Table 3. OLS regression coefficients estimating the effect of a nonmarital first birth on age 40 self-assessed health: Women who had a first birth at age 35 or younger (imputed data).

	Age 40 Self-Assessed Health
	1.	2.
Nonmarital first birth (0 = first birth while married)	-0.142** (0.047)	-0.266*** (0.071)
Control Variables measured in 1979
Foreign born (0 = U.S. native born)	0.172 (0.117)	0.174 (0.117)
Age at first birth	0.013** (0.004)	0.013** (0.004)
Mother's years of education	0.023** (0.007)	0.022** (0.007)
Lived with both biological parents at age 14 (0 = no)	-0.044 (0.037)	-0.045 (0.037)
Poverty (0 = no)	-0.109* (0.042)	-0.112** (0.042)
Cognitive ability (AFQT)	0.008*** (0.001)	0.007*** (0.001)
Hispanic (0 = White)	0.057 (0.055)	0.006 (0.060)
Hispanic X foreign born	-0.071 (0.140)	-0.064 (0.140)
Black (0 = White)	0.064 (0.049)	0.0198 (0.066)
Health limitation	-0.333*** (0.092)	-0.333*** (0.091)
Interactions
Premarital birth X Hispanic	---	0.226* (0.105)
Premarital birth X black	---	0.160 (0.099)
Constant	2.844*** (0.109)	2.871*** (0.110)
n	3,896	3,896

Notes: + p< .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p <.01;

^***p < .001 (two-tailed tests); Unstandardized OLS regression coefficients (standard errors in parentheses)