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Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2015 Dec 15;41(4):607–628. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00087.x

TABLE 3.

Logit model of effect of identified factors on likelihood of premarital cohabitation for men

Model 1: Education + demographic characteristics Model 2: Model 1 + family background Model 3: Model 2 + institutional factors Model 4: Model 3 + regional variation
Respondent’s years of schooling 0.032***
(0.008)		 0.030***
(0.008)		 0.026***
(0.009)		 0.024**
(0.009)
Father’s education (Reference: Primary school)
 Middle school 0.064
(0.108)		 0.047
(0.108)		 0.048
(0.108)
 High school −0.059
(0.150)		 −0.068
(0.150)		 −0.062
(0.151)
 College 0.392*
(0.215)		 0.407*
(0.217)		 0.410*
(0.217)
 Missing 0.104
(0.131)		 0.102
(0.131)		 0.109
(0.131)
Father’s CCP membership (Reference: Non-member)
 Member −0.089
(0.108)		 −0.095
(0.108)		 −0.095
(0.108)
 Missing 0.079
(0.115)		 0.021
(0.116)		 0.020
(0.116)
Residence/migration(Reference: Always lived in rural area)
 Always lived in urban area 0.166
(0.107)		 0.124
(0.108)
 Rural–urban migrant 0.419***
(0.087)		 0.383***
(0.089)
CCP member −0.266**
(0.120)		 −0.249**
(0.120)
Birth cohort (Reference: Before 1940)
 1940–1949 0.195
(0.291)		 0.218
(0.291)		 0.238
(0.291)		 0.244
(0.291)
 1950–1959 0.638**
(0.261)		 0.678***
(0.262)		 0.684***
(0.263)		 0.689***
(0.263)
 1960–1969 1.521***
(0.250)		 1.564***
(0.251)		 1.559***
(0.253)		 1.573***
(0.253)
 1970–1979 2.735***
(0.246)		 2.782***
(0.248)		 2.766***
(0.251)		 2.781***
(0.251)
Minority −0.139
(0.138)		 −0.144
(0.138)		 −0.102
(0.138)		 −0.069
(0.139)
County-level GDP per capita (10,000 yuan) 0.147**
(0.060)
Region (Reference: Small provinces)
 Shanghai 0.922***
(0.106)		 0.900***
(0.107)		 0.814***
(0.109)		 0.677***
(0.122)
 Liaoning 0.120
(0.120)		 0.112
(0.121)		 0.119
(0.121)		 0.066
(0.123)
 Henan −0.537***
(0.135)		 −0.533***
(0.135)		 −0.543***
(0.136)		 −0.516***
(0.136)
 Gansu −1.610***
(0.205)		 −1.610***
(0.205)		 −1.565***
(0.206)		 −1.438***
(0.212)
 Guangdong 0.578***
(0.107)		 0.572***
(0.107)		 0.512***
(0.108)		 0.486***
(0.109)
Constant −4.569***
(0.245)		 −4.632***
(0.249)		 −4.670***
(0.250)		 −4.773***
(0.254)
Observations 14,779 14,779 14,779 14,779
***

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

*

p<0.1

NOTE: Logit coefficients are shown in main entries of the table, with standard errors in parentheses.