Table 3.

Regressions With Children Ever Born as the Dependent Variable: Seven New York Counties, 1865

Independent Variables	Mean	SD	Pearson r Coefficient	Partial Beta Coefficient	Unstandardized Beta Coefficient
Family Level
Constant					2.984
Wife’s age	50.7	4.3	.098*	0.095	0.067*
Husband’s occupation
White collar	0.092	0.289	−.089*	−0.084	−0.877
Craftsman/foreman	0.130	0.336	.029	−0.010	−0.092
Other blue collar	0.065	0.247	.029	−0.012	−0.149
Agricultural	0.617	0.487	−.015	−0.101	−0.625
Other responses	0.096	0.295	—a	—a	—a
Value of dwelling ($00’s)
$0–$499	0.376	0.485	.126**	−0.011	−0.066
$500–$999	0.246	0.431	.007	−0.071	−0.494
$1,000–$1,499	0.101	0.301	−.088*	−0.123	−1.227*
More than $1,500	0.148	0.355	−.139**	−0.155	−1.313*
No value reported	0.130	0.336	—a	—a	—a
Town Level
% improved agricultural land	0.679	0.171	−.146**	−0.140	−2.480*
Average value of farm acres	43.7	28.1	−.081†	0.051	0.005
Log of dwelling value	6.40	0.62	−.098*	0.043	0.211
Urban residence	0.253	0.453	−.111**	−0.091	−0.634
Mean, Dependent Variable					5.188
SD, Dependent Variable					3.015
N					447
Adjusted R2					0.070
F Ratio					2.52**

^aNot included.

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01