Table 5.
The effect of parents’ family status and class on offspring’s family dissolution—controlling for socio-demographic and behavioural mediators. Linear probability model
M1: no controls | M2: socio-demo | M3: life course | M4: all controls | |
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Parents’ family status (ref: intact Family) | ||||
Non-intact | 0.13*** | 0.13*** | 0.10*** | 0.09*** |
(0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
One or both parents died | 0.06*** | 0.06*** | 0.04*** | 0.04*** |
(0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Dominant class (ref: low-skilled working class) | ||||
Skilled working class | − 0.01** | − 0.01** | − 0.00 | − 0.00 |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
Lower-middle class | − 0.01 | − 0.01 | 0.02** | 0.02*** |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
Upper-middle class | − 0.06*** | − 0.05*** | − 0.01* | − 0.00 |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
Parents’ family status # parents’ class | ||||
Non-intact # skilled working class | − 0.02 | − 0.01 | − 0.01 | − 0.01 |
(0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Non-intact # lower-middle class | − 0.04 | − 0.04 | − 0.03 | − 0.03 |
(0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Non-intact # upper-middle class | 0.01 | − 0.00 | − 0.00 | − 0.00 |
(0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Controls included: | ||||
Socio-demographics: gender, birth year, ethnicity | x | x | x | |
Union formation behaviour: age at union formation, married, previous unions, N° children | x | x | ||
Own education | x | |||
Observations | 34,027 | 34,027 | 34,027 | 34,027 |
R-squared | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
Analytical samples only include individuals aged 40 and older
*p < .05
**p < .01
***p < .001