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Table 2c Odds Ratios of Logistic Regression Models Predicting
Never Been Cohabited by Wave 4 by Racial/Ethnic
Group (weighted data, N=14,618 & n
Asian
=1,037)
N=14,618
N=1,037
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
White
(ref.)
(ref.)
--
--
Black
1.02
1.29*
--
--
Hispanic
1.39**
1.28†
--
--
East Asian
1.95*
1.34
(ref.)
(ref.)
Filipinos
1.82*
1.12
0.94
0.81
Other Asians
2.10*
1.45
1.13
1.04
Male 1.07
1.10†
1.74**
1.73*
Age at Wave 4
0.96*
0.97
0.95
0.92
Family Status
Two-parent family (ref.)
--
--
--
Single-parent family
0.57***
0.75
Stepfamily
0.52***
0.90
Other family
0.42***
0.29**
Maternal Education
Less than HS (ref.)
--
--
--
High School
1.11
1.31
Some College
1.23†
0.91
University and more
1.64***
1.31
Generational Status
1st generation
1.76***
2.99*
2nd generation
1.34*
1.97†
3rd generation (ref.)
--
--
--
pseudo r-square
0.00582
0.02992
0.01514
0.04743
Note: † p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001