Table 4:
Results of Multinomial Logistic Regression Model, by Groups, Predicting Some Chance of Divorce.
| Partnered Males | Partnered Females | Single Males | Single Females | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | b | SE | RRR | b | SE | RRR | b | SE | RRR | b | SE | RRR |
| Current Relationship and Family | ||||||||||||
| Cohabiting | −0.49 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Satisfied with Relationship | −0.40 | 0.20 | 0.67 | −0.05 | 0.18 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Has Children | 0.28 | 0.50 | 1.33 | −0.15 | 0.47 | 0.86 | 1.17 | 0.80 | 3.21 | −0.41 | 0.51 | 0.66 |
| Number of Sexual Partner | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1.02 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 1.16 * | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.05 |
| Socioeconomic Circumstances | ||||||||||||
| Student | 0.30 | 0.49 | 1.35 | −0.66 | 0.40 | 0.52 | −0.67 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 1.62 |
| Education (Reference: High School or GED) | ||||||||||||
| Less than High School | 0.40 | 0.82 | 1.49 | 0.04 | 0.82 | 1.04 | 0.64 | 0.91 | 1.89 | 1.23 | 0.90 | 3.41 |
| Some College | −0.18 | 0.51 | 0.84 | 1.22 | 0.54 | 3.39 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 1.65 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 2.10 |
| College | 0.89 | 0.67 | 2.43 | 0.43 | 0.75 | 1.54 | 0.16 | 0.67 | 1.17 | 1.00 | 0.64 | 2.71 |
| Employment (Reference: Full Time) | ||||||||||||
| Unemployed | −1.01 | 0.97 | 0.37 | −0.57 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 1.94 | 0.76 | 6.93 | −0.08 | 0.78 | 0.93 |
| Part Time | 0.12 | 0.46 | 1.13 | −0.22 | 0.38 | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.45 | 2.49 | 0.64 | 0.40 | 1.89 |
| Income (Thousands) | −0.01 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.04 |
| Financial Responsibility | −0.67 | 0.25 | 0.51 * | 0.01 | 0.17 | 1.01 | 0.32 | 0.18 | 1.37 | −0.50 | 0.20 | 0.61 |
| Worry about Future | −0.02 | 0.14 | 0.98 | −0.08 | 0.11 | 0.93 | −0.07 | 0.13 | 0.93 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 1.03 |
| Mental and Emotional Wellbeing | ||||||||||||
| Social Anxiety | 0.22 | 0.15 | 1.25 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 1.18 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 1.14 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 1.04 |
| Emotional Wellbeing | −0.02 | 0.26 | 0.98 | −0.33 | 0.29 | 0.72 | −0.06 | 0.23 | 0.94 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 1.03 |
| Social Wellbeing | 0.07 | 0.18 | 1.08 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 1.38 | −0.01 | 0.18 | 0.99 | −0.10 | 0.19 | 0.90 |
| Psychological Wellbeing | −0.63 | 0.25 | 0.53 | −0.64 | 0.24 | 0.53 * | −0.56 | 0.23 | 0.57 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 1.19 |
| Psychological Distress | 0.05 | 0.06 | 1.06 | −0.06 | 0.05 | 0.94 | −0.04 | 0.07 | 0.96 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 1.07 |
| Other Expectations and Attitudes | ||||||||||||
| Greater than 50% of Marriage | −1.29 | 0.49 | 0.27 * | −1.40 | 0.42 | 0.25 * | 0.02 | 0.41 | 1.02 | −0.23 | 0.39 | 0.79 |
| Will Marry within 5 Years | −0.43 | 0.49 | 0.65 | −0.33 | 0.46 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 1.87 | −0.91 | 0.37 | 0.40 |
| Will Have (More) Children | −0.51 | 0.51 | 0.60 | −0.52 | 0.41 | 0.60 | −0.66 | 0.42 | 0.51 | −0.03 | 0.36 | 0.97 |
| Divorce Hurts Kids | −0.19 | 0.13 | 0.83 | −0.24 | 0.12 | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 1.02 | −0.08 | 0.12 | 0.92 |
| Single Parenting Hurts Kids | 0.00 | 0.09 | 1.00 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 1.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 1.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 1.12 |
| Family Form Limits Success | −0.32 | 0.15 | 0.72 c | 0.03 | 0.14 | 1.03 | −0.17 | 0.14 | 0.84 | 0.36 | 0.16 | 1.44 c |
| Religion is Very Important | 0.26 | 0.44 | 1.30 | −0.24 | 0.33 | 0.78 | −1.12 | 0.36 | 0.33 * | −0.83 | 0.34 | 0.44 |
| Childhood Experiences | ||||||||||||
| Mom Married at Birth | 0.78 | 0.53 | 2.18 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 1.56 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 1.56 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 1.39 |
| Caregiver Divorce | 0.06 | 0.45 | 1.06 | 0.46 | 0.35 | 1.59 | −0.03 | 0.39 | 0.97 | 0.68 | 0.40 | 1.98 |
| Maternal Education | −0.09 | 0.08 | 0.92 | −0.07 | 0.07 | 0.93 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 1.00 |
| Covariates | ||||||||||||
| Race (Reference: White) Black |
−0.40 | 0.50 | 0.67 | −0.41 | 0.50 | 0.66 | −1.78 | 0.50 | 0.17 ** | −0.47 | 0.44 | 0.63 |
| Other Race | −0.34 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 1.31 | 0.10 | 0.53 | 1.11 | −0.16 | 0.49 | 0.85 |
| Hispanic | −0.52 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.15 | 0.48 | 1.16 | −0.34 | 0.56 | 0.71 | −0.33 | 0.63 | 0.72 |
| Age | −0.09 | 0.12 | 0.92 | −0.16 | 0.10 | 0.85 e | −0.23 | 0.10 | 0.79 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 1.23 e |
| Controls | ||||||||||||
| Caregiver is Parent | 2.65 | 1.09 | 14.11 a | −1.85 | 1.14 | 0.16 a | −1.74 | 0.94 | 0.17 | −0.25 | 0.68 | 0.78 |
| Caregiver change | −0.63 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 1.29 | 0.67 | 3.63 | −0.32 | 0.55 | 0.73 | −1.07 | 0.63 | 0.34 |
| Year reported sexual partners (reference: 2011) | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | −0.12 | 0.46 | 0.89 | −0.38 | 0.41 | 0.68 | −0.86 | 0.50 | 0.42 | −0.58 | 0.49 | 0.56 |
| 2009 | −0.73 | 0.57 | 0.48 | −0.38 | 0.52 | 0.68 | −1.64 | 0.55 | 0.19 * | −0.67 | 0.51 | 0.51 |
| n | 362 | 424 | 432 | 392 | ||||||||
Note:
p < 0.01;
p < 0.001.
Letters denote differences at p < 0.01 between:
partnered males and partnered females
partnered males and single males
partnered males and single females
partnered females and single males
partnered females and single females
single males and single females