Table 4a.

Logistic regression predicting the intention to have a(nother) birth, by parity (women)

	Parity 0		Parity 1		Parity 2		Parity 3+
	Controls	Controls + attitudes	Controls	Controls + attitudes	Controls	Controls + attitudes	Controls	Controls + attitudes

Ethnicity and Nativity (Reference = NH White)
Hispanic, native-born	0.146	0.140	0.224	0.224	−0.266	−0.283	0.811^**	0.862^**
Hispanic, foreign-born	0.945^**	0.722^**	0.636^**	0.461^*	1.102^**	0.962^**	1.293^**	1.140^**
Control Variables
Age	−0.170^**	−0.173^**	−0.169^**	−0.173^**	−0.206^**	−0.207^**	−0.213^**	−0.214^**
Years of Education	0.117^**	0.121^**	0.101^**	0.112^**	0.036	0.039	−0.033	−0.022
Income (Reference = $75,000+)
Less than $25,000	−0.467^**	−0.479^**	−0.447^{^}	−0.447^{^}	−0.140	−0.153	−0.282	−0.228
$25,000-$49,999	0.033	0.042	−0.254	−0.263	−0.188	−0.200	−0.289	−0.249
$50,000−74,999	−0.144	−0.228	−0.119	−0.113	−0.375	−0.378	0.099	0.159
Religion raised (Reference = Protestant)
No religion	−0.695^**	−0.566^**	−0.192	−0.140	−0.131	−0.116	−0.125	−0.115
Catholic	0.020	0.071	0.224	0.250	0.269	0.273	−0.229	−0.272
Other religion	−0.261	−0.216	0.016	−0.042	0.531	0.513	0.908^*	0.829^*
Social value of children
Rewards worth costs¹	–	0.980^**	–	0.315^*	–	−0.017	–	0.119
Cannot be happy²	–	0.692^**	–	0.459^**	–	0.198	–	0.291^*
N	3,008	3,008	1,153	1,153	1,213	1,213	1,095	1,095

^**

p < 0.01;

p < 0.05;

^{^}

p < 0.10 two tailed

“The rewards of being a parent are worth it, despite the cost and the work it takes.” (1) strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) agree, or (4) strongly agree.

“People can’t be happy unless they have children.” (1) strongly disagree, (2) disagree, (3) agree, or (4) strongly agree.