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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2018 Oct 16;40(2):190–214. doi: 10.1177/0192513X18806554

Table 2.

Multivariate Models of First Union Formation

Marriage Cohabitation Cohabitation
(Remaining Single is reference) (Marriage is reference)
b OR b OR b OR
Pregnant 2.724*** (0.19) 15.24 1.599*** (0.12) 4.95 −1.125*** (0.21) 0.34
Pregnancy by Age interactions
 Pregnant X Age 19-23 −1.004*** (0.25) 0.37 −0.536*** (0.17) 0.58 0.468^ (0.28) 1.60
 Pregnant X Age 24-28 −1.025** (0.35) 0.36 −0.311 (0.25) 0.73 0.714^ (0.40) 2.04
 Pregnant X Age 29 plus −0.006 (1.22) 0.99 −1.078 (1.07) 0.34 −1.072 (1.56) 0.34
Age (16-18 ref)
 Age 19-23 1.178*** (0.16) 3.25 0.968*** (0.09) 2.63 −0.209 (0.15) 0.81
 Age 24-28 1.238*** (0.22) 3.45 0.968*** (0.13) 2.63 −0.270 (0.19) 0.76
 Age 29 plus 0.502 (0.38) 1.65 0.516* (0.24) 1.68 0.013 (0.37) 1.01
Constant −6.373*** (0.17) 0.00 −3.913*** (0.11) 0.02 2.460*** (0.19) 11.70

Notes: results are weighted, adjust for clustering and stratification, and are based on multiply imputed data; standard errors are in parentheses; models include controls for race, family structure, education, and birth order;

^

p < .01

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001