Table 2.
Discrete time event history models of union formation: logit regression coefficients and p-values in parentheses
| Union formation | Marriage vs. cohabitation | Marriage after cohabitation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model A | Model B | Model C | Model D | Model E | Model F | Model G | Model H | Model I | |
| Ln (age—15) | 0.841*** (0.000) | 0.661*** (0.000) | 0.676*** (0.000) | 0.746*** (0.000) | 0.745*** (0.000) | 0.741*** (0.000) | −0.230* (0.040) | −0.317** (0.006) | −0.316** (0.006) |
| Ln (65—age) | 1.872*** (0.000) | 1.816*** (0.000) | 1.847*** (0.000) | 0.810*** (0.000) | 0.813*** (0.000) | 0.809*** (0.000) | 0.296* (0.038) | 0.264 (0.061) | 0.268 (0.058) |
| General health | 0.106*** (0.000) | 0.100*** (0.000) | 0.098*** (0.000) | 0.135* (0.012) | 0.135* (0.013) | 0.135* (0.012) | 0.107** (0.008) | 0.104* (0.010) | 0.103* (0.011) |
| Education secondary versus primary | 0.029 (0.491) | −0.002 (0.955) | −0.007 (0.867) | −0.046 (0.655) | −0.035 (0.731) | −0.047 (0.648) | 0.005 (0.951) | −0.012 (0.890) | −0.014 (0.873) |
| Education tertiary versus primary | 0.225*** (0.000) | 0.141** (0.003) | 0.122** (0.010) | 0.113 (0.311) | 0.149 (0.194) | 0.111 (0.326) | 0.408*** (0.000) | 0.361*** (0.000) | 0.349*** (0.000) |
| Working 15+ hours versus no work/school | 0.457*** (0.000) | 0.193** (0.003) | 0.220*** (0.001) | 0.450** (0.003) | 0.419** (0.007) | 0.445** (0.004) | 0.178 (0.166) | 0.090 (0.495) | 0.102 (0.434) |
| Other employed versus no work/school | 0.144 (0.088) | 0.204* (0.016) | 0.188* (0.026) | 0.279 (0.176) | 0.350 (0.096) | 0.282 (0.173) | 0.237 (0.277) | 0.250 (0.254) | 0.245 (0.263) |
| Temporary versus fixed contract | −0.067 (0.182) | 0.026 (0.609) | 0.031 (0.544) | −0.253* (0.033) | −0.262* (0.028) | −0.251* (0.035) | −0.120 (0.249) | −0.086 (0.410) | −0.090 (0.386) |
| In school versus no versus no work/school | −0.623*** (0.000) | −0.431***(0.000) | −0.468*** (0.000) | −0.180 (0.388) | −0.089 (0.679) | −0.173 (0.412) | −0.515* (0.015) | −0.410 (0.059) | −0.424* (0.046) |
| Months worked last 2 years | 0.022*** (0.000) | 0.006 (0.243) | 0.007 (0.178) | −0.008 (0.518) | −0.011 (0.405) | −0.009 (0.504) | 0.031* (0.010) | 0.021 (0.089) | 0.023 (0.066) |
| First income quintile versus third quintile | −0.604*** (0.000) | −0.272 (0.054) | −0.256* (0.044) | ||||||
| Second income quintile versus third quintile | −0.253*** (0.000) | −0.039 (0.735) | −0.182* (0.037) | ||||||
| Fourth income quintile versus third quintile | 0.232*** (0.000) | −0.136 (0.210) | 0.094 (0.224) | ||||||
| Fifth income quintile versus third quintile | 0.366*** (0.000) | −0.127 (0.328) | 0.109 (0.233) | ||||||
| Linear income (1–5) | 0.239*** (0.000) | 0.007 (0.861) | 0.098*** (0.001) | ||||||
| Constant | −11.814*** (0.000) | −10.677*** (0.000) | −11.595*** (0.000) | −7.903*** (0.000) | −7.789*** (0.000) | −7.895*** (0.000) | −3.346*** (0.000) | −2.771*** (0.000) | −3.138*** (0.000) |
| N | 77621 | 77621 | 77621 | 4472 | 4472 | 4472 | 11678 | 11678 | 11678 |
| χ2 | 2240 | 2460 | 2451 | 1625 | 1630 | 1625 | 335 | 348 | 346 |
Note: Controlled for country and year dummies
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001