Table 3.

Logistic Regression Analysis of Women’s Partnering Behavior with Community Fixed Effects: Chinese Health and Family Life Survey

	Dependent Variables
	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
	Marry before Age 25			Premarital Sex			2+ Partners			Extramarital Sex
Independent Variables	b	Z	ex	b	Z	ex	b	Z	ex	b	Z	ex
Sex Ratio	.013†	1.792	1.013	.018*	2.017	1.018	.021†	1.761	1.021	.030*	2.134	1.030
Birth Cohort
1950s	Reference			Reference			Reference			Reference
1960s	.825**	4.753	2.281	.404†	1.735	1.498	.442	1.626	1.555	−.142	−.435	.868
1970s	1.382**	6.485	3.983	.845**	3.575	2.328	−.416	−1.362	.660	−.533	−1.417	.587
Education	−.419**	−5.668	.658	.008	.094	1.008	.142	1.382	1.153	.324*	2.491	1.382
Urban Residence at age 14	.180	1.069	1.198	.316†	1.812	1.372	.012	.052	1.012	.015	.049	1.015
Likelihood Ratio Chi-square		80.65			28.95			19.14			12.31
DF		5			5			5			5
N		1,157			1,369			1,300			1,032

Notes: Sex ratio is the estimated number of men ages 18 to 26 per 100 women ages 16 to 24 in the respondent’s community when she was age 20. All models include community fixed effects.

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01 (two-tailed tests)