Table A2.

Parameters From Multinomial Logistic Regression Models Predicting Phone/Email Contact with Mothers (N= 4,712)

		M1		M2		M3
	OR	SE B	OR	SE B	OR	SE B
Omitted: Less than weekly
Weekly
Respondent's traits
Intermarriage	0.82	0.17	0.72	0.19	0.72	0.19
Race/ethnicity (/NH White)
NH Black			1.53	0.25	1.40	0.25
NH Asian			1.75	0.37	1.78	0.37
Hispanic (all races)			2.56	0.33 **	2.50	0.32 **
Child of immigrants			0.82	0.28	0.81	0.27
Female			2.20	0.16 ***	2.31	0.17 ***
Age			0.99	0.04	1.02	0.05
Parent			0.77	0.13	0.78	0.13
Education (/< High school)
High school/GED			1.27	0.29	1.21	0.30
Some college			1.78	0.31	1.72	0.32
College or more			2.08	0.32 *	1.94	0.32 *
Labor force status (/not employed)
Part-time			0.69	0.28	0.68	0.28
Full-time			1.50	0.21	1.46	0.21
Mother's and household's traits
Mother's education at W1 (/< 8 grade)
8<grade<12			1.12	0.45	1.09	0.46
High school/GED			0.92	0.43	0.87	0.43
Some college			0.85	0.45	0.83	0.45
College or more			1.25	0.43	1.19	0.43
Family type at W1 (/both bio parents married)
Bio mother and stepfather			0.81	0.23	0.80	0.23
Bio mother only			0.61	0.15 **	0.62	0.15 **
Relationship to mother at W1
Emotional closeness					1.43	0.15 *
Frequency of interaction					1.11	0.07
Talk about personal problem					0.92	0.14
Constant	3.58	0.08 ***	1.80	1.34	0.58	1.53
Daily
Respondent's traits
Intermarriage	0.86	0.19	0.75	0.22	0.76	0.22
Race/ethnicity (/NH White)
NH Black			2.90	0.28***	2.49	0.27**
NH Asian			0.91	0.42	0.97	0.42
Hispanic (all races)			2.54	0.31 **	2.40	0.31 **
Child of immigrants			0.72	0.24	0.71	0.25
Female			8.66	0.16 ***	9.75	0.17 ***
Age			0.94	0.04	1.00	0.05
Parent			1.05	0.14	1.09	0.14
Education (/< High school)
High school/GED			0.95	0.33	0.87	0.35
Some college			1.26	0.30	1.18	0.32
College or more			0.96	0.30	0.83	0.32
Labor force status (/not employed)
Part-time			0.57	0.27 *	0.55	0.27 *
Full-time			1.32	0.20	1.25	0.21
Mother's and household's traits
Mother's education at W1 (/< 8 grade)
8<grade<12			1.34	0.46	1.28	0.48
High school/GED			1.02	0.39	0.93	0.40
Some college			0.91	0.40	0.86	0.41
College or more			0.91	0.40	0.84	0.41
Family type at W1 (/both bio parents married)
Bio mother and stepfather			0.62	0.26	0.60	0.26
Bio mother only			0.53	0.18 **	0.53	0.18 **
Relationship to mother at W1
Emotional closeness					2.69	0.18 ***
Frequency of interaction					1.19	0.07 *
Talk about personal problem					0.94	0.14
Constant	4.23	0.08 ***	7.75	1.35	0.63	1.63

Note: Models are weighted and adjusted for AddHealth's complex survey design.

^***p<.001;

^**p<.01;

^*p<.05