Table 2.

Relative Risk Ratios from Multinomial Logit Models, Showing Association Between Family Structure Variables and Dependent Variables (N=4,667)

	Full Sample			Male			Female
	Married (vs. no union formation) by age 20	Cohabited (vs. no union formation) by age 20	Married (vs. cohabited) by age 20	Married (vs. no union formation) by age 20	Cohabited (vs. no union formation) by age 20	Married (vs. cohabited) by age 20	Married (vs. no union formation) by age 20	Cohabited (vs. no union formation) by age 20	Married (vs. cohabited) by age 20
Family Structure History	(1)	(2)	(3)	(1)	(2)	(3)	(1)	(2)	(3)
1. Number of transitions (continuous)	1.02	1.12*	0.91	1.17	1.13	1.03	0.97	1.11	0.87
F value	18.71	18.71	18.71	4.37	4.37	4.37	10.94	10.94	10.94
df	38	38	38	36	36	36	36	36	36
2. Number of transitions experienced (categorical)
0 transitions: always lived with 2 married or cohabiting parents (ref)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)
0 transitions: always lived with single mother	0.97	1.95*	0.50	1.74	1.47	1.18	0.82	2.32*	0.36
1 transition	1.08	1.16	0.93	0.70	1.08	0.65	1.21	1.28	0.95
2+ transitions	0.92	1.41*	0.65	1.07	1.27	0.84	0.88	1.58*	0.56
F value	16.49	16.49	16.49	4.57	4.57	4.57	9.40	9.40	9.40
df	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	40
3. Type of transition experienced
Ever experienced maternal marriage (vs. never)	2.15**	1.24	1.73	1.71	1.01	1.70	2.33**	1.45	1.62
Ever experienced maternal divorce (vs. never)	0.66	0.96	0.69	0.93	0.90	1.02	0.60	0.99	0.61
Ever experienced maternal cohabitation formation (vs. never)	0.88	1.20	0.73	1.25	0.87	1.43	0.84	1.55	0.54
Ever experienced maternal cohabitation dissolution (vs. never)	0.31	1.21	0.25*	0.28	2.39*a	0.12	0.27	0.72	0.38
F value	17.63	17.63	17.63	5.24	5.24	5.24	13.51	13.51	13.51
df	44	44	44	42	42	42	42	42	42
4. Type of family structure status experienced
Ever lived in a single mother family (vs. never)	0.70	1.27	0.56*	0.73	1.20	0.61	0.69	1.33	0.52*
Ever lived in a cohabiting family (vs. never)	0.42*	1.17	0.36**	0.62	1.47	0.42	0.36*	1.01	0.35*
Ever lived in a stepfamily (vs. never)	2.34**	1.05	2.31**	2.08	0.77	2.72	2.57**	1.35	1.91*
F value	17.49	17.49	17.49	5.12	5.12	5.12	10.56	10.56	10.56
df	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	40
5. Age at last family structure transition
0: no transition	0.73	0.89	0.81	1.48	0.65	2.27	0.67	1.20	0.56
0–5yrs (ref)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)
6–12yrs	0.59	1.22	0.48	1.48	0.63	2.33	0.53	2.14*	0.25*
13+ yrs	0.70	1.06	0.66	1.38	0.75	1.84	0.67	1.51	0.44
F value	16.03	16.03	16.03	4.30	4.30	4.30	11.07	11.07	11.07
df	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	40
6. Number of years lived outside married 2-bio parent family	1.00	1.02*	0.98	1.02	1.00	1.02	1.00	1.04**	0.96
F value	18.60	18.60	18.60	4.01	4.01	4.01	10.51	10.51	10.51
df	38	38	38	36	36	36	36	36	36
7. Cumulative time spent in various family types
# of years ever in a married, 2-bio family (ref)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.00)
# of years ever in a single-mother family	0.97	1.03*	0.94*	1.04	1.01	1.03	0.94	1.04*	0.91**
# of years ever in a cohabiting family	0.90	0.99	0.92	0.54*a	1.02	0.53*a	0.94	0.96	0.98
# of years ever in a stepfamily	1.05**	1.01	1.04	1.00	0.98	1.02	1.07	1.04*	1.03
F value	17.22	17.22	17.22	3.92	3.92	3.92	11.30	11.30	11.30
df	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	40

Note: All models control for gender, age, race/ethnicity, income, welfare receipt, parents' education, age at first sex, verbal ability, parent-child closeness, religiosity, and substance use. All F values reported are significant at p<0.001.

^aMales and females are statistically significantly different at p <.05 level

^*p <0.05.

^**p <0.01.

***p <0.001.