Table 3.

Selected Results of Multilevel Models Predicting Parenting Stress by Relationship Transitions (N =4,176 )

	Model 1a		Model 2a		Model 3a		Model 1b		Model 2b		Model 3b
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Coresiding at birth
Exit marriage	.26†	.15	.20	.16	.001	.15	−.17	.17	−.08	.17	−.13	.17
Exit cohabitation	.30**	.10	.20*	.10	.07	.10	−.12	.11	−.08	.11	−.06	.11
Two transitionsa	.54**	.19	.43*	.19	.29	.19	.11	.21	.15	.20	.16	.20
Stably coreside	---	---	---	---	---	---	−.42***	.09	−.28**	.09	−.13	.09
Living alone at birth
Enter coresidence with  biological father	.13	.10	−.01	.10	−.07	.10	−.29**	.10	−.29**	.10	−.20†	.11
Enter coresidence with  social father	.30*	.10	.14	.13	.02	.13	−.12	.12	−.14	.12	−.11	.12
Stably live alone	.42***	.09	.28**	.09	.13	.09	---	---	---	---	---	---

Note: Unstandardized coefficients presented. Models control for maternal age, race, immigrant status, child gender, low birth weight, parity, number of children living in household at each wave, and mothers who make transitions in more than one observation period (omitted from table). Models 2a and 2b include pretransition resources. Models 3a and 3b include pretransition and posttransition resources.

^aMothers who exit coresidence with the biological father and then enter coresidence with a social father.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.