Table 4
Impact of Alternative Power Measures on Leisure Time
By Country, Gender, and Type of Day
United States |
Denmark | |||||||
Women |
Men Non-work Days |
Women |
Men | |||||
Work Days |
Non-work Days |
Work Days |
Work Days |
Non-work Days |
Work Days |
Non-work Days | ||
Sample Means: | ||||||||
Education Difference |
0.23 |
-0.11 |
0.12 |
0.02 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
-0.06 |
-0.08 |
Relative Lifetime Earnings |
0.45 |
0.44 |
0.56 |
0.56 | ||||
Sex Ratio |
1.01 |
1.02 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.07 |
1.08 |
1.08 |
1.08 |
Individual Norms |
46.81 |
48.09 |
45.19 |
45.16 |
49.18 |
52.46 |
47.30 |
49.53 |
Social Norms |
65.51 |
65.12 |
65.36 |
65.38 |
88.47 |
88.62 |
88.50 |
88.73 |
Coefficient Estimates: | ||||||||
Power: Education Share |
17.14 |
121.23 ** |
43.77 |
138.85 * |
-10.19 |
190.46 * |
-94.15 |
89.19 |
Power: Education Difference |
0.69 |
2.22 ** |
1.14 |
3.68 ** |
-0.44 |
4.08 * |
-1.76 |
2.40 |
Power: Relative Lifetime Earnings |
-34.72 |
63.57 |
-65.24 |
-191.51 | ||||
Power & |
13.14 |
135.15 *** |
38.68 |
138.00 * |
-33.29 |
194.51 * |
-92.23 |
111.76 |
Power*Low Education |
15.20 |
-48.39 ** |
27.62 |
2.78 |
-50.90 |
9.76 |
4.75 |
47.49 |
Power & |
17.50 |
121.09 ** |
43.60 |
138.69 * |
-4.41 |
197.01 * |
-92.82 |
91.48 |
Sex Ratio |
-99.56 |
12.25 |
-20.38 |
-36.83 |
-91.01 |
-200.36 |
-75.37 |
-151.40 |
Power |
640.80 |
1087.40 |
-270.95 |
-1245.54 |
2836.14 |
978.70 |
-2511.90 |
7287.27 * |
Sex Ratio |
314.04 |
291.60 |
-524.74 |
-324.48 |
728.48 |
-638.54 |
-971.67 |
909.30 |
Individual Norms |
65.71 |
313.21 |
349.07 |
-386.43 |
6.82 |
8.92 |
-2.21 |
25.75 * |
Social Norms |
-273.77 |
-46.91 |
122.71 |
-582.93 |
0.90 |
-1.51 |
-0.43 |
-0.81 |
Power*Sex Ratio |
-827.12 |
-578.48 |
1033.62 |
601.84 |
-1658.22 |
901.37 |
1788.72 |
-2192.99 |
Power*Individual Norms |
-83.11 |
-770.28 |
-694.43 |
690.49 |
-13.21 |
-21.27 |
3.80 |
-56.74 ** |
Power*Social Norms |
563.78 |
241.50 |
-608.48 |
758.11 |
2.17 |
2.62 |
3.58 |
5.56 |
Asterisks indicate statistical significance: *** significance at the 1% level, ** at the 5% level, and * at the 10% level.
Both the Danish and the US models contain the same set of explanatory variables reported on in Table 2.
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