Table 4.

Fixed Effects Logistic Regression Examining Childbearing Ambivalence Over Eight Survey Waves (N = 601 women; 649 men)

	Women			Men
Variable	Odds Ratio	p value	SE	Odds Ratio	p value	SE
Life Course Approach
Got married	2.22	.000	0.44	1.38	.168	0.33
Had a new birth	0.07	.000	0.02	0.11	.000	0.03
Left school	2.39	.001	0.60	0.69	.154	0.18
Dynamic-Situational Approach
New nonmarital partner	1.63	.003	0.26	1.28	.087	0.19
Lost a partner	1.27	.040	0.15	0.98	.858	0.10
Heard rumors about partner	0.83	.382	0.18	0.81	.392	0.20
Got a good/better job	0.56	.132	0.21	1.18	.371	0.22
Lost job/got worse job	1.34	.609	0.76	1.13	.622	0.28
Spouse got a good/better job	1.57	.008	0.27	1.40	.410	0.57
Spouse lost job/got worse job	0.85	.601	0.26	1.80	.322	1.07
Health improved	0.92	.364	0.08	0.85	.070	0.07
Health declined	0.97	.870	0.20	0.78	.198	0.15
Child died	4.13	.003	1.97	1.14	.805	0.60
Person-waves	3,944			3,848
Log likelihood	−1374.27			−1440.91

Note: All coefficients are expressed as odds ratios.