Table 6. Analysis of Age at Motherhood in terms of factors from childhood
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Age at Motherhood in 8 groups of 3 year bands up to 37+ (agefstm)__________________________________ |
Ordered Probit |
Ordered Probit |
Ordered Probit | |||
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Childhood Factors______________________ |
t |
t |
t | |||
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Mother’s parents ever separated or divorced |
-0.376 |
(17.35)*** |
-0.436 |
(13.45)*** |
-0.383 |
(12.21)*** |
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Mother ever in care during childhood (incare) |
-0.679 |
(6.92)*** ~ |
-0.482 |
(3.95)*** ~ |
-0.345 |
(2.88)*** ~ |
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Mother left school at minimum age (compsch) |
-0.732 |
(26.65)*** |
-0.610 |
(16.20)*** |
-0.533 |
(14.18)*** |
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Ethnic origin: reference category White_________ | ||||||
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________________________________Mixed (eth2) |
-0.309 |
(3.30)*** |
-0.318 |
(2.23)** |
-0.238 |
(1.68)* |
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____________________________________Indian (eth3) |
-0.277 |
(4.53)*** |
-0.246 |
(2.85)*** |
-0.127 |
(1.44) |
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___________________________________Pakistani (eth4) |
-0.572 |
(12.61)*** |
-0.694 |
(9.68)*** |
-0.490 |
(6.93)*** |
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____________________________Bangladeshi (eth5) |
-0.900 |
(19.48)*** |
-0.860 |
(12.94)*** |
-0.692 |
(6.56)*** |
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________________________Black Caribbean (eth6) |
-0.202 |
(1.82)* |
-0.010 |
(0.06) |
0.136 |
(0.86) |
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___________________________Black African (eth7) |
-0.132 |
(1.88)* |
-0.003 |
(0.02) |
0.255 |
(1.91)* |
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_____________________________________Other (eth8) |
-0.033 |
(0.45) |
0.073 |
(0.71) |
0.201 |
(2.20)** |
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Current Factors_________________________ | ||||||
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Region: reference category England___________ | ||||||
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_______________________________Movers (reg1) |
-0.552 |
(11.34)*** | ||||
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_________________________________Wales (reg11) |
-0.141 |
(2.56)** | ||||
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________________________________Scotland (reg12) |
-0.037 |
(-0.63) | ||||
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_______________________Northern Ireland (reg13) |
-0.234 |
(4.00)*** | ||||
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Area Type: reference Advantaged______________ | ||||||
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___________________Disadvantaged ward (area2) |
-0.404 |
(7.66)*** | ||||
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___________________________Ethnic Ward (area3) |
-0.426 |
(5.04)*** | ||||
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Observations__________________________________ |
18463 |
7563 |
7563 | |||
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F____________________________________ |
161.53 |
0.0000 |
94.68 |
0.0000 |
81.20 |
0.0000 ~ |
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Cut Points______________________________ | ||||||
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_________________________________________Cut 1 |
-1.826 |
(64.12)*** ~ |
-1.851 |
(52.10)*** ~ |
-2.124 |
(47.56)*** ~ |
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_______________________________________Cut 2 |
-1.112 |
(41.28)*** |
-1.190 |
(37.68)*** |
-1.426 |
(36.41)*** |
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_________________________________________Cut 3 |
-0.678 |
(24.00)*** |
-0.826 |
(25.44)*** |
-1.037 |
(26.49)*** |
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_______________________________________Cut 4 |
-0.194 |
(6.23)*** |
-0.441 |
(11.39)*** |
-0.587 |
(14.04)*** |
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_______________________________________Cut 5 |
0.394 |
(12.07)*** |
0.187 |
(5.22)*** |
0.023 |
(0.57) |
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_______________________________________Cut 6 |
0.983 |
(33.97)*** |
0.770 |
(22.97)*** |
0.617 |
(16.19)*** |
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_______________________________________Cut 7 |
1.603 |
(57.69)*** |
1.380 |
(38.97)*** |
1.227 |
(30.88)*** |
Absolute value of t statistics in parentheses * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%
Similar results are obtained if exclude those who gave birth at or before the compulsory school leaving age
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