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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care Res Rev. 2016 Jan 12;73(6):752–768. doi: 10.1177/1077558715625560

Table 4.

Logistic Regression Results (Odds Ratios) for EBI Coverage among Non-working Partners, United States, 2008-2012 (n=270,406)

Model 1:
4 State Policy
Categories
Model 2:
Domestic Partnerships
and Civil Unions
Combined
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Couple Type (ref=different-sex couple)
 Same-sex couple .22 .20-.25 .22 .19-.25
Policy (ref=no policy)
 Domestic partnership .89 .78-1.01 -- --
 Civil union .99 .86-1.13 -- --
 Domestic partnership or civil union -- -- .93 .84-1.03
 Marriage .89 .80-.99 .91 .83-1.00
Couple Type * Policy
 Same-sex couple *Domestic partnership 1.95 1.50-2.53 -- --
 Same-sex couple * Civil union 1.04 .60-1.82 -- --
 Same-sex couple * Domestic partnership or
 civil union
-- -- 1.78 1.40-2.28
 Same-sex couple * Marriage 1.93 1.33-2.78 1.93 1.34-2.79
Survey Year (ref=2008)
 2009 .95 .91-.99 .95 .91-.99
 2010 .92 .88-.96 .92 .88-.96
 2011 .88 .84-.91 .87 .84-.91
 2012 .87 .84-.91 .87 .83-.91
Partner’s Age 1.04 1.04-1.04 1.04 1.04-1.04
Partner's sex (ref=male)
 Female partner 2.45 2.39-2.52 2.45 2.39-2.52
Partner’s Race/Ethnicity (ref=NH White)
 African-American .55 .52-.58 .55 .52-.58
 Asian .94 .89-.99 .94 .89-.99
 Latino .50 .48-.52 .50 .48-.52
 Other Race or Multiracial .83 .75-.92 .83 .75-.92
Household income (in 2012 dollars) 1.00 1.00-1.00 1.00 1.00-1.00
Partner's education (ref=less than HS)
 HS degree 1.66 1.60-1.73 1.66 1.60-1.73
 Some college 2.02 1.94-2.10 2.02 1.94-2.10
 Bachelor's degree 2.38 2.27-2.50 2.38 2.28-2.50
 Advanced degree 2.23 2.11-2.37 2.23 2.11-2.37
Presence of children in household (ref=no)
 Yes 1.70 1.65-1.74 1.70 1.65-1.74
Health Status
 Cognitive difficulty .95 .87-1.04 .95 .87-1.04
 Ambulatory difficulty 1.06 .98-1.14 1.05 .98-1.14
 Independent living difficulty 1.15 1.04-1.27 1.15 1.04-1.27
 Self-care difficulty .99 .99 .87-1.12
 Vision or hearing difficulty .82 .82 .76-.88
State fixed effects Not
reported
Not
reported
Not
reported
Not
reported
Constant .32 .28-.36 .32 .28-.36
N 270,406 270,406
Log Likelihood −85,287 −85,289
Post tests: Differential impacts of social
policies
 samesex*dp=samesex*civil union p=.037 --
 samesex*dp=samesex*marriage p=.957 --
 samesex*civil union=samesex*marriage p=.061 --
 samesex*dp and civil union
 =samesex*marriage
-- p=.704

Source: IPUMS-USA, American Community Survey 2008-2012