Table 3.
Pooled OLS results for selected attitudes (standard errors in parentheses)
| Married Happier | Wife’s Job Bad | Extramarital | Cohabitation No Wed | Marriage if Child | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| B | B | B | B | B | |||
| Constant | 3.32*** (.04) | 2.79*** (.04) | 3.47*** (.02) | 2.46*** (.03) | 3.42*** (.04) | ||
| Survey Year (ref=baseline year) | |||||||
| 1994 | −.09*** (.02) | −.03 (.02) | .14*** (.01) | −.31*** (.02) | |||
| 1998 | .06*** (.01) | ||||||
| 2002 | −.09*** (.02) | −1.06*** (.02) | −.14*** (.01) | −.56*** (.02) | |||
| 2008 | .12*** (.01) | ||||||
| Country (ref=US) | |||||||
| Austria | −.21*** (.03) | .79*** (.03) | −.30*** (.02) | −.92*** (.03) | −.47*** (.03) | ||
| Great Britain | −.48*** (.02) | .08** (.03) | −.06*** (.02) | −.69*** (.03) | −.40*** (.03) | ||
| Hungary | .09*** (.02) | .71*** (.03) | −.31*** (.02) | −1.05*** (.03) | −.50*** (.03) | ||
| Ireland | −.43*** (.03) | .18*** (.03) | .01 (.02) | −.28*** (.03) | −.26*** (.03) | ||
| Netherlands | −.89*** (.02) | .19*** (.03) | .17*** (.01) | −1.10*** (.03) | −1.04*** (.03) | ||
| West Germany | −.35*** (.02) | .53*** (.03) | −.35*** (.01) | −.82*** (.03) | −.28*** (.02) | ||
| Australia | −.07*** (.01) | −.60*** (.03) | |||||
| East Germany | −.34*** (.02) | −.85*** (.04) | |||||
| Italy | −.25*** (.02) | ||||||
| New Zealand | .06*** (.02) | −.48*** (.03) | |||||
| Norway | .05*** (.01) | −.76*** (.03) | |||||
| Poland | −.03* (.02) | −.42*** (.03) | |||||
| Slovenia | −.38*** (.02) | −.57*** (.03) | |||||
| Northern Ireland | −.30*** (.04) | ||||||
| Sweden | −1.19*** (.03) | ||||||
| Czech Republic | −.49*** (.03) | ||||||
| Bulgaria | −.38*** (.03) | ||||||
| Russia | −.55*** (.03) | ||||||
| Israel | −.27*** (.03) | ||||||
| Japan | −.05 (.03) | ||||||
| Female | −.26*** (.01) | −.09*** (.02) | .17*** (.01) | .03** (.01) | −.10*** (.01) | ||
| Age | .01*** (.00) | .01*** (.00) | .00*** (.00) | .02*** (.00) | .02*** (.00) | ||
| Marital Status (ref=Married) | |||||||
| Widowed | −.09*** (.03) | −.10*** (.03) | −.01 (.01) | −.12*** (.02) | −.07* (.03) | ||
| Divorce/Separated | −.54*** (.03) | −.23*** (.03) | −.23*** (.01) | −.47*** (.02) | −.38*** (.03) | ||
| Never Married | −.55*** (.02) | −.23*** (.02) | −.18*** (.01) | −.25*** (.02) | −.25*** (.02) | ||
| College education | .00 (.02) | −.24*** (.02) | −.14*** (.01) | −.11** (.01) | −.10*** (.02) | ||
| Employed | −.09*** (.01) | −.15*** (.02) | −.10*** (.01) | −.12*** (.01) | −.12*** (.02) | ||
| Partner Employed | −.09*** (.02) | −.13*** (.02) | −.08*** (.01) | −.13*** (.01) | −.09*** (.02) | ||
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| R2 | .20 | .23 | .07 | .19 | .23 | ||
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| N | 27988 | 29577 | 70533 | 47819 | 29667 | ||
Note:
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001; (two-tailed).