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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2018 May 18;80(4):826–840. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12495

Table 2.

Discrete Time Logistic Regression of Cohort on Serial Cohabitation After Dissolution of First Cohabitation

Model 1
Model 2
Odds Ratio SE Odds Ratio SE
Birth cohort (reference = 1960–1964 [Baby Boomers])
    1965–1969 (Generation X) 1.08 0.21 1.17 0.24
    1970–1974 (Generation X) 1.19 0.19 1.19 0.21
    1975–1979 (Generation X) 1.27 0.22 1.26 0.24
    1980–1984 (Millennials) 1.53 * 0.29 1.52 * 0.32
Months since cohabitation dissolution 0.98 *** 0.001 0.98 *** 0.001
Demographics
Racial/ethnic group (reference = non-Hispanic White)
    non-Hispanic Black 0.56 *** 0.07 0.66 *** 0.07
    Hispanic 0.72 ** 0.08 0.74 ** 0.09
    non-Hispanic Other 0.69 0.18 0.71 0.20
    Education (reference = high school diploma or GED)
        Less than high school 1.18 0.15 1.15 0.15
        Some college, associate’s degree 0.88 0.11 0.88 0.11
        Bachelor’s degree or higher 0.84 0.10 0.91 0.10
Family background
    Not raised with two biological parents (reference = two parents) 1.09 0.11 1.01 0.11
Relationship history
    Number of non-cohabiting sex partners 1.00 0.004
    Age at first cohabitation dissolution 0.90 *** 0.02
    Childbearing experience (reference = no child)
        Had a child before first cohabiting union dissolved 0.95 0.11
N of person-year observations 124,311
N of persons 2,425

p < .10

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001

Note: All values are weighted.

Source: 2002, 2006–2010, 2011–2013 National Survey of Family Growth