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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Q. 2009 Apr 13;50(2):308–335. doi: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01142.x

Table 5.

Adolescent Relationships and Young Adult Relationship Experience

OLS
Logistic
Logistic
Number of Rels UnStd Coeffs. Model 1 Ever Cohab. Odds Ratios Model 2 Ever Marry Odds Ratios Model 3
Adolescent Relationships A
B
A
B
A
B
Pattern
 progression to one/mult (ref)
 stability in one, mult -0.17 -0.13 1.06 1.05 1.46 1.48
 regress 0.19 0.14 0.90 0.84 1.50 1.48
 progression to steady -0.41 * -0.35 0.93 0.88 1.56 * 1.50
 stability in steady -0.43 * -0.38 1.13 1.01 2.29 *** 1.90 *
 no adol. relationships -1.28 *** -1.19 *** 0.58 *** 0.61 *** 0.78 0.89
Qualities
 adolescent intercourse 0.49 *** 0.68 *** 3.24 *** 2.93 *** 2.02 *** 1.70 ***
Demographic Variables
 male (ref)
 female -0.01 1.43 *** 1.92 ***
 age 18-20 (ref)
 age 21-22a -0.08 1.52 *** 1.82 ***
 age 23-25a -0.30 * 1.57 *** 3.08 ***
 two bio/adopt parent fam (ref)
 step-family 0.11 1.99 *** 1.40 *
 single-parent family 0.19 1.84 *** 0.84
 other family type -0.28 2.22 *** 1.76 ***
 white (ref)
 black -0.46 ** 0.55 *** 0.45 ***
 Hispanic -0.63 *** 0.76 * 1.26
 Asian -0.35 0.67 0.76
 other race -0.24 0.98 0.63
 not low-income (ref)
 low-income -0.47 *** 1.50 *** 1.90 ***
 income -0.26 * 1.15 1.39 **
Constant 3.18 *** 3.46 ***

Total N 7258 7232 7218
***

p<.001;

**

p<.01;

*

p<.05

all models account for complex sampling design using stata’s svy commands.