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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2011 Oct;73(5):1149–1164. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00869.x

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Models of Transition Among Coresidential Households (N = 9,932 households and 39,698 observations)

Predictor Model 1 Model 2

β OR β OR

Multigenerational HHa −0.51*** 0.60 −0.31** 0.74
Income inequalityb 0.32 1.38 1.56* 4.74
Income inequality × multigenerational HH −1.78** 0.17
Duration of living arrangement (years) −0.14*** 0.87 −0.14*** 0.87
Duration of living arrangement (squared) 0.00*** 1.00 0.00*** 1.00
No. of adults in HH 0.12** 1.12 0.11** 1.12
Income-to-poverty ratio 0.01 1.01 0.01 1.01
HH contains immigrant newcomersa 0.15 1.16 0.13 1.14
HH contains other immigrantsa 0.08 1.08 0.08 1.08
At least one HH member is:
 Age 65 or oldera 0.36*** 1.44 0.39*** 1.44
 Has child age 0–4a 0.18* 1.19 0.18* 1.20
Divorced or widoweda 0.38*** 1.46 0.37*** 1.44
 Single parenta −0.14 0.87 −0.14 0.87
Life course transitions occurring in the HH since the last interview
Number of persons who changed marital status 2.09*** 8.12 2.09*** 8.10
Births 0.03 1.03 0.03 1.03
Number of persons who turned age 18 0.68*** 1.97 0.68*** 1.98
Characteristics of HH reference person
 Age −0.02*** 0.98 −0.02*** 0.98
 Malea(reference = female) 0.13* 1.14 0.13* 1.13
Education (reference = not a high school graduate)
 High school graduatea −0.05 0.95 −0.05 0.95
 Some collegea −0.05 0.95 −0.05 0.95
 College graduatea −0.07 0.93 −0.05 0.95
 Number of children borne or fathered 0.08*** 1.08 0.08*** 1.08
Race/ethnicity (reference = non-Hispanic White)
 Blacka −0.14* 0.87 −0.13* 0.87
 Mexicana −0.28** 0.76 −0.27* 0.77
 Other Hispanica −0.09 0.91 −0.09 0.91
 Asiana −0.17 0.84 −0.18 0.84
Intercept −0.80*** 0.45 −0.85*** 0.43
N 39,698 39,698

Note. See Table 1 for description of data and sample. OR = odds ratio.

a

Coded as 1 = yes and 0 = no.

b

Income inequality ranged from 0 (low inequality) to .25 (high inequality).

***

p< .001.

**

p< .01.

*

p< .05.