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. 2012 Jun 22;28(3):241–268. doi: 10.1007/s10680-012-9265-2

Table 5.

Multinomial logistic regression estimates (odds ratios) of partner choice among second-generation Turks

First-generation partner is base outcome Model 1 Model 2
2nd generation Native 2nd generation Native
Family factors
 Human capital mother
  Factor score 1.22* 1.44** 1.19* 1.36**
 Human capital father
  Factor score 1.14# 1.52** 1.11 1.41**
 Parents grew up in rural Anatolia 0.83 0.64* 0.90 0.71*
 Number of siblings 0.99 0.84* 0.98 0.84**
Peer factors
 Contact to non-coethnic peers
  Factor score 0.88# 1.60*** 0.82* 1.53*
 Percentage natives secondary school 1.49 0.46 1.75 0.62
 (Percentage natives secondary school)2
  Squared variable 0.95 1.12 0.92 1.05
Individual characteristics
 Cohort
  1970–1974 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  1975–1979 1.58* 0.61# 1.52* 0.62
  1980–1984 2.64*** 0.76 2.28*** 0.69
  1985–1990 2.46** 0.44 2.16* 0.39*
 Completed level secondary education
  No secondary education 0.61 0.26* 0.43** 0.16
  Lower secondary degree 0.62* 0.48* 0.55** 0.38**
  Vocational track 0.77 0.81 0.82 0.82
  General/academic track 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Context variables
 Country
  Sweden 1.00 1.00
  The Netherlands 1.39 0.65
  Belgium 0.69 0.58
  France 0.86 1.53
  Germany 15.7*** 8.86***
  Switzerland 0.93 0.55
  Austria 0.78 0.64
 Size Turkish second generation 18–35 years 15.53* 5.17
 Multicultural immigration policies 0.16** 0.25*
Control variables
 Man 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Woman 0.13# 0.01** 0.17** 0.01**
 Age union formation 1.01 0.96 1.03 0.98
 Age union formation *Woman 1.08# 1.16* 1.07* 1.16*
 Religious upbringing
  No religious upbringing 0.92 2.29** 1.05 2.40*
  Christian 4.76** 15.03*** 6.90*** 20.16***
  Shia 1.08 2.52** 1.43 2.64*
  Sunna 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Observations 1,340 1,340
 Log likelihood −980.5 −1,030.8
 R 2 0.21 0.17

# p < 0.10; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001