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childrearing (in Attitudes)

Variable Summary Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Sexually active students: Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Casual-sexually active students: Undergrad Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

How do you envision that the children asked about in the previous question will be cared for?

The same question also applies to the variable, straight.childrearing.

This variable, childrearing, is used in the construction of the variable, straight.childrearing.

students (childrearing)
 All RsFemaleMale
I will stop working and stay at home with them when they are young 3601 18.13% 3514 25.60% 81 1.34%
My partner will stop working and stay at home with them when they are young 1307 6.58% 109 0.79% 1192 19.66%
My partner and I will both work part-time and share child care 2927 14.73% 2050 14.93% 868 14.31%
My partner and I will both have careers and we'll use child care during work hours 5937 29.88% 4176 30.42% 1734 28.59%
Don't know 6095 30.68% 3879 28.26% 2189 36.10%
Missing 4264
(17.67%)
2751
(16.69%)
1397
(18.72%)
Total 24131 100% 16479 100% 7461 100%

I will stop working and stay at home with them when they are young        My partner will stop working and stay at home with them when they are young        My partner and I will both work part-time and share child care        My partner and I will both have careers and we'll use child care during work hours        Don't know
4272, 2728, 2144, 1948, 299
1657, 1175, 945, 801, 177
I will stop working and stay at home with them when they are young        My partner will stop working and stay at home with them when they are young        My partner and I will both work part-time and share child care        My partner and I will both have careers and we'll use child care during work hours        Don't know
2928, 1723, 1388, 1250, 181
1200, 714, 587, 510, 106

These graphs reflect only undergraduates attending 4-year colleges who are of normative age -- 18, 19, 20, 21, or 22, +/- 1, for freshman, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and later undergraduates, respectively. Solid lines represent women. Dotted lines represent men.

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