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Table 3m Odds Ratios of Logistic Regression Models Predicting
First Marriage Being Preceded by Cohabitation by
Racial/Ethnic Group (weighted data, N=7,319 &
n
Asian
=441)
N=7,319
N=441
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
White (ref.)
(ref.)
(ref.)
--
--
--
Black 0.77* 0.67** 0.69**
--
--
--
Hispanic 0.63*** 0.85
0.86
--
--
--
East Asian 0.69
1.14
1.38
(ref.)
(ref.)
(ref.)
Filipinos 0.86
1.73
2.40** 1.36
2.06+ 3.38**
South Asians 0.39** 0.7
0.92
0.61
0.65
0.87
Male 1.11
1.12
1.12
0.51* 0.44** 0.48*
Age at Wave 4 0.99
0.98
0.98
0.98
1.06
1.1
Family Structure
Two-parent family (ref.)
--
--
--
Single-parent family
1.40*** 1.41***
3.43* 4.03*
Stepfamily
1.46*** 1.45***
1.52
1.21
Other family
2.06*** 2.05***
4.95** 6.53**
Maternal Education
Less than HS (ref.)
--
--
--
--
High School
0.81† 0.81†
0.66
0.71
Some College
0.78† 0.79†
0.72
0.77
University and more
0.77* 0.77*
0.64 0.54
Generational Status
1st generation
0.40*** 0.41***
0.23** 0.29*
2nd generation
0.65** 0.65**
0.79
0.89
3rd generation (ref.)
--
--
--
Partner
’
s Race
White
1.04
2.88*
Asian
0.63†
0.65
Other (ref.)
--
--
pseudo r-square 0.00746 0.02187 0.02272 0.04095 0.14538 0.18829
Note: † p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
The “other” category of partner’s race refers to partners who are black,
Hispanic, or other race.