Mid-Skill	High Skill	Low- to Mid-Skill
A. White Women
Planning status (ref. = planned, or no children yet)
Unplanned but wanted	0.22^**	1.60^†	−0.11	0.11^*	−0.15^*	0.00
Mistimed	1.98^*	1.54^**	0.02	0.07^*	0.00	0.02
Unwanted	1.68	1.35	0.04	0.06	0.38^**	0.16
Years since first birth (ref. = not yet had birth)
Years 1–6 after first birth	0.15^***	0.20^***	−0.26^***	−0.18^***	−0.06^*	−0.07^***
Years 7–11 after first birth	0.21^***	0.31^***	−0.23^***	−0.17^***	−0.15^***	−0.12^***
Later years	0.45^**	0.76	−0.08^*	−0.10^***	−0.17^***	−0.12^***
B. Black Women
Planning status (ref. = planned, or no children yet)
Unplanned but wanted	1.34	1.37	−0.12^†	−0.13^*	−0.28^†	−0.09
Mistimed	0.61	1.31	−0.01	0.02	0.00	0.07
Unwanted	0.71	2.04	−0.05	−0.09	0.01	−0.12
Years since first birth (ref. = not yet had birth)
Years 1–6 after first birth	0.43^**	0.38^***	−0.04	−0.04	−0.01	−0.04
Years 7–11 after first birth	0.47^*	0.54^**	−0.02	−0.05^†	−0.00	−0.03
Later years	0.68	0.67	−0.02	−0.05	−0.04	−0.03

	Employment		Log Hours		Log Wages
	High Skill	Low- to Mid-Skill	High Skill	Low- to Mid-Skill	High Skill	Low- to Mid-Skill
A. White Women
Planning status (ref. = planned, or no children yet)
Unplanned but wanted	0.22^**	1.60^†	−0.11	0.11^*	−0.15^*	0.00
Mistimed	1.98^*	1.54^**	0.02	0.07^*	0.00	0.02
Unwanted	1.68	1.35	0.04	0.06	0.38^**	0.16
Years since first birth (ref. = not yet had birth)
Years 1–6 after first birth	0.15^***	0.20^***	−0.26^***	−0.18^***	−0.06^*	−0.07^***
Years 7–11 after first birth	0.21^***	0.31^***	−0.23^***	−0.17^***	−0.15^***	−0.12^***
Later years	0.45^**	0.76	−0.08^*	−0.10^***	−0.17^***	−0.12^***
B. Black Women
Planning status (ref. = planned, or no children yet)
Unplanned but wanted	1.34	1.37	−0.12^†	−0.13^*	−0.28^†	−0.09
Mistimed	0.61	1.31	−0.01	0.02	0.00	0.07
Unwanted	0.71	2.04	−0.05	−0.09	0.01	−0.12
Years since first birth (ref. = not yet had birth)
Years 1–6 after first birth	0.43^**	0.38^***	−0.04	−0.04	−0.01	−0.04
Years 7–11 after first birth	0.47^*	0.54^**	−0.02	−0.05^†	−0.00	−0.03
Later years	0.68	0.67	−0.02	−0.05	−0.04	−0.03

Notes: Results are shown from Eq. (3), which adjusts for age, educational attainment, marital status, region, urban-rural residence, metropolitan statistical area classification, year, and person fixed effects, as well as additional children, marital status, and the spouse's hours and annual earnings.

^†p < .10; ^*p < .05; ^**p < .01; ^***p < .001

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