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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2019 Feb 27;40(8):1018–1037. doi: 10.1177/0192513X19832936

Table 3.

Logistic Regression Model Predicting Supportive Divorce Attitudes (N=1,450)

Odds Ratio Confidence Interval
Cohort
 1905-1914 3.86**a 1.53-9.77
 1915-1924 2.90**a 1.47-5.71
 1925-1934 2.58** 1.45-4.59
 1935-1944 2.05** 1.31-3.20
 1945-1954 1.79**b 1.18-2.71
 1955-1964 (ref)
Year
 1994 (ref)
 2002 1.02 0.74 – 1.39
 2012 1.94** 1.30 – 2.90
Marital Status
 First married (ref)
 Remarried 1.86** 1.28 – 2.72
 Divorced 1.65** 1.17 – 2.32
 Widowed 1.42+ 0.99 – 2.03
 Never married 0.65 0.38 – 1.11
Gender
 Women (ref)
 Men 1.20 0.92 – 1.57
Race and Ethnicity
 White 0.86 0.61 – 1.22
 Nonwhite (ref)
Education
 Less than high school 1.67** 1.17 – 2.38
 High school grad (ref)
 Some college 0.83 0.59 – 1.17
 College 0.76+ 0.55 – 1.05
Employment
 Full time (ref)
 Part time 0.75 0.47 – 1.19
 Other work 0.85 0.63 – 1.16
Income
 Quartile 1 (ref)
 Quartile 2 1.10 0.76 – 1.59
 Quartile 3 1.13 0.74 – 1.72
 Quartile 4 1.36 0.87 – 2.11
 Income Flag 0.98 0.62 – 1.54
Relig. attendance 0.90*** 0.86 – 0.94
Children 0.85 0.57 – 1.26
No children (ref)
Constant 0.83 0.38 – 1.82
+

p < 0.10,

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001.

a

Significantly different from 1945-1954, p < .10;

b

Significantly different from 1905-1914, p < .10

Analyses are weighted to correct for the complex sampling design of the GSS.