Table 2.
Results for all models
| Model A | Model B | Model C | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β Coeff. | 95% CI | β Coeff. | 95% CI | β Coeff. | 95% CI | ||||
| 1. Age at puberty (n = 249) | |||||||||
| Father absent <16 | −0.30 | −0.85 | 0.25 | ||||||
| Father absent 0–7 | −0.56 | −1.25 | 0.14 | ||||||
| Father absent 8–15 | 0.12 | −0.76 | 0.99 | ||||||
| Death | 0.02 | −0.74 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Divorce | −0.63 | −1.40 | 0.14 | ||||||
| Wealth | −0.07 | −0.21 | 0.06 | −0.07 | −0.21 | 0.06 | −0.08 | −0.21 | 0.06 |
| Family size | 0.10** | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.10** | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.11** | 0.04 | 0.17 |
| 2. Ideal family size (n = 141) | |||||||||
| Father absent <16 | 0.05 | −0.30 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Father absent 0–7 | −0.01 | −0.48 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Father absent 8–15 | 0.13 | −0.39 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Death | 0.04 | −0.45 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Divorce | 0.06 | −0.43 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Wealth | 0.03 | −0.06 | 0.13 | 0.04 | −0.06 | 0.13 | 0.03 | −0.06 | 0.13 |
| Family size | −0.02 | −0.06 | 0.03 | −0.02 | −0.07 | 0.03 | −0.02 | −0.06 | 0.03 |
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||||
| 3. Progression to marriage (n = 548) | |||||||||
| Father absent <16 | 1.39† | 0.98 | 1.98 | ||||||
| Father absent 0–7 | 1.24 | 0.76 | 2.02 | ||||||
| Father absent 8–15 | 1.56† | 0.97 | 2.52 | ||||||
| Death | 1.29 | 0.82 | 2.02 | ||||||
| Divorce | 1.57 | 0.91 | 2.70 | ||||||
| Wealth | 0.72*** | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.73*** | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.72*** | 0.65 | 0.80 |
| Family size | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
| 4. Progression to first birth (n = 548) | |||||||||
| Father absent <16 | 1.50* | 1.03 | 2.18 | ||||||
| Father absent 0–7 | 1.28 | 0.76 | 2.15 | ||||||
| Father absent 8–15 | 1.77* | 1.07 | 2.91 | ||||||
| Death | 1.56† | 0.96 | 2.52 | ||||||
| Divorce | 1.43 | 0.81 | 2.52 | ||||||
| Wealth | 0.73*** | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.73*** | 0.66 | 0.82 | 0.73*** | 0.65 | 0.82 |
| Family size | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 0.9′8 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.08 |
| 5. Progression from marriage to first birth (n = 328) | |||||||||
| Father absent <16 | 1.21 | 0.73 | 2.00 | ||||||
| Father absent 0–7 | 1.06 | 0.53 | 2.13 | ||||||
| Father absent 8–15 | 1.38 | 0.70 | 2.71 | ||||||
| Death | 1.83† | 0.94 | 3.55 | ||||||
| Divorce | 0.74 | 0.36 | 1.55 | ||||||
| Wealth | 0.91 | 0.79 | 1.04 | 0.91 | 0.79 | 1.04 | 0.91 | 0.80 | 1.04 |
| Family size | 1.07* | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.08* | 1.01 | 1.15 | 1.08* | 1.01 | 1.15 |
| 6. Progression from first to second birth (n = 287) | |||||||||
| Father absent <16 | 1.31 | 0.80 | 2.15 | ||||||
| Father absent 0–7 | 1.76 | 0.87 | 3.53 | ||||||
| Father absent 8–15 | 1.03 | 0.53 | 2.00 | ||||||
| Death | 1.51 | 0.81 | 2.82 | ||||||
| Divorce | 1.08 | 0.51 | 2.29 | ||||||
| Wealth | 0.98 | 0.85 | 1.13 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 1.13 | 0.97 | 0.85 | 1.12 |
| Family size | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 1.05 |
All models are adjusted for ethnicity, birth order, birth order squared, the puberty model adjusts for mother’s age at menarche, EHA models also adjust for year of birth, age and age squared
Ref category: father present. β Coeff. beta coefficient, OR odds ratio, CI 95% confidence intervals
*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, † p < 0.10