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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2018 Jul 26;80(5):1271–1286. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12522

Table 3.

Prevalence and Churning of Relationship Type by Year of Birth and Maternal Education

Panel A. Low (n = 3,680)
Year of birth
1985–1989 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2010 % change
Relationship state
 Marriage
  Prevalence 0.76 0.68 0.67 0.60 0.47 −39
  Churning 0.58 0.61 0.61 0.52 0.64 10
 Cohabitation
  Prevalence 0.11 0.19 0.22 0.29 0.42 292
  Churning 1.43 1.46 1.38 1.25 1.14 −20
Panel B. Moderate (n = 2,161)
Year of birth
1985–1989 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2010 % change
Relationship state
 Marriage
  Prevalence 0.80 0.83 0.80 0.66 0.62 −22
  Churning 0.40 0.42 0.42 0.32 0.54 36
 Cohabitation
  Prevalence 0.10 0.07 0.12 0.25 0.31 205
  Churning 1.63 1.24 1.29 1.24 1.22 −25
Panel C. High (n = 1,424)
Year of birth
1985–1989 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2010 % change
Relationship state
 Marriage
  Prevalence 0.94 0.92 0.97 0.93 0.91 −3
  Churning 0.19 0.15 0.10 0.14 0.12 −34
 Cohabitation
  Prevalence 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.07 279
  Churninga

Note. Bolded estimates show significant differences (p < .05) and italicized show marginal differences (p < .10) from the 1985 to 1989 cohort. Estimates are weighted.

a

Estimates were unreliable because of small sample sizes and are not shown.