Table 3.

Odds Ratios From Random Effects Logistic Regression of Divorce After Separation on Categorical Measures of Unemployment in the Person-Month File.

	Model 3		Model 4
	Women	Men	Women	Men
Time in separation (months)a	0.996***	0.997	0.996***	0.998
Experience of long-term (27-week) unemployment
Unemployed during first marriage	0.775*	1.213	—	—
Unemployed during separationa	0.923	0.559***	—	—
Unemployed during but not prior to separationa,b	—	—	0.934	0.547**
Unemployed prior to but not during separationa,b	—	—	0.781*	1.199
Unemployed both prior to and during separationa,b	—	—	0.690	0.715
Pregnanta	0.945	—	0.945	—
New children while separateda	0.737**	0.895	0.737**	0.893
Health limitation while separateda	1.135	0.724	1.135	0.724
Race/ethnicityc
Non-Hispanic Black	0.379***	0.428***	0.380***	0.427***
Hispanic	0.557***	0.548***	0.557***	0.548***
Mother’s years of educationd
Less than 12	0.839*	0.904	0.839*	0.903
More than 12	0.971	0.890	0.971	0.891
Lived with biological parents at age 14	1.185*	0.987	1.185*	0.988
Age at first marriage	0.977*	0.946***	0.977*	0.946***
Length of first marriage (years)	1.008	1.006	1.008	1.006
Ever cohabited	0.889	1.071	0.890	1.071
Ever had children	0.744***	0.900	0.744***	0.899
Poverty during first marriagee
Below poverty line in less than half of years married	0.860	0.708**	0.860	0.707**
Below poverty line in half or most of years married	0.847	0.675*	0.847	0.677*
Welfare receipt during first marriagef
Received welfare in less than half of years married	0.876	1.005	0.876	1.006
Received welfare in half or most of years married	0.979	0.831	0.978	0.830
Years of educationd
Less than 12	0.624***	0.934	0.625***	0.934
13–15	1.316**	1.537***	1.316**	1.534***
16 or more	1.335**	1.415*	1.336**	1.412*
Spouse age	0.988	0.996	0.988	0.996
Spouse education ≥ Respondent education	1.071	1.226*	1.070	1.225*
Spouse income ≥ Respondent income	1.004	1.135	1.004	1.136
ρ	0.000	0.027	0.000	0.028
Sample size	1,271	921	1,271	921
Person-month observations	61,871	38,481	61,871	38,481

Note. Multiple imputation used to fill in missing data on covariates. In each model, underlined pairs of coefficients indicate statistically significant gender difference (p < .05 of interaction with gender in model fitted to pooled sample).

^aThis variable is time-varying in the person-month file. See text for details.

^bThe reference category is never experiencing unemployment before or during separation.

^cThe reference category is non-Hispanic White.

^dThe reference category is 12 years of education.

^eThe reference category is never living in poverty during first marriage.

^fThe reference category is never receiving welfare during first marriage.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001. (Two-tailed tests)