Table 3.
Predictors of Making Normal Progress 3 rough Primary School, for Own Children of Nontraditional Family Types Compared With Own Children of Heterosexual Married Couples: Selected Coefficients From Logistic Regressions
| Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Type (heterosexual, married) | |||||
| Same-sex couple cohabiting | −0.267* | −0.112 | −0.116 | −0.128 | −0.142 |
| Separated, divorced, widowed women | −0.529*** | −0.422*** | −0.321*** | −0.312*** | −0.311*** |
| Heterosexual, cohabiting | −0.547*** | −0.271*** | −0.202*** | −0.207*** | −0.236*** |
| Separated, divorced, widowed men | −0.558*** | −0.467*** | −0.427*** | −0.402*** | −0.397*** |
| Never-married women | −0.623*** | −0.319*** | −0.088* | −0.116** | −0.145*** |
| Never-married men | −0.675*** | −0.400*** | −0.274* | −0.308* | −0.354** |
| Ln of Household Income | 0.035*** | 0.026*** | 0.021*** | 0.013* | |
| Head of Household’s Education (less than high school) | |||||
| High school diploma | 0.507*** | 0.518*** | 0.515*** | 0.511*** | |
| Some college | 0.828*** | 0.839*** | 0.804*** | 0.767*** | |
| College degree+ | 1.118*** | 1.105*** | 1.026*** | 0.988*** | |
| Child Is U.S.-Born | 0.622*** | 0.599*** | 0.629*** | ||
| Child’s Gender: Female | 0.283*** | 0.282*** | 0.280*** | ||
| Child Has Disability | |||||
| Difficulty with memory | −0.911*** | −0.899*** | −0.893*** | ||
| Physical disability | −0.376*** | −0.363*** | −0.362*** | ||
| Hearing or vision disability | −0.401*** | −0.394*** | −0.377*** | ||
| Personal care limitation | −0.207** | −0.235*** | −0.244*** | ||
| Child’s Race/Ethnicity (non-Hispanic white) | |||||
| Non-Hispanic black | −0.342*** | −0.371*** | −0.270*** | ||
| Hispanic | 0.181*** | 0.111*** | 0.009 | ||
| Asian American | 0.275*** | 0.199*** | 0.006 | ||
| Metropolitan Status (rural) | |||||
| City | 0.301*** | 0.152*** | |||
| Suburbs | 0.377*** | 0.235*** | |||
| Grade Attending: Grades 5–8 | −0.248*** | −0.248*** | |||
| School Type: Private School | 0.154*** | 0.172*** | |||
| State Dummy Variables | Yes | ||||
| Constant | 4.094*** | 3.092*** | 2.524*** | 2.532*** | 2.723*** |
| Unweighted N | 716,764 | 716,764 | 716,764 | 716,740 | 716,740 |
| df | 7 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 77 |
| Log-Likelihood | −65,352 | −64,284 | −63,315 | −63,080 | −62,561 |
Notes: Comparison categories are in parentheses. Some categories of metro status and race/ethnicity are excluded for clarity. With the omission of children of couples whose dual marital status was recoded, and combining gay and lesbian couples, coefficients for children of same-sex couples would be −0.691*, −0.452, −0.361, −0.392;, and −0.427 in Models 1–5, respectively (statistically significant only in Model 1).
Source: Census 2000 microdata, via IPUMS.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001