Table 2.
Coefficients from Ordinary Least Squares Regression Models Predicting CES-D Score
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A. Coefficients for Relationship Status and Explanatory Variables and Model-fit Statistics from Full Models with Ever-Married Respondents as Reference Group | ||||||
| Relationship Status | ||||||
| Single | .26 | .39* | .55** | .51** | .37* | .20 |
| Unengaged daters | −.22 | −.00 | .19 | .16 | .02 | −.06 |
| Engaged daters | −.65** | −.60* | −.47* | −.51* | −.53* | −.41* |
| Unengaged cohabitors | .09 | .09 | .11 | .09 | .02 | −.04 |
| Engaged cohabitors | .08 | .01 | −.01 | −.03 | −.03 | −.05 |
| Explanatory Variables | ||||||
| CES-D, Wave 1 | .17*** | .16*** | .16*** | .16*** | .13 | |
| Still in high school | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.13 | ||
| Went to college, dropped out | −.70*** | −.71*** | −.72*** | −.70*** | ||
| Two-year college student | −.24 | −.25 | −.23 | −.10 | ||
| Earned Associate’s degree | −.95*** | −.97*** | −.95*** | −.81*** | ||
| Four-year college student | −.83*** | −.85*** | −.81*** | −.59*** | ||
| Earned Bachelor’s degree or higher | −.92*** | −.95*** | −.93*** | −.67*** | ||
| Personal earnings | −.05 | −.05 | −.05 | −.02 | ||
| Co-resident child(ren) | −.10 | −.08 | .01 | |||
| Zero sex partners in last year | .14 | .07 | ||||
| Two or more sex partners in last year | .53*** | .39** | ||||
| Self-image | −.59*** | |||||
| Constant | 7.41*** | 6.56*** | 5.59*** | 5.61*** | 5.37*** | 15.08*** |
| R-squared | .04 | .14 | .15 | .15 | .15 | .25 |
| Panel B. Coefficients for Relationship Status Variables from Full Models with First Married at Ages 22–26 as Reference Group | ||||||
| Single | .58** | .52** | .55** | .53** | .37 | .21 |
| Unengaged daters | .11 | .12 | .20 | .17 | .01 | −.05 |
| Engaged daters | −.32 | −.47 | −.47 | −.49 | −.53 | −.40 |
| Unengaged cohabitors | .41 | .22 | .11 | .10 | .01 | −.03 |
| Engaged cohabitors | .41 | .13 | −.01 | −.01 | −.03 | −.04 |
| First married as a teenager | .65* | .26 | .03 | .04 | .01 | −.02 |
| First married at ages 20 or 21 | .27 | .09 | −.02 | .00 | −.01 | .05 |
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
Notes: Reference groups are ever-married (Panel A) or first married at ages 22–26 (Panel B), never went to college, one sex partner in last year, suburban, White, and normal weight. Models include, but do not display, controls for age, gender, region, urbanicity, race-ethnicity, body mass index classification, physical attractiveness, attractiveness of personality, and work status. Models in Panel B include the same controls as well as the explanatory variables displayed in Panel A. N = 11,636