Table 6.  Odds ratios (a) for being married:  Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  October 14, 1999


Characteristics - Covariates                      Model A        Model B         Model C         Model D
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                                                100 percent      Sample        100 percent     100 percent
                                               (Both sites)   (Both sites)   Sacramento, CA   Columbia, SC

N (unweighted)                                     2354            384             1179            1175
Chi-square                                      865.434 ***    223.774 ***     259.101 ***     216.190 ***
d.f.                                                 8             13               7               7

                                                   O.R.           O.R.            O.R.            O.R.
Gender of couple
     Female/female                                 1.080          1.102           0.806          1.386 *
     Male/male (R)                                   1              1               1               1

Age of Person 1
     Less than 40 years old (R)                      1              1               1               1
     40 or more years old                        3.036 ***      2.810 **        2.267 ***       3.976 ***

Age difference of Person 1 to partner
     Same age (R)                                    1              1               1               1
     +/- one 5-year age group                    0.580 ***        0.679         0.579 **        0.585 **
     +/- more than one 5-year age group          0.359 ***      0.261 ***       0.535 ***       0.254 ***

Race
     Person 1 same as partner                      1.441 *        1.455           1.580 *         1.355
     Person 1 different from partner (R)             1              1               1               1

Children
     Children present                            7.353 ***     10.737 ***       9.966 ***       5.468 ***
     No children present (R)                         1              1               1               1

Other non-related adults
     Other non-related adults present              0.863           (NA)           0.862          0.808
     Other non-related adults not present (R)        1             (NA)             1               1

Educational attainment of Person 1
     Less than high school                          (NA)          1.023            (NA)            (NA)
     High school degree (R)                         (NA)            1              (NA)            (NA)
     Any college                                    (NA)        0.261 **           (NA)            (NA)

Educational attainment comparison
  between Person 1 and partner
     Same level of education (R)                    (NA)            1              (NA)            (NA)
     Different level of education                   (NA)          1.479            (NA)            (NA)

Employment
     One partner worked last week (R)               (NA)            1              (NA)            (NA)
     Both partners worked last week                 (NA)         0.474 *           (NA)            (NA)
     Neither partners worked last week                           1.259

Migration
     Both partners lived at present
       residence 5 years ago                        (NA)        2.839 **           (NA)            (NA)
     Both partners did not live at present
       residence 5 years ago                        (NA)            1              (NA)            (NA)

Dress rehearsal site
     Sacramento, CA (R)                              1              1              (NA)            (NA)
     Columbia, SC                                5.290 ***      4.107 ***          (NA)            (NA)

Intercept                                        0.154 ***        0.390          0.159 ***         0.768

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   +p<.10   *p<.05   **p<.01   ***p<.001
   (a) Exponentiated logistic regression coefficient.
   (NA) Not applicable/Not included in Model.
   (R) Reference Category for Regression.