Effect of Reference Group Median on Cohabitation and Family Structure
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A. Native Non-Hispanic White Men | |||||||
| Full Household Head Sample (N =1,038,546) | Coresiding Sample (N = 809,675) | Coresiding With Kids Sample (N = 520,609) | |||||
| Dependent Variable: | Married | Nonmarital Cohabiting | Non-coresiding | Coresiding With Kids | Married | Coresiding With Kids | Married |
| (mean = 0.68) | (mean = 0.09) | (mean = 0.23) | (mean = 0.48) | (mean = 0.88) | (mean = 0.63) | (mean = 0.96) | |
| Ratio income/ideal if under marriage ideal | 0.2551** | −0.0721** | −0.1827** | 0.2707** | 0.1129** | 0.2237** | 0.0568** |
| (0.0285) | (0.0128) | (0.0215) | (0.0236) | (0.0187) | (0.0242) | (0.0106) | |
| Ratio income/ideal if over marriage ideal | −0.0102 | 0.0124* | −0.0024 | 0.0170 | −0.0256** | −0.0036 | 0.0001 |
| (0.0119) | (0.0057) | (0.0091) | (0.0128) | (0.0094) | (0.0105) | (0.0055) | |
| Slope change | −0.2653** | 0.0845** | 0.1804** | −0.2537** | 0.1385** | −0.2273** | −0.0566** |
| (0.0243) | (0.0117) | (0.0172) | (0.0208) | (0.0172) | (0.0202) | (0.0089) | |
| Panel B. Native Non-Hispanic | |||||||
| Black Men | |||||||
| Full Household Head Sample (N = 113,840) | Coresiding Sample (N = 82,658) | Coresiding With Kids Sample (N = 32,735) | |||||
| Dependent Variable: | Married | Nonmarital Cohabiting | Non-coresiding | Coresiding with Kids | Married | Coresiding With Kids | Married |
| (mean = 0.57) | (mean = 0.15) | (mean = 0.28) | (mean = 0.52) | (mean = 0.9) | (mean = 0.72) | (mean = 0.88) | |
| Ratio income/ideal if under marriage ideal | 0.0793+ | −0.0447+ | −0.0351 | 0.0359 | 0.0637+ | 0.0121 | 0.0539 |
| (0.0433) | (0.0260) | (0.0409) | (0.0381) | (0.0322) | (0.0403) | (0.0325) | |
| Ratio income/ideal if over marriage ideal | −0.0254 | 0.0197+ | 0.0065 | 0.0042 | −0.0395* | 0.0032 | −0.0268* |
| (0.0180) | (0.0117) | (0.0145) | (0.0155) | (0.0160) | (0.0141) | (0.0119) | |
| Slope change | −0.1047** | 0.0644** | 0.0417 | −0.0317 | −0.1031** | −0.0089 | −0.0806** |
| (0.0348) | (0.0226) | (0.0326) | (0.0311) | (0.0273) | (0.0343) | (0.0294) | |
| Panel C. Native Hispanic | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Full Household Head Sample (N = 56,673) | Coresiding Sample (N = 45,303) | Coresiding With Kids Sample (N = 32,735) | |||||
| Dependent Variable: | Married | Nonmarital Cohabiting | Non-coresiding | Coresiding with Kids | Married | Coresiding with Kids | Married |
| (mean = 0.66) | (mean = 0.13) | (mean = 0.21) | (mean = 0.56) | (mean = 0.83) | (mean = 0.71) | (mean = 0.93) | |
| Ratio income/ideal if under marriage ideal | 0.2324** | −0.0891* | −0.1422** | 0.1518* | 0.1319* | 0.0653 | 0.0942** |
| (0.0533) | (0.0427) | (0.0506) | (0.0571) | (0.0502) | (0.0613) | (0.0347) | |
| Ratio income/ideal if over marriage ideal | −0.0405 | 0.0117 | 0.0282 | −0.0017 | −0.0332 | 0.0232 | −0.0109 |
| (0.0270) | (0.0139) | (0.0245) | (0.0251) | (0.0205) | (0.0247) | (0.0140) | |
| Slope change | −0.2729** | 0.1008* | 0.1704** | −0.1534* | −0.1651** | −0.0421 | −0.1051 |
| (0.0526) | (0.0435) | (0.0498) | (0.0614) | (0.0496) | (0.0636) | (0.0345) | |
Notes: Standard errors in parentheses are clustered on CMSA. +, *, ** indicate statistical significance at the 10, 5, and 1 percent level respectively. Household head sample includes men reported as household heads or partners/roomates of female household heads. Coresiding sample includes members of household head sample who are married or living with a partner or female roommate. Coresiding with kids sample includes members of coresiding sample who have a partner with children living in the household. Each column of a given panel represents a separate regression. Regressions include adjusted income category dummies interacted with year and education group and all other baseline controls.