Table 5:

Results of Multinomial Logistic Regression Model, by Groups, Predicting Greater 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	0.58	0.58	1.79	−0.98	0.50	0.38
Satisfied with Relationship	−1.45	0.29	0.23 ** a	−0.03	0.29	0.97 a
Has Children	−1.21	0.94	0.30	0.84	0.70	2.32	1.60	0.94	4.96	−0.17	0.78		0.84
Number of Sexual Partner	0.04	0.01	1.04 *	0.04	0.06	1.04	0.15	0.05	1.16 *	0.06	0.06		1.07
Socioeconomic Circumstances
Student	−0.70	0.94	0.50	0.12	0.60	1.13	−0.07	0.65	0.93	0.70	0.64		2.01
Education (Reference: High School or GED)
Less than High School	3.02	1.09	20.43 * b	0.44	1.22	1.55	−0.81	0.95	0.45 b	0.78	1.03		2.18
Some College	−0.74	0.76	0.47	−0.27	0.76	0.77	−0.74	0.57	0.48	0.27	0.71		1.31
College	−1.15	1.33	0.32	−0.57	0.97	0.57	−0.76	0.84	0.47	0.86	0.94		2.37
Employment (Reference: Full Time)
Unemployed	−2.25	1.42	0.11 b	−2.55	1.40	0.08 d	2.30	0.82	9.99 * b,d	1.50	0.98		4.48
Part Time	−0.43	0.71	0.65	−0.02	0.56	0.98	0.94	0.52	2.55	0.23	0.58		1.26
Income (Thousands)	−0.06	0.03	0.95 b,c	−0.02	0.03	0.98	0.05	0.02	1.05 b	0.08	0.04		1.08 c
Financial Responsibility	0.69	0.44	1.98 c	0.27	0.28	1.30 e	0.25	0.22	1.28 f	−0.78	0.29		0.46 * c,e,f
Worry about Future	0.79	0.20	2.20 ** b	0.26	0.15	1.30	−0.10	0.16	0.91 b	0.25	0.21		1.29
Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
Social Anxiety	−0.31	0.22	0.74	0.31	0.20	1.37	0.19	0.14	1.21	−0.35	0.22		0.71
Emotional Wellbeing	0.65	0.41	1.92 c	0.02	0.38	1.02	−0.38	0.26	0.68	−1.26	0.39		0.28 * c
Social Wellbeing	0.34	0.29	1.41	0.65	0.25	1.91 *	−0.19	0.27	0.83	0.15	0.30		1.17
Psychological Wellbeing	−1.07	0.35	0.34 * b,c	−0.83	0.41	0.44 e	0.25	0.30	1.29 b,e	0.87	0.39		2.39 c
Psychological Distress	0.01	0.08	1.01	0.05	0.09	1.05	0.13	0.07	1.13	0.12	0.10		1.12
Other Expectations and Attitudes
Greater than 50% of Marriage	−0.48	0.75	0.62	−1.69	0.56	0.18 *	−0.28	0.56	0.75	−0.91	0.59		0.40
Will Marry within 5 Years	−0.28	0.82	0.76	−0.11	0.63	0.89	0.61	0.45	1.84 f	−1.56	0.51		0.21 * f
Will Have (More) Children	−1.23	0.74	0.29	0.51	0.58	1.67	−1.11	0.63	0.33	0.18	0.63		1.20
Divorce Hurts Kids	−0.14	0.16	0.87	−0.10	0.17	0.90	0.16	0.14	1.17	0.05	0.15		1.05
Single Parenting Hurts Kids	0.16	0.16	1.17	0.14	0.13	1.15	0.05	0.12	1.05	−0.40	0.18		0.67
Family Form Limits Success	−0.52	0.20	0.60	−0.25	0.32	0.78	−0.27	0.20	0.76	0.31	0.27		1.37
Religion is Very Important	0.33	0.70	1.38	−0.54	0.54	0.58	−0.72	0.49	0.49	−1.31	0.59		0.27
Childhood Experience
Mom Married at Birth	−0.63	0.77	0.53	−0.84	0.67	0.43	0.87	0.52	2.39	−0.94	0.62		0.39
Caregiver Divorce	0.04	0.66	1.04	0.46	0.44	1.58	0.88	0.49	2.40	0.24	0.57		1.27
Maternal Education	0.12	0.14	1.12	0.04	0.11	1.04	−0.12	0.08	0.89	−0.04	0.10		0.96
Covariates
Race (Reference: White)
Black	−0.41	0.69	0.66	0.10	0.68	1.10	−0.31	0.52	0.73	−1.30	0.83		0.27
Other Race	−4.77	1.24	0.01 ** a,b,c	0.44	0.92	1.55 a	0.51	0.71	1.66 b	0.29	0.79		1.34 c
Hispanic	1.71	0.75	5.52	−0.69	0.82	0.50	−0.91	0.73	0.40	−0.87	0.92		0.42
Age	−0.12	0.15	0.88	−0.14	0.15	0.87	−0.01	0.12	0.99	0.13	0.16		1.14
Controls
Caregiver is Parent	2.62	1.02	13.76 b	−1.22	2.41	0.30	−1.74	0.77	0.18 b	2.56	2.71		12.91
Caregiver changed	2.75	0.81	15.63 *	0.08	1.19	1.08	1.38	0.66	3.99	−0.26	1.02		0.77
Year reported sexual partners (reference: 2011)
2007	1.87	0.80	6.51 a	−1.02	0.66	0.36 a	−0.67	0.66	0.51	−0.89	0.99		0.41
2009	2.47	0.99	11.85 a,b,c	−1.67	0.87	0.19 a	−0.82	0.65	0.44 b	−2.53	0.93		0.08 * c
n			362		424			432				392

Note:

^*p < 0.01

^**p < 0.001.

Letters denote differences at p < 0.01 between:

^a)partnered males and partnered females

^b)partnered males and single males

^c)partnered males and single females

^d)partnered females and single males

^e)partnered females and single females

^f)single males and single females