Table 10.

Odds ratios from discrete-time event history models of separation within 10 years of birth, United States only, by race

	All (from Table 4)	Non-Hispanic White Only
1. Model 1
Union-birth trajectoriesa
CBM (vs. MB)	1.98**	2.18***
CB (vs. MB)	4.09***	4.69***
CB (vs. CBM)	2.06	2.15
2. Model 2
Union-birth trajectoriesa
CBM (vs. MB)	0.88	0.84
CB (vs. MB)	2.06***	2.18***
CB (vs. CBM)	2.34***	2.60***
Respondent education
Low/moderate (reference)	1.00	1.00
High	0.59***	0.57**
Family complexity
Respondent had prior childless union	0.85	0.84
Respondent or partner had children at union start	1.56***	1.59***
Respondent age at focal birth
<22 (ref.)	1.00	1.00
22–25	0.72**	0.72*
26–29	0.45***	0.36***
30+	0.42***	0.34***
Number of months from union start to birth	0.99*	0.99*
Couple had another child together (t)	0.64***	0.65*
Foreign-born	0.56***	0.56
Lived with both biological parents through age 15	0.74***	0.80†
N (union-months)	244,616	124,205
3. Predicted Separation Rates Within Five Years of Birtha
Overall	0.24	0.22
MB	0.19	0.17
CBM	0.17	0.14
CB	0.35	0.33

Notes: Ns are unweighted. All models are weighted using SVY procedures in STATA 12. Union duration (in months from first birth) and union duration-squared are included in Models 1 and 2 but not shown.

Source: Harmonized Histories and the 2006–2010 and 2011–2013 National Survey of Family Growth (women only, under 45 years). Sample limited to couples with a first child together within 10 years of interview.

^aCBM = cohabiting at birth and married at t following birth; MB = married at birth; CB = cohabiting at birth without ever marrying.

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001 (differences from 1.00)