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. 2023 Feb 23;39(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s10680-023-09654-7

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
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