Table 2.

Discrete Time Probit Estimates of Hazard of First Marriage, by Sex

Variable	Femalesa (n = 504)			Malesb (n = 462)
	B	SE		B	SE
Intercept	−2.82***	0.29		−2 73***	0.33
Work/school status (2-year lag; ref.: regular work)
Not working or in school	−0.23	0.16		−0.62**	0.21
Non-regular work	−0.20*	0.088		−0.56***	0.15
School enrollment	−0.52***	0.11		−0.80***	0.13
School attainment (ref .: senior high school)
Junior high school	−0.32	0.19		−0.27*	0.13
Technical training school	−0.12	0.087		−0.12	0.089
Junior college/adv. technical	−0.15*	0.069		0.073	0.13
University or higher	−0.1	0.083		0.036	0.073
Age	0.064***	0.011		0.051***	0.012
Age squared	−0.0097***	0.0014		−0.0066***	0.0014
Cohabited	0.49***	0.12		0.63***	0.11
Birth cohort (ref.: 1970)
1971	−0.058	0.078		0.05	0.078
1972	0.0044	0.075		−0.12	0.086
1973	0.024	0.077		−0.02	0.083
Sample (2009 cross-section = 1)	0.17**	0.059		0.11	0.063
−2LL	2,630.8			2,243.6

Note. ref. = reference category; adv. = advanced; LL = log likelihood.

^aNumber of person-years = 4,924.

^bNumber of person-years = 5,485.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.