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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Forum (Randolph N J). 2010 Dec 1;25(4):787–803. doi: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01212.x

Table 2.

Logistic Regression of Cohabitation Experience and OLS Regression of Age at First Cohabitation on Delinquency and Controls

Cohabitation Experience (n=914)
Age at First Cohabitation (n=301)
Zero Orders Full Model Zero Orders Full Model
OR OR B B
Delinquencya 2.35*** 2.61*** −.15** −.12*
Agea 1.44*** 1.33***
Female (reference=Male) 1.87*** 2.45*** −.02 −.05
Race/Ethnicity (reference=White)
  African-American 1.75*** 1.06 .11 .15*
  Hispanic 2.04*** 1.09 −.03 −.00
Parents' Incomea .99*** .99* .10 .12
Mother's Education (reference=12 years)
  Less than 12 years 1.77* 1.16 .09 .15*
  More than 12 years .57** .76 .13* .10
Family Type (reference=Married, biological parents)
  Single parent 2.65*** 1.59* −.02 .02
  Cohabiting parent 6.06*** 4.03** −.09 −.06
  Step parent 2.39*** 2.09** −.09 −.15*
  Other parent 4.47*** 1.97* −.08 −.09
Currently in School (reference=Not currently) 4.57*** 1.85** .04 .08
Employment Status (reference=Part-time)
  Unemployed .97 .94 −.29*** −.34***
  Full-time 2.38*** 1.60 −.09 −.11
Adolescents' Incomea 1.00*** 1.00 .09 .07
Religiositya .76*** .83 .07 .02
Been Pregnant/Gotten Someone Pregnant (reference=Never) 7.15*** 2.90*** .02 .01
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001

a

Variable is centered around its mean