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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2012 May 11;41(5):1307–1319. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.008

Table 4.

Odds Ratios (OR) from a Multinomial Logistic Regression Predicting Attitudes Toward Co-Residence (“Bad idea” is reference category)

Good idea vs.
Bad idea
It depends vs.
Bad idea
Don’t know vs.
Bad idea
p value
for joint
Wald test
OR Z OR Z OR Z



Vignette Characteristics
Adult child union status (married) < .01
    Cohabiting 0.18 −8.55 0.34 −6.22 0.50 −2.10
    Single 3.34 4.77 2.22 3.25 1.32 0.66
Adult child has young child 1.11 0.65 0.96 −0.27 1.24 0.79 .46
Adult child is man (woman) 1.38 1.96 1.31 1.86 0.91 −0.31 .13
Adult child needs help (parent) 0.60 −3.18 0.85 −1.14 0.67 −1.39 < .01
Indefinite stay (3 months) 0.49 −4.21 0.84 −1.20 1.09 0.30 < .01
Respondent Characteristics
Age, in years 0.97 −4.87 0.98 −3.56 0.96 −3.37 < .01
Male (female) 0.98 −0.14 0.89 −0.76 1.12 0.39 .67
Race and Hispanic ethnicity (Non-Hispanic White) .16
    Non-Hispanic Black 1.08 0.28 0.81 −0.81 1.21 0.40
    Hispanic 1.94 1.99 1.36 0.99 1.63 1.08
    Non-Hispanic Other 2.01 1.73 1.25 0.55 2.19 1.13
Education (college +) .02
    Less than high school 0.66 −1.33 0.56 −2.12 2.66 2.12
    High school graduate 0.73 −1.50 0.73 −1.62 1.79 1.50
    Some college 0.82 −0.86 0.95 −0.25 1.79 1.46
Employment status (employed) .62
    Unemployed 0.86 −0.46 0.97 −0.10 0.37 −1.76
    Not in labor force 1.08 0.39 1.01 0.05 0.76 −0.70
Income in lowest 2 quintiles 0.96 −0.20 1.24 1.30 1.79 1.66 .08
Union status (married) .77
    Cohabiting 1.03 0.07 1.15 0.41 1.28 0.41
    Widowed 1.05 0.16 1.47 1.35 3.00 1.74
    Divorced or separated 1.34 1.10 1.46 1.65 1.48 0.93
    Single 1.01 0.03 1.10 0.45 0.80 −0.58
Children live in household 0.95 −0.21 0.95 −0.25 0.67 −0.93 .83
Controls
Lives in MSA 1.27 1.12 1.02 0.12 2.29 2.19 .07
Region (Midwest) .06
    Northeast 0.73 −1.31 0.76 −1.31 0.74 −0.71
    South 0.77 −1.28 0.69 −2.07 0.53 −1.89
    West 1.36 1.20 1.46 1.67 0.91 −0.24
Did not have internet before 0.87 −0.74 0.93 −0.47 2.36 2.58 .02

Notes: Variables are described in the text. Reference category in parentheses. Data are weighted. Unweighted N = 3,129.