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Published in final edited form as: Int J Sociol. 2014 Dec 7;44(3):84–107. doi: 10.2753/IJS0020-7659440305

Table 3.

Discrete-Time Competing Risks Model Predicting Labor Force Transitions for Women Working in Nonstandard Employment

Labor force exit
Change to standard employment
Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Duration in current status (years) −0.29*** −0.25*** −0.30*** −0.29*** −0.26*** −0.09 −0.18* −0.08 −0.06 −0.15*
Duration in current status (squared term) 0.01* 0.01 0.01* 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Education
 High school or lessa
 Vocational school −0.05 −0.05 0.09 −0.01 0.12 0.27 0.28 0.41 0.20 0.38
 Junior College −0.05 −0.06 0.07 0.03 0.11 −0.10 −0.10 0.02 −0.17 −0.05
 University or more −0.69** −0.69** −0.58* −0.58* −0.50* −0.49 −0.46 −0.40 −0.43 −0.34
Income (logged) −0.08** −0.07* 0.30*** 0.28***
Work orientation
 Reason for choosing final schoolb −0.26* −0.22 −0.24 −0.3
 Reason for choosing the current companyb −0.09 −0.02 0.20 0.08
Job characteristics
 Occupation
  Clericala
  Self-employed/family work 0.37* 0.31 −1.21*** −1.12**
  Professional/managerial −0.28 −0.25 0.4 0.41
  Manual labor 0.16 0.15 0.04 0.05
  Sales/service 0.15 0.12 0.01 0.03
 Firm size
  Small (1–99)a
  Medium (100–499) −0.05 −0.03 −0.06 −0.09
  Large (≥ 500) 0.26 0.25 −0.31 −0.31
  Public sector −0.46 −0.50 −0.29 −0.30
  Missing 0.15 0.15 −0.76 −0.73
Constant 0.17 0.49 0.25 0.07 0.43 −0.63 −1.77* −0.67 −0.63 −1.76
Number of person–years 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925 3,925
Log likelihood −1,976.86 −1,960.36 −1,973.25 −1,951.72 −1,935.75 −1,976.86 −1,960.36 −1,973.25 −1,951.72 −1,935.75
a

Omitted category.

b

Dichotomous variables coded 1 = yes, 0 = no (reference category).

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.

Note: All models control for women’s demographic characteristics (age, parity, having interwave birth, presence of a preschooler), husbands’ characteristics (income, education, share in housework), and family characteristics (coresidence with parents[-in-law]). Supplementary tables provide results from full model.