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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2010 Jun 10;39(5):787–800. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.06.002

Table 1.

Meta-analysis results: Mean (weighted by sample size) logistic regression coefficients relating age at first marriage to first marriage outcomes

Age at first marriage Intact marriage, any quality, vs. divorced Very happy intact marriage vs. all others Completely satisfying intact marriage vs. all others LT very happy intact marriage vs. all others LT completely satisfying intact marriage vs. all others LT completely or very satisfying intact marriage vs. all others
LT 20 -1.02*** -.43*** -.02 -.70*** -.94*** -.75***
20-21 -.59*** -.12 .21+ -.50*** -.63*** -.45***
22-25 -.24* .07+ .29*** -.35*** -.40*** -.13+
26-29 -.14 -.01 .03 -.12* -.12 -.04
30+ (reference) .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
+

p <.10

*

p <.05

**

p <.01

***

p <.001