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. 2019 Dec 11;36(4):675–709. doi: 10.1007/s10680-019-09546-9

Table 2.

Estimates of multinomial logistic regression models for intermarriage of native men by immigrant status of the partner (Panel A; ref: native–native marriage) and logistic regression models for marriage migrant marriages of native men (Panel B; Model 1, ref: resident immigrant marriage)

A B
High status Medium status Low status Marriage migrant
OR SE OR SE OR SE OR SE
Individual attractiveness
Education (ref: upper secondary)
 1 Primary/lower secondary 1.13 0.08 0.66*** 0.07 0.92 0.17 1.16 0.14
 2 1.12*** 0.03 0.99 0.03 1.00 0.06 0.99 0.04
 4 0.94** 0.02 0.86*** 0.02 1.10 0.06 0.87*** 0.03
 5 0.91*** 0.02 0.83*** 0.02 1.24*** 0.08 0.83*** 0.04
 6 0.93* 0.03 0.72*** 0.03 1.51*** 0.12 0.80*** 0.05
 7 Postgraduate education 1.17* 0.06 0.67*** 0.06 1.95*** 0.30 0.60*** 0.07
Labour income (ref: lowest septile)
 2 0.84*** 0.02 0.87*** 0.03 0.79*** 0.05 0.78*** 0.04
 3 0.76*** 0.02 0.76*** 0.02 0.72*** 0.04 0.69*** 0.03
 4 0.72*** 0.02 0.72*** 0.02 0.62*** 0.04 0.65*** 0.03
 5 0.71*** 0.02 0.69*** 0.02 0.56*** 0.03 0.65*** 0.03
 6 0.71*** 0.02 0.74*** 0.02 0.54*** 0.03 0.59*** 0.03
 Highest septile 0.73*** 0.02 0.66*** 0.02 0.51*** 0.03 0.50*** 0.02
Age (ref: 26–34)
 18–25 0.79*** 0.02 1.06 0.03 1.11 0.07 0.81** 0.05
 35–40 1.58*** 0.03 1.20*** 0.03 1.43*** 0.06 1.23*** 0.04
 41 and older 2.58*** 0.05 1.72*** 0.04 1.97*** 0.10 1.52*** 0.06
Relationship order (ref: first)
 Second 1.14*** 0.02 0.79*** 0.02 1.06 0.05 1.14*** 0.04
 Third or higher 1.47*** 0.06 1.04 0.05 1.59*** 0.15 1.64*** 0.11
Partner origin (ref: West/European)
 Nordic 0.22*** 0.01
 Central/East European 1.85*** 0.09
 Latin American 1.85*** 0.10
 Asian 2.59*** 0.12
 African 2.78*** 0.19
 Middle Eastern 0.60*** 0.05
Assortative mating variables
Educational-assortative mating (ref: homogamy)
 Hypergamy: partner higher education 1.05* 0.02 1.14*** 0.03 1.39*** 0.08 1.35*** 0.06
 Hypogamy: partner lower education 1.30*** 0.03 1.62*** 0.04 1.41*** 0.08 1.24*** 0.06
Age-assortative mating (ref: age homogamy)
 Hypergamy: partner older 1.64*** 0.03 1.04 0.03 1.44*** 0.08 1.07 0.05
 Hypogamy: partner younger (3–6 years) 1.03 0.02 1.38*** 0.03 1.45*** 0.06 1.44*** 0.05
 Hypogamy: partner younger (7 + years) 1.32*** 0.03 3.63*** 0.08 3.21*** 0.15 2.86*** 0.10
Baseline 0.05*** 0.00 0.01*** 0.00 0.00*** 0.00 0.11*** 0.01
N 616,750 52,281
Assortative mating coef. significantly different
Hypergamy versus hypogamy Yes Yes No No
Older versus younger (3–6 years) Yes Yes No Yes
Older versus younger (7 + years) Yes Yes Yes Yes

Models control for partner’s education, type of municipality of residence, and period interactions. Labour income is averaged over t − 4 to t − 1. Educational-assortative mating is based on a seven-category registration of education. Age homogamy is defined as an age gap of less than 3 years. See “Appendix” section for detailed variable labels and descriptions

OR odds ratios, SE standard errors

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

aWald test of equality of coefficients, significance at 5% level