Table 2.

Means of Variables in Regression Models by Census Division

Region	Nation	New England	Mid Atlantic	E. North Central	W. North Central	South Atlantic	E. South Central	W. South Central	Mountain	Pacific
Number of Own Children Less than Five	1.071	0.833	0.952	1.017	1.121	1.226	1.222	1.258	1.121	1.041
Covariates associated with Potential Childrearing Assistance
Co-resident mother	0.029	0.042	0.034	0.026	0.023	0.029	0.026	0.025	0.017	0.023
Co-resident mother-in-law	0.033	0.048	0.035	0.030	0.026	0.037	0.034	0.027	0.015	0.016
Other co-resident females age 11 and older	0.585	0.583	0.579	0.586	0.571	0.615	0.614	0.534	0.467	0.594
Potential mother-in-law in +/− 5 households	0.063	0.064	0.052	0.059	0.047	0.091	0.090	0.055	0.056	0.019
Covariates associated with Economic Readiness
Mother’s Labor Force Participation	0.043	0.028	0.020	0.011	0.012	0.106	0.105	0.086	0.016	0.016
Father’s Occupational Group
Professional, Technical	0.029	0.028	0.031	0.033	0.032	0.023	0.024	0.027	0.032	0.046
Farmers and Farm Operatives	0.424	0.187	0.198	0.457	0.615	0.477	0.603	0.597	0.311	0.334
Managers, Official, Proprietors	0.066	0.090	0.096	0.068	0.060	0.037	0.031	0.039	0.074	0.121
Clerical and Sales	0.032	0.046	0.052	0.034	0.026	0.019	0.012	0.018	0.027	0.046
Craftsmen	0.136	0.196	0.215	0.148	0.103	0.087	0.058	0.055	0.133	0.161
Apprentices, Operatives	0.103	0.258	0.175	0.094	0.052	0.052	0.033	0.025	0.153	0.128
Service Workers	0.014	0.017	0.022	0.011	0.009	0.012	0.008	0.010	0.013	0.025
Farm Laborers	0.052	0.026	0.028	0.029	0.016	0.122	0.112	0.085	0.046	0.018
Laborers	0.126	0.131	0.164	0.111	0.073	0.155	0.101	0.127	0.191	0.104
No Occupational Response	0.017	0.022	0.019	0.016	0.015	0.017	0.018	0.018	0.021	0.018
Average Value of Farms in County ($10,000)	0.365	0.435	0.635	0.331	0.214	0.384	0.125	0.110	0.239	0.583
Proportion of children age 8-14 in school	0.535	0.687	0.608	0.632	0.614	0.350	0.364	0.300	0.371	0.578
Covariates associated with Cultural “Willingness”
Proportion of Children Biblically Named	0.301	0.268	0.314	0.260	0.272	0.351	0.350	0.321	0.254	0.267
Race and Nativity
White	0.883	0.992	0.986	0.987	0.973	0.634	0.679	0.694	0.992	0.995
Black	0.117	0.008	0.014	0.014	0.027	0.366	0.321	0.306	0.008	0.005
Native Born White of Native Parentage	0.599	0.539	0.475	0.479	0.524	0.895	0.842	0.706	0.445	0.363
Irish	0.076	0.186	0.156	0.056	0.051	0.016	0.012	0.015	0.047	0.150
German	0.094	0.021	0.131	0.161	0.123	0.024	0.020	0.041	0.040	0.106
British	0.040	0.055	0.063	0.049	0.040	0.008	0.005	0.009	0.185	0.079
Canadian	0.029	0.109	0.022	0.044	0.032	0.001	0.001	0.003	0.034	0.052
Scandinavian	0.015	0.004	0.004	0.022	0.055	0.000	0.000	0.002	0.064	0.019
French	0.005	0.002	0.007	0.007	0.005	0.001	0.002	0.009	0.005	0.015
Other Foreign Born	0.019	0.007	0.017	0.028	0.030	0.004	0.004	0.029	0.049	0.055
Second Generation Irish	0.027	0.029	0.048	0.029	0.027	0.010	0.009	0.011	0.019	0.031
Second Generation German	0.023	0.003	0.032	0.040	0.026	0.010	0.007	0.011	0.010	0.018
Second Generation British	0.070	0.040	0.074	0.092	0.087	0.031	0.054	0.081	0.081	0.090
Second Generation Canadian	0.007	0.018	0.007	0.011	0.010	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.013	0.013
Second Generation Scandinavian	0.056	0.026	0.052	0.073	0.072	0.027	0.051	0.077	0.053	0.067
Second Generation French	0.003	0.001	0.004	0.005	0.003	0.001	0.001	0.006	0.003	0.005
Second Generation Other Foreign Born	0.037	0.009	0.011	0.035	0.040	0.022	0.081	0.125	0.028	0.040
Other Covariates
Residence Type
Rural	0.817	0.712	0.707	0.807	0.834	0.915	0.921	0.894	0.947	0.881
Urban less than 10,000	0.053	0.034	0.070	0.084	0.052	0.023	0.023	0.029	0.013	0.038
Urban 10,000-100,000	0.077	0.227	0.100	0.073	0.063	0.041	0.034	0.018	0.040	0.080
Urban, 100,000+	0.053	0.027	0.122	0.036	0.052	0.022	0.022	0.059	0.000	0.000
Demographic Control Variables
Mother’s Age 20-24	0.149	0.095	0.115	0.136	0.152	0.182	0.197	0.215	0.191	0.140
Age 25-29	0.206	0.179	0.194	0.203	0.207	0.217	0.223	0.233	0.230	0.197
Age 30-34	0.198	0.199	0.203	0.199	0.203	0.191	0.189	0.191	0.203	0.202
Age 35-39	0.185	0.204	0.197	0.188	0.185	0.174	0.169	0.161	0.170	0.194
Age 40-44	0.147	0.177	0.161	0.152	0.142	0.134	0.127	0.117	0.123	0.155
Age 45-49	0.115	0.147	0.130	0.122	0.111	0.101	0.096	0.084	0.083	0.113
Age Differential from Spouse	5.457	4.710	4.689	5.413	5.705	5.747	5.974	6.269	6.733	7.643
Prior Fertiity (number of children age 5 and older)	2.230	1.959	2.096	2.228	2.301	2.377	2.415	2.270	2.047	2.239

Notes: Universe includes all currently married women age 20-49 with spouse present with one or more own child with a valid first name.

Source: Minnesota Population Center (2015)