Table 13. Analysis of Mother’s Satisfaction with her Life So Far
Mother's Life Satisfaction: rated 7 or |
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) |
0.178 |
(4.05)*** |
0.138 |
(3.15)*** |
0.060 |
(1.35) |
0.056 |
(1.28) |
________________________________22 to 24 (agefst3) |
0.278 |
(6.51)*** |
0.215 |
(4.85)*** |
0.032 |
(0.70) |
0.003 |
(0.06) |
__________________________________25 to 27 (agefst4) |
0.599 |
(12.80)*** |
0.503 |
(10.39)*** |
0.246 |
(4.85)*** |
0.185 |
(3.63)*** |
________________________________28 to 30 (agefst5) |
0.640 |
(14.00)*** |
0.527 |
(11.01)*** |
0.217 |
(4.12)*** |
0.125 |
(2.36)** |
__________________________________31 to 33 (agefst6) |
0.710 |
(12.67)*** |
0.581 |
(10.07)*** |
0.255 |
(4.02)*** |
0.144 |
(2.23)** |
__________________________________34 to 36 (agefst7) |
0.592 |
(9.33)*** |
0.464 |
(6.90)*** |
0.151 |
(2.10)** |
0.037 |
(0.52) |
___________________________________37 plus (agefst8) |
0.629 |
(7.12)*** |
0.500 |
(5.38)*** |
0.185 |
(1.88)* |
0.070 |
(0.72) |
Childhood Factors___________________________ | ||||||||
Mother’s parents ever separated or divorced |
-0.121 |
(3.77)** |
-0.100 |
(2.96)*** |
-0.095 |
(2.76)*** | ||
Mother ever in care during childhood (incare)_____ |
-0.400 |
(3.78)** ~ |
-0.339 |
(3.15)*** ~ |
-0.330 |
(3.03)*** ~ | ||
Mother left school at minimum age (compsch) |
-0.144 |
(4.93)*** |
-0.005 |
(0.15) |
0.010 |
(0.28) | ||
Ethnic origin: reference category White___________ | ||||||||
__________________________________Mixed (eth2) |
-0.167 |
(1.23) |
-0.118 |
(0.85) |
-0.107 |
(0.79) | ||
_______________________________________Indian (eth3) |
-0.439 |
(5.25)*** |
-0.461 |
(5.28)*** |
-0.443 |
(5.10)*** | ||
____________________________________Pakistani (eth4) |
-0.194 |
(2.42)** |
-0.154 |
(1.63) |
-0.107 |
(1.10) | ||
_______________________________Bangladeshi (eth5) |
-0.136 |
(0.82) |
-0.128 |
(0.66) |
-0.079 |
(0.40) | ||
_________________________Black Caribbean (eth6) |
-0.330 |
(2.72)*** |
-0.141 |
(1.14) |
-0.130 |
(1.04) | ||
_____________________________Black African (eth7) |
-0.402 |
(3.30)*** |
-0.203 |
(1.90)* |
-0.169 |
(1.61) | ||
_____________________________________Other (eth8) |
-0.249 |
(2.05)** |
-0.211 |
(1.70)* |
-0.196 |
(1.61) | ||
Contemporary Factors______________________ | ||||||||
Country: reference category England____________ | ||||||||
_______________________________Wales (curreg10) |
0.042 |
(0.91) |
0.056 |
(1.21) | ||||
______________________________Scotland (curreg11) |
0.064 |
(1.78)* |
0.077 |
(2.18)** | ||||
______________________Northern Ireland (curreg12) |
-0.017 |
(0.33) |
0.003 |
(0.06) | ||||
Employed when pregnant (emppreg)____________ |
0.108 |
(3.75)*** |
0.071 |
(2.45)*** | ||||
Highest Qualification: reference None____________ | ||||||||
________________NVQ level 1 or equivalent (nvq1) |
-0.023 |
(0.45) |
-0.026 |
(0.50) |
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