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 | |||
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