Table 4.
Results from multivariate logistic regression models of the odds of having at least three children, among Jewish men
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-defined religiosity | |||||||
| Ultra-Orthodox | 3.20** (0.39) | 3.45** (0.52) | 3.34** (0.44) | 3.23** (0.42) | 3.07** (0.41) | 2.11** (0.48) | 2.36** (0.55) |
| Religious | 1.53** (0.27) | 0.82+ (0.45) | 1.62** (0.30) | 1.52** (0.29) | 1.51** (0.28) | 0.78* (0.33) | 0.23 (0.44) |
| Traditional/religious | 0.88** (0.28) | 0.73* (0.32) | 0.94** (0.29) | 0.92** (0.29) | 0.93** (0.29) | 0.52+ (0.30) | 0.38 (0.33) |
| Traditional/less-religious | 0.39+ (0.22) | 0.42+ (0.23) | 0.41+ (0.22) | 0.41+ (0.22) | 0.40+ (0.22) | 0.28 (0.23) | 0.32 (0.23) |
| Secular | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Religious communitya | |||||||
| Values living in residential area with persons with similar religiosity | 0.09 (0.23) | 0.07 (0.24) | |||||
| Values living in residential area with persons with similar religiosity, among traditional/religious | 1.24+ (0.67) | 1.33* (0.66) | |||||
| Sees himself affiliated with a movement/group within Judaism | −0.23 (0.24) | ||||||
| Participates in organized setting of religious learning | −0.11 (0.33) | −0.15 (0.34) | |||||
| Participates in organized setting of religious learning, among religious | 1.41* (0.59) | 1.12+ (0.60) | |||||
| Religion as a social institution | |||||||
| Does not support option of civil marriage | −0.16 (0.23) | ||||||
| Religio-nationalism | |||||||
| Residence in West Bank | 1.03** (0.40) | 0.92* (0.41) | |||||
| Strongly opposes separation of religion and state | −0.19 (0.22) | ||||||
| Gender and family norms | |||||||
| Traditional gender role attitudes | 0.52** (0.19) | 0.37+ (0.20) | |||||
| Traditional family attitudes | −0.15 (0.18) | ||||||
| Ideals regarding family building | |||||||
| Woman should start family by age 24 | 0.30 (0.21) | ||||||
| Ideal family size up to 2 | −0.77* (0.32) | −0.79* (0.33) | |||||
| Ideal family size 3 | Ref. | Ref. | |||||
| Ideal family size 4 | 0.44* (0.21) | 0.44* (0.22) | |||||
| Ideal family size 5 or more | 0.86** (0.30) | 0.71* (0.31) | |||||
| Non-numerical answer for ideal family size | 1.28** (0.44) | 1.09* (0.45) | |||||
| N | 1238 | 1238 | 1238 | 1238 | 1238 | 1238 | 1238 |
| McFadden’s Pseudo-R-squared | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 |
Source: Israel Social Survey, 2009. Sample includes Jewish men, aged 25–49
Unexponentiated coefficients (standard errors in parentheses)
Models also include controls for age, marital history, ethnicity, education and car ownership. See text for details of variable definitions and online-only appendix for full results.
aIn models which included community variables, interaction effects were included in estimated models if one or both of the following two conditions held: (1) the interaction effects were statistically significant at the 10% level or (2) the interaction effects led to total effects that were statistically significant at the 10% level. The total effect is defined as the sum of the main effect and the interaction effect
** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05; + p < 0.10