Table 3. Multivariable partial proportional odds model for interest in entrepreneurship.
aOR | SE | p | 95% CI | ||
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Demographics | |||||
Age | 0.92 | 0.02 | < .001 | 0.88 | 0.95 |
Female (ref: Male) | 0.62 | 0.10 | .004 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
Race (ref: White, not Hispanic) | |||||
Black, not Hispanic | 2.20 | 0.61 | .004 | 1.28 | 3.77 |
All other races | 0.93 | 0.28 | .807 | 0.51 | 1.68 |
Rural (ref: Urban) | 0.97 | 0.18 | .887 | 0.69 | 1.39 |
Work status (ref: Working for pay) | |||||
Self-employed | 3.45a | 1.07 | < .001 | 1.88 | 6.33 |
1.80b | 0.55 | .055 | 0.99 | 3.30 | |
1.87c | 0.76 | .124 | 0.84 | 4.14 | |
Retired | 0.68 | 0.17 | .138 | 0.41 | 1.13 |
Disabled | 1.19 | 0.36 | .577 | 0.65 | 2.17 |
Unemployed | 1.08 | 0.38 | .827 | 0.54 | 2.14 |
Others | 0.81 | 0.23 | .457 | 0.46 | 1.41 |
Human capital | |||||
Education (ref: High school or less) | |||||
Associate’s degree | 1.31 | 0.29 | .233 | 0.84 | 2.03 |
Bachelor’s degree | 1.48 | 0.38 | .127 | 0.89 | 2.45 |
Master’s degree and above | 1.22 | 0.38 | .529 | 0.66 | 2.26 |
Health | 1.13 | 0.10 | .156 | 0.95 | 1.34 |
Complete adult education/training | 1.25 | 0.23 | .234 | 0.87 | 1.80 |
Social capital | |||||
Married (ref: Not) | 0.76 | 0.14 | .144 | 0.52 | 1.10 |
Volunteer (ref: Not) | 1.61 | 0.27 | .005 | 1.15 | 2.25 |
Financial capital | |||||
Income | 1.06 | 0.10 | .560 | 0.88 | 1.27 |
Assets | 0.98 | 0.06 | .742 | 0.88 | 1.10 |
Personal preferences and values | |||||
Meaning of work: Personal | 1.11a | 0.05 | .023 | 1.01 | 1.22 |
1.03b | 0.04 | .521 | 0.95 | 1.11 | |
0.97c | 0.04 | .419 | 0.90 | 1.04 | |
Social | 1.05 | 0.03 | .065 | 1.00 | 1.11 |
Financial | 0.95 | 0.03 | .113 | 0.90 | 1.01 |
Generativity | 1.07 | 0.05 | .138 | 0.98 | 1.17 |
Startup reason: (ref: Work for oneself) | |||||
Make money | 0.56 | 0.13 | .012 | 0.36 | 0.88 |
Meet social challenge, help others | 0.37a | 0.12 | .002 | 0.20 | 0.70 |
0.67b | 0.17 | .119 | 0.40 | 1.11 | |
0.73c | 0.21 | .283 | 0.41 | 1.30 | |
Something else / Don’t know | 0.09 | 0.03 | < .001 | 0.05 | 0.16 |
Constant | 0.87a | 1.15 | .915 | 0.06 | 11.73 |
26.14b | 32.83 | .010 | 2.22 | 307.38 | |
201.69c | 238.26 | .000 | 19.85 | 2,048.85 | |
F test: (32, 923) = 7.94, p < 0.001; N = 955 |
Note. aOR = adjusted odds ratio; SE = linearized standard error; CI = confidence interval.
a odds ratio for very interested vs. less than very interested
b odds ratio for somewhat or more interested vs not very much or less interested
c odds ratio for not very much or more interested vs. not at all interested.