Table 4.

Change in Social Ties Following Union Transition between NSFH1–NSFH2

	Relationship with Parents	Contact with Parents	Time with Friends
Panel 1: Excluding union dissolutions
Contrasting union transitions
Married v. single	0.11	−0.23^***	−0.26^***
Cohabiting → married v. single	−0.04	−0.24^***	−0.35^***
Cohabiting v. single	−0.04	−0.19^**	−0.32^***
Married v. cohabiting → married	0.14	0.01	0.09
Married v. cohabiting	0.15	−0.04	0.05
Cohabiting → married v. cohabiting	0.00	−0.06	−0.04
Contrasting time since union formation^a
Recent union v. single	0.01	−0.21^***	−0.35^***
Older union v. single	0.02	−0.23^***	−0.28^***
Recent union v. older union	−0.01	0.02	−0.07
n	1,754	1,756	2,098
Panel 2: Including union dissolutions
Contrasting union transitions
Married v. single	0.09	−0.23^***	−0.24^***
Cohabiting → married v. single	−0.01	−0.21^***	−0.35^***
Cohabiting v. single	0.06	−0.18^***	−0.21^***
Married v. cohabiting → married	0.11	−0.02	0.11
Married v. cohabiting	0.03	−0.05	−0.03
Cohabiting → married v. cohabiting	−0.07	−0.03	−0.14^*
Contrasting time since union formation^a
Recent union v. single	0.02	−0.19^***	−0.30^***
Older union v. single	0.07	−0.21^***	−0.24^***
Recent union v. older union	−0.05	0.02	−0.06
n	2,126	2,123	2,509

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)