Table 3.

Inequity level and divorce risks in West Germany and in the United States

	West Germany			United States			Pooled
	β	Robust SE	eβ	β	Robust SE	eβ	β	Robust SE	eβ
Objective Equity	−0.017	[0.271]	0.983	0.579	[0.146]***	1.784	0.700	[0.145]***	2.014
West Germany (ref. US)							−0.434	[0.096]***	0.648
West Germany × Inequity							−0.824	[0.304]**	0.439
Log of marriage duration	−0.018	[0.076]	0.982	−0.147	[0.043]***	0.863	−0.141	[0.037]***	0.868
Couple’s total hours of paid work	0.006	[0.002]**	1.006	−0.001	[0.001]	0.999	0.001	[0.001]	1.001
Couple’s total hours of housework	−0.001	[0.003]	0.999	−0.009	[0.002]***	0.991	−0.008	[0.002]***	0.992
First marriage	−0.584	[0.312]	0.558	−0.520	[0.091]***	0.595	−0.387	[0.084]***	0.679
Wife’s age at marriage	−0.079	[0.088]	0.924	−0.254	[0.051]***	0.776	−0.184	[0.044]***	0.832
Wife’s age at marriage sq.	0.001	[0.002]	1.001	0.003	[0.001]***	1.003	0.003	[0.001]**	1.003
Marriage year (0 = 1970)	0.103	[0.033]**	1.108	0.086	[0.017]***	1.090	0.083	[0.015]***	1.087
Marriage year sq.	−0.002	[0.001]*	0.998	−0.002	[0.000]***	0.998	−0.001	[0.000]***	0.999
Age difference (ref. Same age)
Wife is older	0.398	[0.155]*	1.489	0.210	[0.080]**	1.234	0.225	[0.071]**	1.252
Wife is younger	0.084	[0.126]	1.088	0.185	[0.081]*	1.203	0.123	[0.067]	1.131
Wife’s education (ref. ISCED 1–2)
ISCED 3–4	−0.114	[0.135]	0.892	0.714	[0.237]**	2.042	0.264	[0.111]*	1.302
ISCED 5–6	−0.039	[0.183]	0.962	0.456	[0.252]	1.578	0.040	[0.133]	1.041
Husband’s education (ref. ISCED 1–2)
ISCED 3–4	−0.026	[0.145]	0.974	0.061	[0.168]	1.063	0.090	[0.107]	1.094
ISCED 5–6	−0.484	[0.186]**	0.616	−0.521	[0.189]**	0.594	−0.495	[0.127]***	0.610
Number of children in the household	0.009	[0.056]	1.009	0.104	[0.026]***	1.110	0.107	[0.023]***	1.113
Constant	−3.901	[1.194]**	0.020	−0.607	[0.721]	0.545	−1.440	[0.593]*	0.237
Person-years	30,432			46,920			77,352
Couples	5,220			6,581			11,801

Note:

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001.

Model 2 includes race as a control variable. SE = Standard error.