Table 2.
Odds Ratios from Logit Regression Models Predicting Timing of First Marriage
| M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Protestant | 1.366*** | 1.159* | 1.034 | .971 | .948 | .953 | .937 | .944 |
| Black Protestant | 1.142 | .968 | .858 | .804 | .819 | .819 | .830 | .833 |
| Mainline Protestant | 1.090 | .936 | .842 | .797* | .807† | .814† | .818† | .827 |
| Catholic, Wave 1 | 1.027 | .878† | .792* | .753* | .759* | .762* | .775* | .780* |
| Mormon (LDS) | 2.169*** | 1.785*** | 1.573** | 1.472* | 1.510* | 1.533** | 1.348† | 1.370† |
| Jewish | .798 | .690 | .626† | .608† | .638† | .648† | .689 | .703 |
| Other religion | 1.306*** | 1.113 | .996 | .938 | .940 | .946 | .924 | .933 |
| Attended religious services a few times a year | 1.177** | 1.146* | 1.144* | 1.150* | 1.157* | 1.126* | 1.135* | |
| Attended religious services 1–3 times a month | 1.154* | 1.097 | 1.083 | 1.088 | 1.102 | 1.061 | 1.076 | |
| Attended religious services weekly or more | 1.266*** | 1.182** | 1.160* | 1.157* | 1.177** | 1.071 | 1.089 | |
| Religion fairly unimportant | 1.040 | 1.037 | 1.039 | 1.041 | 1.041 | 1.044 | ||
| Religion fairly important | 1.146 | 1.095 | 1.090 | 1.097 | 1.075 | 1.081 | ||
| Religion very important | 1.234* | 1.155 | 1.143 | 1.150 | 1.077 | 1.078 | ||
| Believes scriptures are word of God without mistakes | 1.176*** | 1.163*** | 1.158*** | 1.118** | 1.110* | |||
| School percent conservative Protestant/Mormon | 1.009*** | 1.009*** | 1.009*** | 1.009*** | ||||
| School mean religious service attendance | 1.094 | 1.054 | 1.104 | 1.060 | ||||
| School mean importance of religion | .970 | 1.034 | .914 | .966 | ||||
| School percent believes scriptures are word of God without mistakes | 1.004 | 1.004 | 1.004 | 1.005 | ||||
| Attended non-Catholic religious school | .914 | .911 | .854 | .847 | ||||
| Attended Catholic school | .817 | .832 | .828 | .850 | ||||
| Ever went to college, Wave 4 | .828*** | .806*** | ||||||
| Money important for successful marriage/relationship, Wave 3 | .968*** | .966*** | ||||||
| Cohabited with romantic/sexual partner prior to first marriage for a month or more | 1.022 | .999 | ||||||
| Had premarital sex (sex before age at marriage or before DOI if unmarried) | .946 | .960 | ||||||
| OK to cohabit without intending to marry, Wave 3 | .892*** | .889*** | ||||||
| Would consider nonmarital birth | .991 | .976 | ||||||
| Likelihood of being married by age 25 | 1.189*** | 1.192*** |
Note: N = 14,711 individuals, 100,482 person years, 132 schools;
***
p < .001
**
p < .01
*
p < .05
†
p < .10.
Models control for age (duration), gender, race, natal family income, parent education, parent age at marriage, natal family structure, urbanicity of school, immigrant status, and region of school. Models 5–8 include controls for high school percent black, high school mean income, and high school percent college-educated parent. Reference groups are no religion, never attended religious services, and religion not important at all.