Table 2:
Women’s current education and transition to a first, second, and third birth, by race/ethnicity
| Non-Hispanic Whites |
Non-Hispanic Blacks |
Hispanic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | First birth | Second birth | Third birth | First birth | Second birth | Third birth | First birth | Second birth | Third birth |
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| Women’s current education (Ref=HS, β3) | |||||||||
| Below HS | −8.495*** (1.154) | 0.421*** (0.0774) | 0.386*** (0.117) | −10.11*** (1.404) | 0.531*** (0.0989) | 0.335** (0.146) | −5.807*** (1.084) | 0.348*** (0.0759) | 0.488*** (0.105) |
| College | −15.11*** (1.456) | 0.308*** (0.0595) | 0.353*** (0.0983) | −8.419*** (3.086) | −0.231* (0.130) | −0.262 (0.207) | −13.12*** (3.425) | 0.195* (0.113) | −0.0760 (0.166) |
| Age-education interactions | |||||||||
| Below HS × Age | 0.838***(0.106) | 0.860*** (0.128) | 0.511*** (0.0909) | ||||||
| College × Age | 0.879*** (0.0973) | 0.459** (0.208) | 0.766*** (0.226) | ||||||
| Below HS × Squared Age | −0.0184*** (0.00240) | −0.0165*** (0.00284) | −0.00967*** (0.00185) | ||||||
| College × Squared Age | −0.0123*** (0.00161) | −0.00619* (0.00347) | −0.0112*** (0.00369) | ||||||
| δ | 1 | 1.076*** (0.172) | 1.718*** (0.340) | 1 | 0.835*** (0.134) | 1.074*** (0.377) | 1 | 0.636*** (0.141) | 0.668*** (0.242) |
| var(U) | 0.262*** (0.0503) | 0.262*** (0.0503) | 0.262*** (0.0503) | 1.234*** (0.264) | 1.234*** (0.264) | 1.234*** (0.264) | 0.758*** (0.138) | 0.758*** (0.138) | 0.758*** (0.138) |
| N | 132,475 | 132,475 | 132,475 | 46,264 | 46,264 | 46,264 | 51,088 | 51,088 | 51,088 |
Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses.
p < 0.1
p < 0.05
p < 0.01.
This table shows the parameter estimates relating to equations (1) to (3) in the text, and the Greek letters also correspond to those in equations (1)–(3). All rates are modelled jointly with common unobserved factors, and control for age, age square, religion, current union status, mother's highest education, foreign-born status, and birth cohorts. In the first equation, the interaction between education and age, as well as the interaction between education and age square are also controlled. In the second and third equations, duration since last birth and its square are also controlled. In the third birth equation, whether the first two children have the same gender is also controlled. HS refers to high school.