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. 2020 Jan 13;36(4):765–798. doi: 10.1007/s10680-019-09551-y

Table 5.

OLS regression results on average sequence dissimilarity by birth cohort

Men Women
1952 1962 1972 1952 1962 1972
Family structure
 Single parent 1.28*** (0.29) 0.94*** (0.28) 0.51+ (0.29) 1.55*** (0.31) 1.45*** (0.27) 0.68* (0.34)
Mother’s age at 1st birth 0.00 (0.02) − 0.08** (0.03) − 0.26*** (0.03) − 0.10*** (0.02) − 0.17*** (0.03) − 0.41*** (0.04)
Parental education (ref. upper-secondary)
 No lower-secondary 0.05 (0.24) − 0.24 (0.26) 0.46 (0.53) 0.06 (0.24) 0.39 (0.28) 0.43 (0.56)
 Lower-secondary − 0.44 (0.48) 0.30 (0.57) 0.39 (0.59) − 0.18 (0.53) − 0.03 (0.47) − 0.82 (0.65)
 Post-secondary 0.31 (0.39) − 0.24 (0.32) − 0.32 (0.26) − 0.55 (0.40) 0.00 (0.33) − 0.81* (0.37)
Parental income − 0.11 (0.07) 0.04 (0.08) − 0.16* (0.07) − 0.22** (0.07) − 0.21** (0.08) − 0.34*** (0.08)
Educational attainment (ref. upper-secondary)
 Lower-secondary 0.55* (0.25) 0.76* (0.30) 1.83*** (0.54) 1.50*** (0.32) 2.65*** (0.39) 3.23*** (0.72)
 Post-secondary − 1.42*** (0.27) − 0.62* (0.30) − 1.86*** (0.26) − 1.56*** (0.26) − 2.20*** (0.24) − 3.34*** (0.32)
Work experience − 0.01 (0.04) 0.09+ (0.05) 0.23*** (0.04) − 0.07+ (0.04) − 0.03 (0.06) − 0.15* (0.06)
Constant 44.28*** (1.03) 41.40*** (1.17) 36.74*** (1.17) 48.85*** (0.91) 47.79*** (1.29) 52.47*** (1.38)
Adj. R2 0.019 0.010 0.054 0.052 0.077 0.109
N 3978 4698 5104 4002 4688 4695

Statistical significance: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; Standard errors in parentheses