Table 2.

Cox regression models for union formation 2001 ILFI Survey (All women 15+ )

Variable	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
	Pooled sample with controls for region and cohort only		Pooled sample with standard controls		Cohort born 1941–50		Cohort born 1951–60		Cohort born 1961–70
	Estimate	Standard error	Estimate	Standard error	Estimate	Standard error	Estimate	Standard error	Estimate	Standard error
Individual traits (TV = time-varying)
Region (versus Northwest)
Northeast (TV)	1.017	0.074	0.993	0.072	0.877	0.100	1.149	0.149	0.960	0.142
Center (TV)	0.925	0.067	0.957	0.070	0.860	0.098	1.107	0.143	0.957	0.140
South	0.900	0.064	0.819**	0.060	0.616***	0.070	0.824	0.110	1.139	0.164
Cohort (versus 1941–50)
Cohort 1951–60	1.006	0.053	1.128*	0.060
Cohort 1961–70	0.519***	0.029	0.617***	0.036
Mother worked			0.878**	0.042	0.966	0.080	0.932	0.074	0.765**	0.067
Father’s education (versus Diplome)
Father’s education none-primary			1.513***	0.128	1.337#	0.201	1.290#	0.186	1.912***	0.276
Father’s education secondary			1.335**	0.132	1.205	0.221	1.126	0.191	1.651**	0.272
Father’s education post-Diplome			0.756*	0.083	0.860	0.164	0.627*	0.117	0.787	0.158
Father died (TV)			1.009	0.068	1.181	0.126	0.958	0.111	0.852	0.117
Mother died (TV)			0.933	0.093	1.078	0.156	0.790	0.145	0.984	0.210
Respondent’s Education (versus Diplome)
Education of respondent primary or less			1.645***	0.088	1.598***	0.157	1.651***	0.145	1.670***	0.154
Education of respondent post-secondary			1.371**	0.125	1.473*	0.247	1.446*	0.222	1.217	0.194
Employed (TV)			0.827***	0.040	0.701***	0.057	0.854#	0.071	0.989	0.089
N Women	2,526		2,526		788		824		914
N Observations	10,912		10,912		3,197		3,508		4,207
N Events	2,039		2,039		715		725		599
Log-likelihood	−14,573.326		−14,449.322		−4,183.165		−4,302.324		−3,728.474

*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, # p < 0.10