“…Household income is measured in categories following the recent Canadian research (Margolis et al, ): low income (<$30,000, reference category), middle income ($30,000–$79,999), high income ($80,000 or more), and missing responses (12% of cases). Fathers' educational attainment (less than high school, reference category; high school graduate; college diploma; university graduate) is positively associated with both their likelihood of taking leave (Mayer & Le Bourdais, ) and being involved fathers (Sayer, Bianchi, & Robinson, ). In addition to these covariates, I include fathers' age, immigrant status (Canadian born, reference category; born outside of Canada), the number of own household children, and whether the diary day was conducted on a weekday (reference category) or a weekend (Sayer et al, ).…”