Table 4.
Coefficients from event history logistic regression models of transition into first marriage for men 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 | −0.06 | 0.05 | 0.95 | 0.10* | 0.05 | 1.10 |
| Religious affiliation (ref: Evangelicals) | ||||||
| Mainline Protestant | 0.12 | 0.13 | 1.13 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 1.19 |
| Catholic | −0.39** | 0.12 | 0.68 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 1.07 |
| Jewish | −0.13 | 0.51 | 0.88 | −0.38 | 0.38 | 0.68 |
| Mormon | 0.18 | 0.32 | 1.20 | 0.34 | 0.45 | 1.40 |
| Unaffiliated | −0.22 | 0.15 | 0.80 | −0.08 | 0.14 | 0.92 |
| Other | −0.42 | 0.36 | 0.66 | −0.18 | 0.34 | 0.84 |
| Attends services weekly | 0.74*** | 0.12 | 2.10 | 0.76*** | 0.10 | 2.15 |
| Parental religiosity index | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.02 | −0.01 | 0.03 | 0.99 |
| Race-ethnicity (ref: NH White) | ||||||
| NH Black | −1.35*** | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0.81 | 1.56 |
| Hispanic | 0.04 | 0.18 | 1.04 | −0.23 | 0.24 | 0.80 |
| Other | −0.11 | 0.27 | 0.90 | −0.51 | 0.53 | 0.60 |
| Educational attainment (ref: high sch.) | ||||||
| Less than high school | −0.29* | 0.14 | 0.75 | −0.28 | 0.18 | 0.76 |
| Associate’s degree | 0.40† | 0.24 | 1.49 | 0.39* | 0.16 | 1.48 |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 0.53† | 0.27 | 1.70 | 0.46*** | 0.11 | 1.58 |
| Enrolled in school (=1) | −0.11 | 0.11 | 0.89 | 0.25† | 0.13 | 1.28 |
| Employment status (ref: not employed) | ||||||
| Part-time | 0.20 | 0.15 | 1.22 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 1.27 |
| Full-time | 0.90*** | 0.15 | 2.46 | 0.77*** | 0.15 | 2.16 |
| Annual earnings | 0.06*** | 0.02 | 1.06 | 0.04* | 0.02 | 1.04 |
| Other market characteristics | ||||||
| Sex composition (% opposite-sex) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.01 | −0.03 | 0.02 | 0.97 |
| Educational concentration | −0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Economic attractiveness | −0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Religious diversity index | −0.01 | 0.09 | 0.99 | −0.19† | 0.10 | 0.83 |
| Cultural conservatism (% vote for Bush 2004) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.01 | −0.01† | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| Constant | −3.59 | 2.32 | 0.48 | 2.41 | ||
| Person-years | 23928 | 16099 | ||||
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