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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2009;30(4):484–510. doi: 10.1177/0192513X08329601

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
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.