Cultural Inheritance and Fertility Outcomes: An Analysis from Evolutionary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Table 3
Results for Poisson regression (PR) model, Logit regression (LR) model, and Cox hazard model: US females, 2002-2003.
Variables
PR model
LR model
Cox hazard model
Coef.
S.E.
Coef.
S.E.
Coef.
S.E.
Cultural inheritance variable
Same religion
0.10** (1.11)
0.03
0.22* (1.25)
0.13
0.19*** (1.21)
0.05
Demographic factors
Age
0.05*** (1.05)
0.00
0.03** (1.03)
0.01
−0.07*** (0.93)
0.00
Race (ref. = white)
Hispanic
0.24*** (1.27)
0.03
−0.43*** (0.65)
0.14
0.28*** (1.32)
0.06
Non-Hispanic black
0.22*** (1.25)
0.05
−1.57*** (0.21)
0.17
0.11*** (1.11)
0.07
Non-Hispanic other
0.15* (1.16)
0.07
−0.85*** (0.43)
0.30
−0.03* (0.97)
0.09
Number of times R married
0.19*** (1.21)
0.02
2.26*** (9.58)
0.18
−0.26*** (0.77)
0.04
Socioeconomic factors
Highest degree R ever earned
−0.06*** (0.94)
0.01
0.15*** (1.16)
0.03
−0.03** (0.97)
0.01
Total combined family income
−0.01** (0.99)
0.01
0.10*** (1.11)
0.01
0.01 (1.01)
0.01
If R ever worked full time for 6+ months
−0.02 (0.98)
0.02
0.08* (1.08)
0.04
0.06*** (1.06)
0.02
Family background characteristics
Father’s education
−0.02 (0.98)
0.02
0.06 (1.06)
0.05
0.04* (1.04)
0.02
If R lived in an intact family from birth to the age of 18
−0.01 (0.99)
0.03
0.36** (1.43)
0.13
−0.03 (0.97)
0.04
Proximate determinants
If ever used birth control methods
0.31** (1.36)
0.12
−0.22 (0.80)
0.33
0.59*** (1.80)
0.14
If R ever had sterilization operation
0.33*** (1.39)
0.04
−1.05 (0.35)
0.15
0.34*** (1.40)
0.05
Constant
−0.77***
0.21
−7.54***
0.58
—
—
6,020
4,661
2,528
LR
—
—
584.01
Prob >
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
Sources: derived from NSFG Cycle 6 female dataset, 2002-2003 [46]. Variables foreign born, metropolitan residence, and mother’s education are dropped from models due to nonsignificant regression coefficients. *Significant at , **, ***, one-tailed test. Numbers in parentheses are the exponentiated forms of the coefficients.
