Table 2.
The effect of parents’ family status and social class on offspring’s family dissolution. Linear probability models
| Silent generation | Baby boomers | Generation X | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–1945 | 1946–1964 | 1965–1979 | ||||
| Parents’ family status (ref: intact family) | ||||||
| Non-intact family | 0.09** | 0.14*** | 0.13*** | |||
| (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.03) | ||||
| Parents’ class (ref: low-skilled working class) | ||||||
| Skilled working class | 0.01 | − 0.02** | − 0.03** | |||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||||
| Lower-middle class | 0.03* | − 0.01 | − 0.04*** | |||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | ( − 0.01) | ||||
| Upper-middle class | 0.01 | − 0.06*** | − 0.06*** | |||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | ( − 0.01) | ||||
| Parents’ family status # parents’ class | ||||||
| Non-intact # skilled working class | 0.03 | − 0.03 | 0.00 | |||
| (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.04) | ||||
| Non-intact # lower-middle class | − 0.06 | − 0.01 | − 0.03 | |||
| (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.04) | ||||
| Non-intact # upper-middle class | − 0.02 | 0.04 | − 0.01 | |||
| (0.08) | (0.05) | (0.04) | ||||
| Observations (individuals) | 7999 | 15,477 | 10,027 | |||
Controls for year of birth, gender and ethnicity. Analytical samples only include individuals aged 40+
*p < .05
**p < .01
***p < .001