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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2021 Mar 5;83(4):961–984. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12758

Table 4.

Results from Logistic Regression Predicting Odds of Having a Child in the Past Year among Interracial Couples In Which One Partner is White, 2008–2017

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Racial/ethnic pairing
Asian American-White couples
Black-White couples 1.27*** 1.25*** 1.25***
American Indian-White couples 1.25*** 1.19*** 1.16***
Hispanic-White couples 1.27*** 1.17*** 1.16***
Minority spouse is male 1.22*** 1.17*** 1.17***
Female partners’ age group
15–19
20–24 0.70*** 0.71***
25–29 0.55*** 0.56***
30–34 0.60*** 0.61***
35–39 0.53*** 0.54***
40–50 0.13*** 0.13***
Couples’ nativity
Both native-born
Native-born man and foreign-born woman 0.97 0.98
Foreign-born man and native-born woman 1.01 1.03
Both foreign-born 1.01 1.06
Couples’ educational attainment
Both no completed college
Woman with some college or less and man with completed college 0.81*** 0.85***
Man with some college or less and woman with completed college 0.77*** 0.80***
Both completed college 0.76*** 0.83***
Cohabitation or marital order
Cohabiting (Reference)
Both first married 2.43*** 2.37***
First married man and remarried woman 2.43*** 2.37***
Remarried man and first married woman 2.29*** 2.22***
Both remarried 1.57*** 1.51***
Number of older children living in the household 0.93*** 0.91***
Time period
2008–2011
2012–2017 0.91*** 0.90***
PUMA level charateristics
ln (percent minorities) mean centered 0.98
ln (percent multiracials) mean centered 0.98
ln (percent foreign born) mean centered 0.98
ln (median household income) mean centered 1.68***
ln (percent completed college) mean centered 0.64***
Constant 0.12*** 0.13*** 0.17*** 0.18***
Log-Likelihood Ratio 118 132 3,701 3,906
N 119,650

Note:

*

<.05

**

<.01

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<.001