Table 7.
The effect of parents’ family status and class on offspring’s family dissolution—four model specifications. Discrete-time event history logit
| 1. No controls | 2. Socio-demo | 3. Life course choices | 4. All controls | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family status at 16 | ||||
| Non-intact | 2.086*** | 1.745*** | 1.806*** | 1.800*** |
| (0.070) | (0.058) | (0.084) | (0.084) | |
| One or both parents died | 1.336*** | 1.327*** | 1.343*** | 1.351*** |
| (0.064) | (0.064) | (0.085) | (0.086) | |
| Normalized score of ISEI | 1.034** | 0.943*** | 0.991 | 1.028 |
| (0.015) | (0.015) | (0.020) | (0.022) | |
| Family status at 16 # ISEI | ||||
| Non-intact # ISEI | 0.928** | 0.989 | 0.979 | 0.974 |
| (0.032) | (0.034) | (0.047) | (0.047) | |
| One or both parents died # ISEI | 0.993 | 1.020 | 1.027 | 1.022 |
| (0.050) | (0.052) | (0.067) | (0.067) | |
| Time | 1.895*** | 1.897*** | 1.986*** | 1.989*** |
| (0.034) | (0.034) | (0.038) | (0.038) | |
| Time squared | 0.962*** | 0.962*** | 0.961*** | 0.961*** |
| (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
| Time cubic | 1.001*** | 1.001*** | 1.001*** | 1.001*** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| Female | 1.201*** | 0.907*** | 0.906*** | |
| (0.028) | (0.028) | (0.029) | ||
| Year of birth | 1.017*** | 1.015*** | 1.016*** | |
| (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.002) | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||
| No information | 0.440** | 0.439* | 0.416* | |
| (0.172) | (0.195) | (0.189) | ||
| European/other white | 0.714*** | 0.722*** | 0.749*** | |
| (0.060) | (0.076) | (0.079) | ||
| Mixed: white & other | 1.140 | 1.398** | 1.484*** | |
| (0.123) | (0.206) | (0.221) | ||
| Indian | 0.143*** | 0.111*** | 0.112*** | |
| (0.022) | (0.019) | (0.019) | ||
| Pakistani | 0.201*** | 0.145*** | 0.144*** | |
| (0.031) | (0.026) | (0.026) | ||
| Bangladeshi | 0.067*** | 0.042*** | 0.041*** | |
| (0.021) | (0.014) | (0.014) | ||
| Other Asian/Asian British | 0.311*** | 0.352*** | 0.371*** | |
| (0.052) | (0.067) | (0.071) | ||
| Black/African/Caribbean/black British | 1.004 | 1.293*** | 1.346*** | |
| (0.067) | (0.112) | (0.117) | ||
| Other | 0.661*** | 0.659** | 0.690* | |
| (0.104) | (0.132) | (0.139) | ||
| Age of entry union w child | 0.861*** | 0.864*** | ||
| (0.004) | (0.004) | |||
| Number of unions with children | ||||
| 2nd union w child | 0.701*** | 0.668*** | ||
| (0.063) | (0.060) | |||
| 3rd union w child | 0.456*** | 0.417*** | ||
| (0.102) | (0.094) | |||
| Ever in a marriage | 1.002 | 0.992 | ||
| (0.088) | (0.088) | |||
| Married at the beginning of the union (direct marriage) | 0.748*** | 0.740*** | ||
| (0.029) | (0.029) | |||
| Education (Ref = Degree) | ||||
| Other higher | 1.063 | |||
| (0.060) | ||||
| A level/similar | 1.176*** | |||
| (0.057) | ||||
| GCSE/similar | 1.058 | |||
| (0.059) | ||||
| Other qualification | 0.897* | |||
| (0.057) | ||||
| No qualification/Missing | 0.725*** | |||
| (0.043) | ||||
| Constant | 0.000*** | 0.000*** | 0.000*** | 0.000*** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| Observations | 958,240 | 958,240 | 958,240 | 958,240 |
| Number of pidp | 38,515 | 38,515 | 38,515 | 38,515 |
Robust standard errors in parentheses
*p < 0.1
**p < 0.05
***p < 0.01