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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Hum Dev. 2010 Apr 1;7(2):103–122. doi: 10.1080/15427609.2010.481531

Table 2.

Odds Ratios from Logistic Regression of Partner Status and Multinomial Logistic Regression of Partner Type on Young Adult’s Fatherhood Type

All Men
Partnered Men
Partner Status
Married vs. Girlfriend
Cohabiting vs. Girlfriend
Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio
Resident father, less than age 20 at first birth 1.47 17.96 *** 7.23 ***
Resident father, aged 20+ at first birth 4.57 *** 34.70 *** 12.03 ***
Nonresident father, less than age 20 at first birth 1.73 * 3.41 ** 2.94 ***
Nonresident father, aged 20+ at first birth 1.89 ** 1.23 1.52
Not a father (omitted)
Age of young adult 1.05 ** 1.48 *** 1.18 ***
Black 0.73 * 0.16 *** 0.58 *
Hispanic 0.71 0.62 0.80
Maternal education 0.99 1.07 0.88 **
Maternal depression 1.00 1.01 1.01
Income of father 0.99 0.96 0.95
Number of transitions 1.08 1.04 1.07
N 1931 1247 1247

p<.10

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

Note: Partner status is coded so that 1=married, cohabiting, or with girlfriend and 0=not partnered.