Table 4.
Divorce that Wife Wanted More Relative to Stayed Together1 | Divorce that Husband Wanted More Relative to Stayed Together1 | Wald Test that Coefficient is Significantly Different for Divorce that Wives v. Husbands Wanted | |||||||
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M1 | M2 | M3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | |
# Months Wife Employed previous 2 years, lagged 1 year | 1.010 | 1.009 | 1.005 | 1.010 | 1.007 | 1.007 | −0.017 | −0.210 | 0.268 |
# Months Husband Employed previous 2 years, lagged 1 year | 0.976* | 0.979* | 0.978* | 0.964* | 0.966* | 0.962* | −1.219 | −1.316 | −1.651 |
Wife’s Better Off Divorced Scale | 1.626* | 1.349* | 1.212* | 0.946 | −2.988* | −1.677 | |||
Husband’s Better Off Divorced Scale | 1.155* | 0.999 | 1.492* | 1.093 | 2.560* | 0.459 | |||
Wife’s Better Off Divorced * | |||||||||
Employed (interaction effect) | 1.012* | 1.015 | 0.372 | ||||||
Husband’s Better Off Divorced * | |||||||||
Employed (interaction effect) | 1.008 | 1.018* | 1.006 | ||||||
Wife’s Education (< high school = reference) | |||||||||
High School Graduate | 0.786 | 0.839 | 0.839 | 1.039 | 0.934 | 0.939 | 0.775 | 0.296 | 0.313 |
Some College | 0.817 | 0.899 | 0.904 | 0.918 | 0.862 | 0.901 | 0.306 | −0.115 | −0.008 |
College Degree | 0.735 | 0.798 | 0.807 | 1.230 | 1.130 | 1.170 | 1.250 | 0.861 | 0.917 |
Husband’s Education (< high school = reference) | |||||||||
High School Graduate | 1.175 | 1.239 | 1.212 | 1.112 | 1.123 | 1.117 | −0.159 | −0.282 | −0.234 |
Some College | 1.065 | 1.117 | 1.088 | 1.035 | 1.027 | 1.030 | −0.079 | −0.233 | −0.152 |
College Degree | 0.914 | 1.019 | 0.987 | 0.921 | 0.976 | 0.992 | 0.018 | −0.106 | 0.011 |
Wife 3 or more Years Older than Husband (0,1) | 0.950 | 0.875 | 0.882 | 2.106* | 1.939* | 2.012* | 1.876 | 1.835 | 1.898 |
Wife’s Age at Marriage in Years | 0.921* | 0.921* | 0.919* | 0.984 | 0.982 | 0.976 | 2.432* | 2.378* | 2.251* |
Marriage Duration in century months | 0.993* | 0.993* | 0.993* | 0.996* | 0.996* | 0.996* | 2.365* | 2.257* | 2.099* |
Children present that are not husband’s (0,1) | 0.705 | 0.717 | 0.697 | 1.560 | 1.738* | 1.685* | 2.097* | 2.330* | 2.343* |
Children present that are not wife’s (0,1) | 0.934 | 0.976 | 0.948 | 0.853 | 0.802 | 0.787 | −0.263 | −0.573 | −0.534 |
Premarital conception of first birth to couple (0,1) | 1.105 | 1.003 | 1.000 | 0.875 | 0.850 | 0.868 | −0.746 | −0.518 | −0.441 |
Either wife or husband Black (0,1) | 1.553* | 1.078 | 1.064 | 0.782 | 0.557 | 0.534* | −2.049* | −1.848 | −1.947 |
Husband from disrupted household (0,1) | 1.123 | 1.158 | 1.131 | 1.273 | 1.239 | 1.215 | 0.526 | 0.286 | 0.311 |
Wife from disrupted household (0,1) | 1.305* | 1.250 | 1.235 | 1.087 | 1.085 | 1.101 | −0.802 | −0.608 | −0.501 |
Wife previously divorced (0,1) | 1.696* | 1.797* | 1.844* | 0.893 | 0.908 | 0.919 | −1.985* | −2.217* | −2.224* |
Husband previously divorced (0,1) | 1.537* | 1.501* | 1.499* | 1.420 | 1.391 | 1.456 | −0.300 | −0.290 | −0.111 |
Wife ever cohabited (0,1) | 1.350* | 1.310 | 1.328 | 1.250 | 1.223 | 1.212 | −0.245 | −0.225 | −0.298 |
Husband ever cohabited (0,1) | 1.115 | 1.089 | 1.091 | 0.969 | 0.975 | 0.976 | −0.437 | −0.359 | −0.359 |
Number and Age of Children | |||||||||
Number of children 0 to 1 | 0.843 | 0.856 | 0.854 | 0.847 | 0.822 | 0.815 | 0.020 | −0.163 | −0.182 |
Number of children 2 to 5 | 1.104 | 1.064 | 1.088 | 1.106 | 1.068 | 1.082 | 0.007 | 0.024 | −0.034 |
Number of children 6 to 12 | 1.040 | 1.062 | 1.073 | 1.052 | 1.095 | 1.107 | 0.091 | 0.240 | 0.256 |
Number of children 13 to 18 | 0.950 | 0.934 | 0.935 | 1.008 | 0.998 | 1.009 | 0.423 | 0.490 | 0.559 |
Odds Ratios predicting divorce that wife or husband wanted more, relative to reference category of couple staying together.
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