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