Table 4.
OLS coefficients of self-rated health for married versus cohabiting individuals aged 40–49 in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Germany, and Norway
Source: Own calculations with NLSY, UKHLS, HILDA, SOEP, GGP
| Controls | US | UK | AUS | GER | NOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Baseline model (+ age, gender, geographical residence, respondent’s and parent’s nativity, majority/minority race or ethnicitya) | 0.23*** | 0.20*** | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.08) | |
| (2) + Parents lived together during childhood and SES of parents (parents’ education, mother worked, father’s occ.) | 0.13** | 0.18*** | − 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.08) | |
| (3) + Union duration (union duration, union duration squared) | 0.08 | 0.16*** | − 0.00 | 0.04 | − 0.00 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.08) | |
| (4) + Number of children | 0.07 | 0.15*** | − 0.05 | 0.02 | − 0.02 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.04) | (0.08) | |
| (5) + Ever experienced separation | 0.07 | 0.08 | − 0.05 | 0.03 | − 0.04 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.04) | (0.08) | |
| (6) + SES respondent (+ employment status, educ. level) | 0.02 | 0.08 | − 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.04) | (0.08) | |
| Observation numbers | 5450 | 8809 | 1990 | 5527 | 1535 |
Note: Cohabiting is the reference category
*p < 0.05, *p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
aEthnicity is a politically sensitive topic and usually not included in surveys in Norway or Germany