Table 3.

Logistic Regression of the Likelihood of Being Surgically Sterile (N = 4,567).

Variables	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
Variables	B	SE	Exp(B)	B	SE	Exp(B)	B	SE	Exp(B)
Race/Ethnicity (White)
Black	.42	.08	1.52 ^***	.25	.09	1.29 ^**	−.04	.10	.96
Hispanic	.12	.09	1.13	−.32	.10	.73 ^**	−.28	.11	.76 ^*
Asian	−.72	.27	.49 ^**	−.41	.28	.66	−.29	.29	.75
Native American	.89	.21	2.43 ^***	.69	.22	1.99 ^**	.54	.25	1.72 ^*
Socioeconomic status
Years of education				−.16	.01	.85 ^***	−.09	.02	.91 ^***
Household income				−.05	.01	.95 ^**	−.05	.02	.95 ^**
Life course
Age							.09	.01	1.10 ^***
Union status
Ever married							−.19	.10	.83
Employment status (Not employed)
In school							−.31	.19	.73
Part-time							−.51	.12	.60 ^***
Full-time							−.21	.09	.81 ^*
Fertility History
Pregnant younger than 18							.32	.09	1.37 ^**
Ever unplanned pregnancy							.28	.08	1.32 ^**
Parity (No children)
1 child							.14	.15	1.15
2 children							1.07	.13	2.91 ^***
3+ children							1.24	.14	3.46 ^***
Partner vasectomy							−1.23	.14	.29 ^***
Values
Religiosity							.00	.01	1.00
Catholic							−.38	.09	.68 ^***
Importance of motherhood							.01	.02	1.01
Importance of successful career							.10	.05	1.10 ^*
Importance of leisure							−.04	.05	.96
Constant	−1.06	.04	^***	1.71	.21		−3.14	.45	^***

Pseudo R²	.01			.05			.16
BIC	5562.9			5359.1			4884.9

Note: Reference categories in parentheses.

^***

p<.001;

^**

p>.01;

p<.05.