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. 2008 Mar 27;25(1):89–115. doi: 10.1007/s10680-008-9159-5

Table 4.

Cox regression models for second birth 2001 ILFI Survey (All women with a first birth and in a union)

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 1.199# 0.122 1.211# 0.124 1.166 0.169 1.044 0.189 1.866* 0.515
Center 1.211# 0.121 1.229* 0.125 1.093 0.157 1.086 0.198 2.192** 0.590
South 2.721*** 0.262 2.561*** 0.252 2.484*** 0.338 2.492*** 0.448 3.727*** 0.986
Cohort (versus 1941–50)
Cohort 1951–60 0.843** 0.054 0.819** 0.053
Cohort 1961–70 0.832* 0.060 0.797** 0.058
Mother Worked 1.130* 0.066 1.083 1.052 1.211# 0.118 1.211# 0.141
Father’s Education (versus Diplome)
Father’s education none 0.884 0.099 0.640* 0.116 0.998 0.193 1.089 0.240
Father’s education low 0.869 0.113 0.587* 0.128 0.963 0.214 1.104 0.276
Father’s education high 0.774# 0.111 0.573* 0.128 0.833 0.212 0.996 0.295
Father died (TV) 0.944 0.067 0.980 0.108 0.853 0.105 1.007 0.156
Mother died (TV) 0.904 0.097 0.908 0.140 0.937 0.183 0.968 0.243
Respondent’s education (versus Diplome)
Education of respondent low 1.016 0.070 1.015 0.120 1.018 0.117 0.951 0.123
Education of respondent high 1.126 0.125 0.648* 0.139 1.311 0.233 1.653* 0.333
Employed (TV) 0.762*** 0.045 0.810* 0.078 0.811* 0.081 0.683** 0.081
In a civil union (versus Religious) 0.791 0.116 0.878 0.295 0.791 0.168 0.909 0.248
First birth timing versus Age 30–34
Age at first birth, 15–19 1.300* 0.170 1.741* 0.408 1.003 0.203 1.604# 0.429
Age at first birth, 20–24 1.260* 0.132 1.435* 0.269 1.197 0.200 1.234 0.257
Age at first birth, 25–29 1.089 0.115 1.326 0.252 0.897 0.155 1.181 0.235
Age at first birth, 35–49 0.383*** 0.098 0.277** 0.115 0.596 0.213 0.659 0.674
N Women 1,855 1,855 681 666 508
N Observations 3,168 3,168 1,204 1,175 789
N Events 1,330 1,330 516 482 332
Log-likelihood −9,123.244 −9,088.709 −3,014.994 −2,819.885 −1,798.008

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