The name is absent

Claming benefits_________________________

Probit________________________________________________________________________________

Age at motherhood________________________

_______Model (1)_______

Model (2)

Model (3)

Model (4)

______________Reference category: up to 18 years

t

t

t

_t______________

__________________________________19 to 21 (agefst2)

-0.394

(8.36)***

-0.290

(5.97)***

0.017

(0.28)

-0.003

(0.05)

________________________________22 to 24 (agefst3)

-0.921

(17.08)***

-0.764

(14.06)***

-0.231

(3.74)***

-0.239

(3.86)***

__________________________________25 to 27 (agefst4)

-1.506

(28.79)***

-1.279

(22.82)***

-0.592

(8.68)***

-0.570

(8.33)***

________________________________28 to 30 (agefst5)

-1.791

(36.99)***

-1.531

(30.11)***

-0.758

(12.43)***

-0.706

(11.55)***

__________________________________31 to 33 (agefst6)

-1.967

(31.25)***

-1.681

(26.54)***

-0.897

(12.42)***

-0.825

(11.16)***

__________________________________34 to 36 (agefst7)

-1.947

(24.45)***

-1.658

(20.57)***

-0.897

(9.34)***

-0.848

(8.60)***

___________________________________37 plus (agefst8)

-1.943

(19.10)***

-1.659

(15.92)***

-0.930

(7.32)***

-0.873

(6.69)***

Childhood Factors___________________________

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

0.149

(4.96)***

0.126

(4.02)***

0.123

(3.86)***

Mother ever in care during childhood (incare)_____

0.652

(5.47)***  ~

0.537

(3.93)*** ~

0.546

(3.98)*** ~

Mother left school at minimum age (compsch)

0.461

(15.28)***

0.202

(5.86)***

0.165

(4.66)***

Ethnic origin: reference category White_________

__________________________________Mixed (eth2)

0.222

(1.72)*

-0.110

(0.86)

-0.093

(0.71)

_______________________________________Indian (eth3)

-0.060

(0.54)

-0.165

(1.31)

-0.106

(0.83)

____________________________________Pakistani (eth4)

0.527

(4.98)***

0.256

(2.35)**

0.308

(2.87)***

_______________________________Bangladeshi (eth5)

0.274

(2.04)**

0.069

(0.59)

0.104

(0.82)

_________________________Black Caribbean (eth6)

0.534

(3.83)***

-0.100

(0.82)

-0.103

(0.84)

_____________________________Black African (eth7)

0.760

(4.50)***

0.089

(0.55)

0.170

(1.01)

_____________________________________Other (eth8)

0.032

(0.32)

-0.284

(2.73)***

-0.243

(2.33)**

Contemporary Factors______________________

Country: reference category England____________

_______________________________Wales (curreg10)

0.175

(3.47)***

0.190

(3.69)***

______________________________Scotland (curreg11)

0.067

(1.24)

0.082

(1.51)

______________________Northern Ireland (curreg12)

0.191

(3.48)***

0.181

(3.44)***

Employed when pregnant (emppreg)____________

-0.288

(8.55)***

-0.291

(8.46)***

Highest Qualification: reference None____________

________________NVQ level 1 or equivalent (nvq1)

0.081

(1.28)

0.080

(1.26)

________________NVQ level 2 or equivalent(nvq2)

-0.193

(3.46)***

-0.173

(3.08)***

________________NVQ level 3 or equivalent(nvq3)

-0.220

(3.66)***

-0.168

(2.72)***