Table 5. OLS regression coefficients estimating the association of union history with age 40 self-assessed health: Women who had a nonmarital birth at age 35 or younger (imputed data).

	Age 40 Self-Assessed Health
	Total Sample	Black Women
	1.	2.
Union history
Never married but cohabited with biological father	0.088 (0.126)	0.298 (0.192)
Never married but cohabited with new partner	-0.172 (0.171)	-0.022 (0.199)
Married biological father and it endured	0.327** (0.104)	0.341* (0.141)
Married biological father and it ended	0.220+ (0.126)	0.333+ (0.185)
Married new partner and it endured	0.082 (0.096)	0.008 (0.120)
Married new partner and it ended	0.168 (0.111)	0.318* (0.148)
(Never married and never cohabited = Ref)	---	---
Constant	2.438*** (0.257)	2.349*** (0.294)
n	1,275	799

Notes: + p< .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p <.01;

^***p < .001 (two-tailed tests);

Unstandardized OLS regression coefficients (standard errors in parentheses);

Models control for US nativity, age and cohabitation status at first birth, r mother's educational attainment, poverty status, cognitive ability, health limitations in 1979, and family composition at age 14. Model 1 also controls for race/ethnicity and Hispanic X U.S. nativity status.