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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 3.

Multivariate Models of Cohabitation Stability

Marriage Break-up Break-up
(Still together is reference) (Marriage is reference)
b OR b OR b OR
Pregnant 0.971*** (0.13) 2.64 −0.157 (0.15) 0.85 −1.128*** (0.20) 0.32
Pregnancy by cohabitation duration interactions
 Pregnant X second year −0.223 (0.25) 0.80 −0.276 (0.30) 0.76 −0.053 (0.37) 0.95
 Pregnant X third year −0.439 (0.30) 0.55 −0.057 (0.40) 0.94 0.496 (0.52) 1.64
 Pregnant X fourth year −1.300** (0.41) 0.27 −0.418 (0.45) 0.66 0.882 (0.64) 2.42
 Pregnant X fifth year plus −0.905* (0.42) 0.40 −0.300 (0.45) 0.57 0.605 (0.65) 1.83
Cohabitation Duration (first year reference)
 Second year 0.353*** (0.09) 1.42 −0.168* (0.07) 0.85 −0.521*** (0.12) 0.59
 Third year 0.287** (0.10) 1.33 −0.348*** (0.08) 0.71 −0.634*** (0.12) 0.53
 Fourth year 0.305** (0.11) 1.36 −0.440*** (0.11) 0.64 −0.745*** (0.17) 0.47
 Fifth year plus 0.418** (0.16) 1.52 −0.316** (0.10) 0.73 −0.733*** (0.20) 0.48
Constant −4.555*** (0.35) 0.01 −4.751*** (0.25) 0.01 −0.196 (0.43) 0.82

Notes: results are weighted, adjust for clustering and stratification, and are based on multiply imputed data; standard errors are in parentheses; model controls for the Dubin-McFadden selection variables, race, family structure, education, age at union formation, and birth order;

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001