Table 4.
Odds ratios from event history models predicting a first birth among respondents reaching age 20 with no live births in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
| Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|
| WI feelings toward pregnancy scale | 0.93+ | 0.94 |
| WI life-course consequences scale | 0.91** | 0.94 |
| Race–ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | – | – |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1.43*** | 1.43** |
| Hispanic | 0.90 | 0.97 |
| Asian/other | 0.92 | 0.89 |
| Foreign-born | 1.01 | 0.87 |
| WI family structure | ||
| Both biological parents | – | – |
| Stepfamily | 1.17+ | 1.07 |
| Single parent | 1.11 | 1.02 |
| Other | 1.07 | 0.99 |
| WI family socioeconomic status | 0.96*** | 0.97* |
| WI discussed pregnancy or AIDS at school | 1.11 | 1.16 |
| WI religiosity | 1.01 | 0.99 |
| WI highly wanted & expected to attend college | 1.06 | 0.90 |
| WI aptitude test | 0.99* | 1.00 |
| WI locus of control | 1.02 | 1.11 |
| Education (time-varying) | ||
| Less than high school | 1.10 | 0.99 |
| High school | – | – |
| Associate’s degree | 0.95 | 0.98 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 0.73*** | 0.79* |
| Union status (time-varying) | ||
| Not in a coresidential union | – | – |
| Cohabiting | 4.45*** | 6.59*** |
| Married | 12.79*** | 18.18*** |
| Duration in months (time-varying) | 0.99** | 1.00 |
| Duration in months squared (time-varying) | 1.00** | 1.00 |
| Constant | 0.01*** | 0.00*** |
| Persons | 4418 | 4275 |
| Person-months | 375,323 | 414,527 |
+
p ≤ .055,
*
p ≤ .05,
**
p ≤ .01,
***
p ≤ .001