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Partner Currently Present

Probit

Age at motherhood__________________________

Model (1)

Model (2)

Model (3)

Reference category: up to 18 years_________________

t

t

t

______________________________________19 to 21 (agefst2)

0.364

(8.11)***

0.284

(6.18)***

0.205

(4.17)***

___________________________________22 to 24 (agefst3)

0.821

(17.54)***

0.720

(14.99)***

0.583

(11.45)***

___________________________________25 to 27 (agefst4)

1.214

(21.69)***

1.099

(18.24)***

0.898

(14.42)***

___________________________________28 to 30 (agefst5)

1.409

(22.59)***

1.279

(20.22)***

1.074

(16.73)***

______________________________________31 to 33 (agefst6)

1.531

(23.49)***

1.379

(20.27)***

1.166

(15.09)***

___________________________________34 to 36 (agefst7)

1.393

(17.65)***

1.257

(15.67)***

1.070

(11.94)***

____________________________________37 plus (agefst8)

1.204

(10.34)***

1.078

(8.62)***

0.894

(6.61)***

Childhood Factors____________________________

Mother’s parents ever separated or divorced
(fpasebi)_______________________________________________

-0.113

(3.34)***

-0.070

(1.96)*

Mother ever in care during childhood (incare)_______

-0.046

(0.44)

-0.031

(0.30)

Mother left school at minimum age (compsch)______

-0.265

(8.73)***

-0.099

(2.91)***

Ethnic origin: reference category White_____________

____________________________________Mixed (eth2)

-0.439

(2.78)***

-0.401

(2.37)***

________________________________________Indian (eth3)

0.467

(3.58)***

0.703

(4.89)***

_____________________________________Pakistani (eth4)

0.432

(3.86)***

0.815

(6.57)***

________________________________Bangladeshi (eth5)

0.762

(7.53)***

1.109

(10.44)***

____________________________Black Caribbean (eth6)

-1.011

(8.48)***

-1.011

(8.06)***

_______________________________Black African (eth7)

-0.989

(8.22)***

-0.894

(7.38)***

_________________________________________Other (eth8)

-0.114

(0.85)

0.127

(0.77)

Contemporary Factors_______________________

Country: reference category England_______________

__________________________________Wales (curreg10)

-0.107

(2.33)**

_______________________________Scotland (curreg11)

-0.079

(1.68)*

________________________Northern Ireland (curreg12)

-0.178

(3.26)***

Mother Employed when pregnant with cohort child
(emppreg)______________________________________

0.331

(10.70)***

Highest Qualification: reference None______________

__________________NVQ level 1 or equivalent (nvq 1)

0.141

(2.39)**

__________________NVQ level 2 or equivalent(nvq2)

0.364

(7.56)***

__________________NVQ level 3 or equivalent(nvq3)

0.313

(4.65)***

__________________NVQ level 4 or equivalent(nvq4)

0.560

(9.01)***

_________________NVQ level 5 or equivalent (nvq5)

0.842

(6.76)***

_____________Overseas and other unclassified (nvq6)

0.216

(2.20)**

Total number of children in family (totlivch)_________

0.222

(14.99)***

Long standing illness, mother (longill)_______________

-0.052

(1.44)

Area Type: reference Advantaged_________________

______________________Disadvantaged ward (area2)

-0.270

(7.02)***

_______________________________Ethnic Ward (area3)

-0.433

(5.46)***

Constant_________________________________________

0.281

(8.02)***

0.579

(12.09)***

-0.193

(2.29)**

Observations___________________________________

17814______________

17814________________

17814_______________

F______________________________________

155.11

0.0000

82.26

0.0000

54.60

0.0000