Table 2. Odds Ratios From Logistic Regression Models Predicting Dating.

Variable	Total	Men	Women
Demographic characteristics
Age (in years)	0.97a	0.99	0.93**
Gender (1 = woman)	0 23***
Race
White (ref.)
Black	1.87*	2.51*	1.26
Other race	0.72	1.48	0.15
Marital status
Divorced (ref.)
Widowed	0.58*	0.64	0.44*
Never married	0.34**	0.27**	0.36
Economic resources
College degree	1.80*	2.14*	1.55
Employment (1 = working)	1.10	1.22	0.94
Assets logged	1.06*	1.09**	1.02
Health
Comparative health	1.40*	1.61**	1.21
Drive	1.32	2.49*	0.86
Social ties
Social connectedness	1.06*	1.03	1.10*
Social support	0.97	1.03	0.87
Goodness-of-fit F test (9, 42)	568.90***	724 47***	113.82***
N	1,144	356	788

Note: ref. = reference category.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.

^ap = .06.