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Table 3 Multinomial logistic regression analysis for associations between T1 variables and early versus late dissolutions

From: Long shadows: a prospective study of predictors of relationship dissolution over 17 child-rearing years

 

Early dissolutions

Late dissolutions

 

Single

Multiple

Single

Multiple

Variables

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Emotional support from partner

0.60**

0.47 - 0.74

0.74*

0.57 - 0.94

0.66**

0.51 - 0.88

0.73*

0.55 - 0.99

Expression of criticism

1.57**

1.29 - 1.96

1.50**

1.20 - 1.98

1.05

0.78 - 1.40

  

Psychological distress, HSCL

1.49**

1.17 -1.91

  

1.49**

1.09 - 1.98

  

Temperamental emotionality

1.25*

1.00 - 1.54

  

1.31*

1.04 - 1.66

  

Temperamental sociability

1.04

0.84 - 1.35

  

1.22

0.92 - 1.62

1.43*

1.07 - 1.97

Child related strains

1.25

1.00 - 1.64

  

1.53**

1.21 - 2.11

1.73**

1.38 - 2.35

Living condition strains

1.39**

1.14 - 1.75

  

1.15

0.87 - 1.49

  

Age

0.52**

0.39 - 0.67

0.62**

0.44 - 0.80

0.67**

0.51 - 0.86

  

Number of children

0.90

0.68 - 1.13

  

0.78

0.69 - 1.00

  

Financial situation

0.61**

0.47 - 0.76

0.74*

0.57 - 0.96

0.89

0.68 - 1.15

  

Educational length

0.58**

0.46 - 0.74

0.67**

0.50 - 0.87

0.63**

0.48 - 0.82

.59**

0.43 - 0.78

Marital status

0.58**

0.46 - 0.72

0.68**

0.57 - 0.87

0.83

0.64 - 1.10

  
  1. Early dissolutions: within T2 (child age 8 years) (n = 120); Late dissolutions: between T2 and T4 (child age 8–19 years) (n = 83).
  2. Reference group = still together on T4 (child age 19 years) (n = 297).
  3. 95% Confidence intervals are based on bootstraps for parameter estimates. **p<.01: *p<.05.