Table 3.

Change in Psychological Well-Being and Health Following Union Transition between NSFH1–NSFH2

	Happiness	Depression	Health	Self-Esteem
Panel 1: Excluding union dissolutions
Contrasting union transitions
Married v. single	0.19^*	−0.24^**	0.08	−0.01
Cohabiting → married v. single	0.38^***	−0.42^***	0.09	0.03
Cohabiting v. single	0.47^***	−0.19	−0.08	0.16^***
Married v. cohabiting → married	−0.19	0.17	−0.01	−0.04
Married v. cohabiting	−0.28^*	−0.06	0.15^*	−0.17^***
Cohabiting → married v. cohabiting	−0.09	−0.23	0.17^**	−0.14^**
Contrasting time since union formation^a
Recent union v. single	0.46^***	−0.39^***	0.06	0.08^*
Older union v. single	0.24^**	−0.23^***	0.04	0.03
Recent union v. older union	0.22	−0.16	0.02	0.05
n	1,682	2,207	2,082	2,149
Panel 2: Including union dissolutions
Contrasting union transitions
Married v. single	0.12	−0.18^**	0.08	−0.01
Cohabiting → married v. single	0.30^***	−0.36^***	0.07	0.04
Cohabiting v. single	0.12	−0.02	−0.02	0.11^***
Married v. cohabiting → married	−0.18	0.17	0.02	−0.05
Married v. cohabiting	0.00	−0.16	0.10^*	−0.12^**
Cohabiting → married v. cohabiting	0.18	−0.33^***	0.08	−0.07
Contrasting time since union formation^a
Recent union v. single	0.32^***	−0.30^***	0.12^**	0.08^*
Older union v. single	0.10	−0.10	0.00	0.04
Recent union v. older union	0.22^**	−0.20^**	0.12^**	0.04
n	2,009	2,646	2,498	2,579

Note. Men and women under age 50 and single at NSFH1. OLS regression coefficients on union transition dummies from fixed effects models, altering contrasts of interest.

Recent unions are those formed within 3 years of NSFH2; older unions are those formed within 4–6 years of NSFH2.

p < .10.

^**

p < .05.

^***

p < .01. (two-tailed)