Table 3. Analysis of Covariance of 18-year Follow-up (1975) Attainment and Family Formation Variables by Adolescent Parent Status and Gender.
Adolescent at first birth | Adult at first birth | F-value | |||||
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Variable | Female Adjusted M | Male Adjusted M | Female Adjusted M | Male Adjusted M | Age | Gender | Age × Gender |
Completed education | 2.26 | 2.57 | 2.50 | 2.99 | 46.91** | 65.48** | 2.02 |
(.04) | (.09) | (.02) | (.03) | ||||
Proportion currently employed | .62 | .99 | .54 | .99 | 3.04 | 262.08** | 2.71 |
(.02) | (.04) | (.01) | (.01) | ||||
Prestige of current job | 41.05 | 47.23 | 44.35 | 52.88 | 11.33** | 30.77** | .79 |
(1.06) | (2.22) | (.71) | (.67) | ||||
Job satisfaction | 3.52 | 3.57 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 1.25 | .29 | .36 |
(.04) | (.07) | (.02) | (.02) | ||||
Total family earnings (in hundreds) | 154.56 | 199.71 | 160.90 | 181.03 | .89 | 24.92** | 3.66 |
(4.83) | (11.30) | (2.96) | (3.38) | ||||
Proportion currently married | .92 | .94 | .94 | .97 | 3.49 | 2.93 | .02 |
(.01) | (.02) | (.01) | (.01) | ||||
Age at first marriage | 18.63 | 19.42 | 21.37 | 23.41 | 1573.47** | 279.32** | 53.71** |
(.06) | (.15) | (.04) | (.04) | ||||
Proportion married to first spouse | .80 | .82 | .90 | .92 | 28.25** | 1.08 | .00 |
(.02) | (.03) | (.01) | (.01) | ||||
Number of children | 3.77 | 3.51 | 3.07 | 2.79 | 88.36** | 13.27** | .03 |
(.06) | (.13) | (.03) | (.04) | ||||
Proportion with a premarital first birth | .04 | .20 | .01 | .02 | 112.12** | 72.79** | 58.90** |
(.01) | (.02) | (.00) | (.01) |
p < .05.
p < .01.
Note. Standard errors of the estimates can be found in parentheses under the estimates.