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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Inq. 2011 May 1;81(2):260–271. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00371.x

Table 2.

Event History Analysis Estimates of the Relative Risk of Transitioning VS. Remaining Single & Cohabiting VS. Marrying (N = 275; Person-Months = 21,252)

Model 1 Model 2
Cohabit v.
Remain Single
Marry v.
Remain
Single
Cohabit
v. Marry
Cohabit v.
Remain Single
Marry v.
Remain
Single
Cohabit
v. Marry
Independent Variables Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio Odds Ratio
Young Adult Child (YAC) Cohabits^ 1.22 0.15 ** 8.06 ** 0.94 0.16 ** 5.73 *
Cohabitation Attitudes 1.17 0.86 1.36
Female 0.22 * 0.54 0.41
YAC Female 1.28 0.71 1.80
Black or Hispanic 0.63 0.20 * 3.10
Never Marrieda 0.24 0.26 0.96
Widoweda 0.52 0.86 0.61
Age at YAC 18th Birthday 0.93 0.86 ** 1.08
Child Under 18 in HH 0.37 * 1.81 0.20 *
Education 0.92 0.75 1.22
Income (Logged) 1.07 1.23 0.86

Note: All outcome contrasts shown

^

Time-varying covariate;

a

Divorced/separated reference group

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001 for two-tailed test