Table 2.
Multinomial Logistic Regression Models predicting Stepfather Labeling Group (Odds Ratios)
| (Reference Category) | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delayed Stepfather | Retreat from Stepfather Label | Consistently Mother’s Husband | Retreat from Stepfather Label | Consistently Mother’s Husband | Consistently Mother’s Husband | |
| (vs. Consistently Stepfather) | (vs. Delayed Stepfather) | (vs. Retreat from Stepfather Label) | ||||
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| Female | 1.113 (0.26) | 1.266 (0.28) | 1.373 (0.27) | 1.137 (0.34) | 1.234 (0.35) | 1.085 (0.36) |
| Racea | ||||||
| Hispanic | 1.065 (0.38) | 1.603 (0.42) | 1.551 (0.47) | 1.505 (0.49) | 1.456 (0.56) | 0.968 (.054) |
| Black | 0.620 (0.41) | 1.262 (0.34) | 0.948 (0.46) | 2.036 (0.48) | 1.530 (0.53) | 0.751 (0.51) |
| Other | 0.089 *** (0.73) | 0.980 (0.50) | 0.352 (0.87) | 11.056 ** (0.78) | 3.975 (1.12) | 0.359 (1.02) |
| Age | 1.160 (0.10) | 1.221 * (0.09) | 1.083 (0.10) | 1.052 (0.14) | 0.936 (0.14) | 0.889 (0.11) |
| Mother’s Education b | ||||||
| High school | 0.635 (0.38) | 1.473 (0.46) | 2.792 (0.64) | 2.321 (0.48) | 4.397 * (0.70) | 1.895 (0.78) |
| Some College | 0.588 (0.35) | 2.221 (0.48) | 2.904 (0.72) | 3.773 * (0.53) | 4.933 * (0.76) | 1.308 (0.85) |
| Bachelor’s or more | 0.563 (0.44) | 2.764 * (0.51) | 3.320 (0.70) | 4.909 ** (0.56) | 5.918 * (0.75) | 1.206 (0.84) |
| Income (logged) | 0.990 (0.16) | 1.080 (0.15) | 0.775 * (0.12) | 1.091 (0.21) | 0.783 (0.19) | 0.717 (0.18) |
| Years in Stepfamily | 0.922 ** (0.03) | 0.937 * (0.03) | 0.885 ** (0.04) | 1.016 (0.04) | 0.960 (0.05) | 0.945 (0.05) |
| # of full siblings | 1.101 (0.17) | 0.837 (0.16) | 0.656 * (0.20) | 0.760 (0.25) | 0.595 (0.26) | 0.785 (0.23) |
| # of half siblings | 1.273 (0.13) | 1.021 (.0.14) | 0.931 (0.18) | 0.802 (0.18) | 0.731 (0.20) | 0.912 (0.23) |
| # of step siblings | 0.572 * (0.23) | 0.555 (0.35) | 0.648 (0.27) | 0.971 (0.41) | 1.133 (0.28) | 1.166 (0.41) |
| # of prior father figures | 1.179 (0.20) | 1.001 (0.20) | 1.041 (0.29) | 0.850 (0.26) | 0.883 (0.33) | 1.039 (0.34) |
| Birth was marital | 0.975 (0.39) | 1.230 (0.38) | 0.816 (0.57) | 1.260 (0.47) | 0.836 (0.63) | 0.664 (0.64) |
| Closeness with Mother | 1.052 (0.22) | 0.883 (0.21) | 0.537 * (0.27) | 0.839 (0.26) | 0.510 * (0.28) | 0.608 (0.32) |
| Closeness with Non-Resident Biological Father | 1.249 ** (0.08) | 1.254 * (0.09) | 1.341 * (0.13) | 1.005 (0.12) | 1.074 (0.15) | 1.069 (0.16) |
| Closeness with Stepfather, Wave II | 1.155 (0.14) | 0.997 (0.16) | 1.053 (0.17) | 0.86 (0.19) | 0.91 (0.19) | 1.06 (0.20) |
| N = 1192 | ||||||
Note: Standard Errors are in parentheses;
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001; F(18, 13211.4) = 2.74, p < 0.001; Results are weighted and adjust for clustering and stratification.
a
White is reference group,
b
Less than High school is reference group