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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2012 May 30;41(6):1480–1494. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.012

Table 4.

Hazard Ratios for Interactions by Parents’ Marital Status at Offsrping’s Birth and Father’s Education and Race, and by Fathers’ Education, Offspring’s Gender, and Select Covariates (N =11,180)a

Race/Ethnicity Interaction (ref=NMB & White)
 Parents’ NMB & African American 2.19 ***
 Parents’ NMB & Hispanic 1.87 ***
 Parents’ NMB & Other .96
 Parents’ MB & White .79
 Parents’ MB & African American 2.25 ***
 Parents’ MB & Hispanic 1.24
 Parents’ MB & Other 1.05
Interactions with Fathers’ (and Mothers’) Education
Fathers’ Education Interactionb (ref=NMB & Low education)
 Parents’ NMB & High education .81 *
 Parents’ MB & High education .73 ***
 Parents’ MB & Low education .86 *
Parents Broke Up by Age 14 & Fathers’ Education (ref=Parents Together by Age 14 & High Education)
 Parents Together & Low Education 1.19 **
 Parents Not Together & Low Education 1.79 ***
 Parents Not Together & High Education 1.51 ***
Mother Worked During Childhood & Mothers’ Education (ref=Mother Worked & High Education)
 Mother Worked & Low Education 1.10
 Mother Did Not Work & High Education .98
 Mother Did Not Work & Low Education .87
Number of Siblings* Fathers’ Education (ref=High Education) 1.04 ***
Age at First Sex ≤ 15 & Fathers’ Education (ref=Age at First Sex > 15 & High Education)
 Age at First Sex > 15 & Low Education 1.19 **
 Age at First Sex ≤ 15 & High Education .00
 Age at First Sex ≤ 15 & Low Education 2.15 **
Interactions with Gender
Parents Broke Up by Age 14 & Gender (ref=Parents Together by Age 14 & Male )
 Parents Together & Female 1.98 ***
 Parents Not Together & Male 1.48 ***
 Parents Not Together & Female 2.95 ***
Mother Worked During Childhood & Gender (ref=Mother Worked & Male)
 Mother Worked & Female 2.03 ***
 Mother Did Not Work & Male .93
 Mother Did Not Work & Female 1.75 ***
Number of Siblings* Gender (ref=Female) .87 ***
Age at First Sex ≤ 15 & Gender (ref=Age at First Sex > 15 & Male)
 Age at First Sex > 15 & Female 1.99 ***
 Age at First Sex ≤ 15 & Male 2.06 *
 Age at First Sex ≤ 15 & Female 4.02 ***

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001

Note: NMB: Nonmarital birth. MB: Marital birth

a

These results are from a pooled sample for men and women and include all covariates. Each interaction model was estimated separately.

b

For simplicity, we refer to those whose fathers had a high school degree or less as low education and those whose fathers had some college or more as high education.