Table 3.
Multivariate Models of Cohabitation Stability
Marriage | Break-up | Break-up | ||||
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(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;
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