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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2010 Sep 1;39(5):814–830. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.002

Table 4.

Cox Hazard Models of Family-Related Transitions

First Sex by Age 16
Cohabitation by Age 21
Non-Marital Birth
Union Dissolution
M1
Exp(B)
M2
Exp(B)
% Δ
M2-M1
M1
Exp(B)
M2
Exp(B)
% Δ
M2-M1
M1
Exp(B)
M2
Exp(B)
% Δ
M2-M1
M1
Exp(B)
M2
Exp(B)
% Δ
M2-M1
Family type (low conflict reference)
 Medium conflict 0.91 0.91 0 1.10 1.09 −1 1.14 1.15 1 1.37 * 1.34 −2
 High conflict 1.54 * 1.53 * −1 1.33 1.24 −7 1.59 * 1.50 * −5 1.52 ** 1.42 ** −6
 Stepfather 1.69 ** 1.64 ** −3 1.93 *** 1.86 *** −4 1.80 ** 1.67 ** −7 1.47 ** 1.43 ** −3
 Single-mother 2.02 *** 2.05 *** 2 2.07 *** 1.84 *** −11 2.30 *** 1.96 *** −15 1.88 *** 1.84 *** −2
Ln family income z-score 1.08 0.92 ** 0.88 ** 1.06
Mother-child relationship z-score 0.98 0.89 ** 0.90 * 0.91 **
Time with mother z-score 0.90 1.01 0.98 1.08
Harsh mothering z-score 1.04 1.08 1.11 1.07
Key Contrasts
High conflict v. step 0.91 0.93 0.69 ** 0.67 *** 0.88 0.90 1.04 1.00
High conflict v. single 0.76 0.75 0.64 *** 0.67 *** 0.69 ** 0.76 0.81 0.77 *
Step v. single 0.84 0.80 0.93 1.01 0.78 0.85 0.78 ** 0.78 **

Note: Controls are included in M1 and M2, but not shown, for child’s age and sex and mother’s race, education, childhood family structure, and past childbearing and union experiences.

*

p < 0.10;

**

p < 0.05;

***

p < 0.01