Table 7.
Two-Level Models Predicting Respondent Attitudes Toward Children’s Behaviors Using Pooled Daughter and Son Measures (t-ratios in parentheses) – Parents only
| 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 | |||||||
| If Son Record | .59*** (10.15) | .60*** (10.19) | .29*** (8.99) | .75*** (11.35) | .16*** (6.89) | .01 (.18) | .04* (1.67) |
| CONTROLS | |||||||
| Social Desirability | |||||||
| If Daughter Asked 1st | −.19 (1.52) | .18 (1.25) | −.03 (.34) | −.71*** (3.54) | .11** (2.51) | .03 (.33) | −.08 (.95) |
| Respondent Gender | |||||||
| If Respondent Male | .33* (2.20) | .36* (1.99) | −.11 (1.01) | −1.51*** (6.13) | −.15** (2.86) | .33*** (3.09) | .13 (1.22) |
| Respondent Family Formation Experience | |||||||
| Currently Married | .00 (0.00) | −.67* (1.65) | −.23 (.99) | .17 (.30) | .02 (.21) | .10 (.42) | .00 (.02) |
| Previously Married | .01 (.01) | −.25 (.57) | −.13 (.49) | .38 (.62) | −.03 (.22) | .30 (1.15) | −.09 (.36) |
| Ever Cohabited | .21 (1.54) | .50** (2.98) | .66*** (6.77) | .54** (2.37) | −.03 (.62) | −.02 (.20) | .19* (1.98) |
| Has Daughters | −.37** (2.76) | −.11 (.68) | .01 (.09) | .33 (1.47) | .00 (.08) | .01 (.10) | .03 (.32) |
| Age of Oldest Child | −.01 (.34) | .02 (.81) | .01 (.77) | −.08* (2.17) | .02** (2.37) | .02 (1.11) | .01 (.79) |
| # of Children Ever Born Or Adopted | −.02 (.28) | −.02 (.15) | −.07 (1.20) | −.27* (1.84) | −.09** (2.93) | .05 (.82) | .02 (.40) |
| Had Sex by Age 18 | .12 (.83) | .52** (2.97) | .14 (1.38) | .25 (1.05) | .01 (.17) | .06 (.54) | .09 (.91) |
| Respondent Education, Work, Income | |||||||
| Education (years) | .03 (.87) | −.08* (1.86) | −.04 (1.57) | .08 (1.26) | −.02 (1.22) | −.01 (.39) | .00 (.17) |
| Work (% last 6 months full-time) | −.001 (.56) | .003 (1.23) | .002 (1.52) | .01 (1.53) | .00 (.96) | .002* (1.70) | .003** (2.33) |
| Income (log 1993 family income) | .09* (1.75) | .10 (1.60) | .05 (1.36) | −.10 (1.10) | .02 (1.24) | .03 (.88) | .00 (.07) |
| Respondent Religion | |||||||
| Fundamental Protestant | −.20 (.91) | −.28 (1.06) | −.23 (1.51) | −.57 (1.60) | .06 (.75) | −.30* (1.97) | −.21 (1.34) |
| Catholic | −.26* (1.70) | .02 (.10) | .05 (.48) | .48* (1.91) | .13** (2.40) | −.09 (.86) | −.09 (.85) |
| Jewish, Other, None | −.09 (.38) | .09 (.31) | −.09 (.53) | .56 (1.37) | −.04 (.44) | −.30* (1.69) | −.21 (1.19) |
| Religious Service Attendance | .01 (.26) | −.22*** (3.76) | −.14*** (4.07) | −.08 (1.05) | −.02 (1.05) | −.06* (1.84) | −.02 (.68) |
| N | 993 | 989 | 993 | 990 | 994 | 994 | 993 |
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