Table 5.
Coefficients from event history multinomial logistic regression models of spouse’s religion by gender, ages 24–31, weighted
| Women, ages 24–31 | Men, ages 24–31 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious homogamy vs. heterogamy |
Religious homogamy vs. unmarried |
Religious homogamy vs. heterogamy |
Religious homogamy vs. unmarried |
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| B | SE B | RRR | B | SE B | RRR | B | SE B | OR | B | SE B | RRR | |
| Religious market concentration | 0.55*** | 0.10 | 1.74 | 0.42*** | 0.08 | 1.52 | 0.57*** | 0.11 | 1.78 | 0.37*** | 0.09 | 1.45 |
| Religious affiliation (ref: Evangelicals) | ||||||||||||
| Mainline Protestant | −1.06*** | 0.26 | 0.35 | −0.46* | 0.19 | 0.63 | −1.63*** | 0.26 | 0.20 | −0.80*** | 0.23 | 0.45 |
| Catholic | −0.43† | 0.25 | 0.65 | −0.36† | 0.19 | 0.70 | −0.32 | 0.25 | 0.73 | −0.14 | 0.17 | 0.87 |
| Jewish | −0.26 | 0.78 | 0.77 | −0.46 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.67 | 1.07 | −0.57 | 0.42 | 0.56 |
| Mormon | −1.41* | 0.64 | 0.24 | −0.87† | 0.47 | 0.42 | −0.63 | 0.79 | 0.53 | −0.22 | 0.52 | 0.80 |
| Unaffiliated | −1.20** | 0.39 | 0.30 | −0.88** | 0.29 | 0.42 | −1.13*** | 0.31 | 0.32 | −0.64* | 0.25 | 0.53 |
| Other | −1.62† | 0.92 | 0.20 | −1.71* | 0.77 | 0.18 | −0.81 | 0.57 | 0.45 | −0.51 | 0.51 | 0.60 |
| Attends services weekly | 0.79** | 0.25 | 2.20 | 0.80*** | 0.14 | 2.22 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 1.34 | 0.90*** | 0.13 | 2.45 |
| Parental religiosity index | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.97 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.98 | 0.10† | 0.06 | 1.11 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 1.07 |
| Educational attainment (ref: high sch.) | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 0.23 | 0.39 | 1.26 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 1.06 | −0.83* | 0.37 | 0.44 | −0.82** | 0.30 | 0.44 |
| Associate’s degree | 0.23 | 0.31 | 1.26 | 0.50* | 0.23 | 1.64 | −0.03 | 0.33 | 0.97 | 0.48* | 0.23 | 1.62 |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 0.16 | 0.22 | 1.18 | 0.61*** | 0.17 | 1.84 | −0.03 | 0.21 | 0.97 | 0.55** | 0.17 | 1.73 |
| Enrolled in school (=1) | 0.46† | 0.24 | 1.59 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 1.22 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 1.16 | 0.30† | 0.18 | 1.34 |
| Employment status (ref: not employed) | ||||||||||||
| Part-time | 0.35 | 0.26 | 1.42 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 1.10 | 0.67† | 0.36 | 1.96 | 0.55* | 0.27 | 1.74 |
| Full-time | 0.35 | 0.25 | 1.42 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 1.19 | 0.57 | 0.37 | 1.76 | 1.01*** | 0.25 | 2.74 |
| Annual earnings | −0.03 | 0.03 | 0.97 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.04 | −0.07† | 0.04 | 0.94 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.02 |
| Other market characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Sex composition (% opposite-sex) | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.04 | −0.00 | 0.04 | 1.00 | −0.12** | 0.04 | 0.88 | −0.09** | 0.03 | 0.92 |
| Educational concentration | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | −0.00 | 0.02 | 1.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 |
| Economic attractiveness | −0.00 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 1.01 |
| Religious diversity index | −0.35† | 0.19 | 0.70 | −0.26† | 0.14 | 0.77 | −0.02 | 0.20 | 0.98 | −0.20 | 0.17 | 0.82 |
| Cultural conservatism (% vote for Bush 2004) |
−0.01 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.02 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| Constant | 4.50 | 5.76 | 0.50 | 3.94 | 7.56 | 5.17 | 3.90 | 3.74 | ||||
| Person-years | 13504 | 15751 | ||||||||||
Note: All models control for race-ethnicity, 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. Race-ethnic differences in assortative mating were not significant; not shown to conserve space.
†
p<0.1
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001