Table 3.
Coefficients from event history logistic regression models of transition into first marriage for women by life course stage (ages 18–23 and 24–31), weighted
| Ages 18–23 | Ages 24–31 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE B | OR | B | SE B | OR | |
| Religious market concentration | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.01 | 0.09* | 0.04 | 1.10 |
| Religious affiliation (ref: Evangelicals) | ||||||
| Mainline Protestant | −0.24* | 0.11 | 0.79 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 1.20 |
| Catholic | −0.26* | 0.11 | 0.77 | −0.08 | 0.12 | 0.92 |
| Jewish | −0.23 | 0.36 | 0.79 | −0.24 | 0.34 | 0.79 |
| Mormon | 0.17 | 0.23 | 1.18 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 1.17 |
| Unaffiliated | −0.08 | 0.12 | 0.92 | −0.14 | 0.16 | 0.87 |
| Other | −0.76† | 0.45 | 0.47 | −0.73† | 0.43 | 0.48 |
| Attends services weekly | 0.51*** | 0.09 | 1.67 | 0.46*** | 0.10 | 1.58 |
| Parental religiosity index | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.04 | −0.01 | 0.03 | 0.99 |
| Race-ethnicity (ref: NH White) | ||||||
| NH Black | −1.66*** | 0.25 | 0.19 | −2.72** | 0.87 | 0.07 |
| Hispanic | −0.51* | 0.22 | 0.60 | −0.76*** | 0.22 | 0.47 |
| Other | −0.80*** | 0.22 | 0.45 | −1.19* | 0.56 | 0.30 |
| Educational attainment (ref: high sch.) | ||||||
| Less than high school | −0.36** | 0.11 | 0.70 | −0.17 | 0.18 | 0.84 |
| Associate’s degree | 0.52† | 0.31 | 1.68 | 0.35* | 0.17 | 1.41 |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 0.23 | 0.19 | 1.26 | 0.48*** | 0.11 | 1.62 |
| Enrolled in school (=1) | −0.50*** | 0.10 | 0.61 | −0.05 | 0.12 | 0.95 |
| Employment status (ref: not employed) | ||||||
| Part-time | −0.06 | 0.09 | 0.95 | −0.13 | 0.13 | 0.88 |
| Full-time | 0.17† | 0.10 | 1.19 | −0.02 | 0.12 | 0.98 |
| Annual earnings | 0.03* | 0.01 | 1.03 | 0.05** | 0.02 | 1.06 |
| Other market characteristics | ||||||
| Sex composition (% opposite-sex) | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.02 | −0.02 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| Educational concentration | −0.02† | 0.01 | 0.98 | −0.01† | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| Economic attractiveness | −0.02** | 0.01 | 0.98 | −0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Religious diversity index | −0.10 | 0.09 | 0.90 | −0.03 | 0.08 | 0.98 |
| Cultural conservatism (% vote for Bush 2004) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.01 |
| Constant | −4.49* | 1.91 | −2.23 | 2.57 | ||
| Person-years | 21703 | 13789 | ||||
Note: All models control for age, year, parent’s educational attainment, family structure at age 12, first birth status, metropolitan and regional residence, local age structure, race-ethnic composition, educational composition, annual unemployment rate, % urban, and total population size (logged). Standard errors are adjusted for clustering of respondents within commuting zones using Stata’s <cluster> command.
†
p<0.1
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001