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Contents
The Authors 8
Glossary of terms 9
Table conventions 11
Summary 13
1. Introduction and overview 19
2. A summary of theanalysis undertaken 21
2.1. The rationale for the approach 21
2.2. The Latent Class Analysis 23
2.3. Factor analysis of the attitude questions 26
3. The latent clusters, theirrelationship to attitudesand the demographiccharacteristics of theirmembers 27
3.1. Card-sort A: Mothers who are not in work 27
3.1.1. The card-sort exercise 28
3.1.2. The most important factor 33
3.1.3. Factor analysis of the attitude questions 35
3.1.4. The relationship between attitudes and the LCA clusters 40
3.1.5. Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers by cluster 41
3.1.6. Summary of the clusters 49
3.2. Card-sort B: Mothers who had returned to work 51
3.2.1. The card-sort exercise 52
3.2.2. Summary of the four clusters 55
3.2.3. The most important factor 56
3.2.4. The relationship between attitudes and the LCA clusters 58
3.2.5. Socio-demographic characteristics of clusters 59
3.2.6. Summary of the clusters 65
4. The details of the Latent Class Analysis 67
4.1. Latent Class Analysis 67
4.2. Latent GOLD 68
4.3. Modelling card-sort A 68
4.3.1. Features of the data 68
4.3.2. Identifying the number of classes 70
4.3.3. Classifying individuals and describing classes 73
4.4. Fitting discrete factors (D-Factors) - a possiblealternative anlaysis approach 73
4.5. Further issues and recommendations 75
5. Conclusions 77
Appendix A. Goodness-of-fit statistics for Latent Class Analysis(내용없음) 4
Appendix B. FACS definitions 80
Table 2.1. List of statements used in card-sort A 24
Table 2.2. List of statements used in card-sort B 25
Table 3.1. Response to statements regarding children and childcare, by cluster 28
Table 3.2. Response to statements regarding work, by cluster 30
Table 3.3. Response to other statements, by cluster 31
Table 3.4. Most important factor, by cluster 34
Table 3.5. Stucture matrix of factors underlying attitudes to work and parenting 36
Table 3.6. Factor 1-7 labels 38
Table 3.7. Structure matrix of factors underlying attitudes to work – attitudes about partners and ex-partner 39
Table 3.8. Factor 8-9 labels 40
Table 3.9. Structure matrix of factors underlying attitudes to work – attitudes about parents 40
Table 3.10. Factor 10 label 40
Table 3.11. Mean factor score by cluster 41
Table 3.12. Family type, by cluster 42
Table 3.13. Age of youngest child, by cluster 43
Table 3.14. Number of dependent children, by cluster 44
Table 3.15. Age of mother, by cluster 44
Table 3.16. Housing tenure, by cluster 45
Table 3.17. Equivalised household income quintiles, by cluster 46
Table 3.18. Disability in the family cluster 46
Table 3.19. Academic qualifications, by cluster 47
Table 3.20. Time since mother was last in work, by cluster 48
Table 3.21. Partner work status, by cluster 49
Table 3.22. Response to statements regarding children and childcare, by cluster 52
Table 3.23. Response to statements regarding work, by cluster 53
Table 3.24. Response to other statements, by cluster 54
Table 3.25. Most important factor, by cluster 57
Table 3.26. Mean factor score, by cluster 58
Table 3.27. Family type, by cluster 59
Table 3.28. Age of youngest child, by cluster 60
Table 3.29. Number of dependent children 60
Table 3.30. Age of mother, by cluster 61
Table 3.31. Housing tenure, by cluster 61
Table 3.32. Equivalised household income quintiles by cluster 62
Table 3.33. Disability in family, by cluster 63
Table 3.34. Academic qualifications, by cluster 63
Table 3.35. Partner work status, by cluster 64
Table 3.36. Standard occupational classification (SOC), by cluster 64
Table 4.1. Latent class models and goodness-of-fit statistics 71
Table 4.2. Discrete-factor model of card-sort A 74