Table 6.
Two-Level Models Predicting Respondent Attitudes Toward Children’s Behaviors Using Pooled Daughter and Son Measures (t-ratios in parentheses)
| Courtship | Timing of Marriage | Marriage and Children | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dating Young OK | Sex Young OK | Cohabit OK | Ideal Age (Years) | Work Before Important | OK if No Marriage | OK if No Children | |
| Child’s Gender | |||||||
| Son | .58*** (13.29) | .58*** (12.85) | .25*** (10.09) | .89*** (15.28) | .16*** (9.28) | .07** (2.59) | .03 (1.27) |
| CONTROLS | |||||||
| Social Desirability | |||||||
| If Daughter Asked 1st | −.32*** (3.18) | −.04 (.34) | −.13* (2.09) | −.53*** (3.20) | .10** (2.85) | .04 (.57) | −.04 (.58) |
| Respondent Gender | |||||||
| If Respondent Male | .46*** (4.17) | .36** (2.80) | −.05 (.74) | −1.30*** (7.00) | −.17*** (4.17) | .18** (2.42) | .06 (.84) |
| Respondent Family Formation Experience | |||||||
| Currently Married | −.16 (1.02) | −.62*** (3.52) | −.31*** (3.19) | −1.15*** (4.49) | −.03 (.56) | −.16 (1.53) | −.24** (2.38) |
| Previously Married | .12 (.60) | .14 (.59) | −.03 (.20) | −.49 (1.44) | −.09 (1.25) | .03 (.20) | −.15 (1.16) |
| Ever Cohabited | .21* (1.94) | .64*** (5.12) | .69*** (9.97) | .55** (3.03) | .01 (.38) | .02 (.31) | .17** (2.39) |
| Ever a Parent | −.33** (2.55) | −.21 (1.41) | −.20** (2.46) | −.71*** (3.32) | −.01 (.31) | −.19* (2.17) | −.39*** (4.62) |
| Had Sex by Age 18 | .10 (.88) | .43*** (3.31) | .05 (.74) | .29 (1.56) | .03 (.83) | .04 (.52) | .04 (.58) |
| Respondent Education, Work, Income | |||||||
| Education (years) | .10*** (3.63) | −.01 (.33) | .002 (.10) | .22*** (4.79) | −.01 (1.28) | −.01 (.33) | .01 (.36) |
| Work (% last 6 months full-time) | −.002 (1.48) | .002 (.97) | .002 (1.52) | .002 (.55) | .000 (.08) | .002* (2.18) | .003** (2.99) |
| Income (log 1993 family income) | .04 (.88) | .09* (1.90) | .04 (1.35) | .02 (.33) | .01 (.44) | .01 (.42) | −.01 (.52) |
| Respondent Religion | |||||||
| Fundamental Protestant | −.31 (1.63) | −.35 (1.63) | −.21* (1.74) | −.61* (1.93) | .04 (.67) | −.14 (1.09) | −.17 (1.42) |
| Catholic | −.29** (2.37) | −.14 (.95) | .01 (.17) | .20 (.97) | .10* (2.21) | −.13 (1.53) | −.13 (1.61) |
| Jewish, Other, None | −.01 (.05) | ..06 (.27) | −.06 (.55) | .73** (2.33) | .04 (.54) | −.14 (1.17) | −.17 (1.42) |
| Religious Service Attendance | −.04 (.90) | −.27*** (6.11) | −.17*** (6.98) | −.04 (1.56) | −.02 (1.52) | −.05* (1.86) | −.03 (1.12) |
| N | 1658 | 1654 | 1657 | 1652 | 1661 | 1659 | 1658 |
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