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Table 4 Results of the Cox proportional hazards model

From: The impact of children on divorce risk

Period (before 1966 = 0)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

1966 to 1980

−0.05 (0.311)

−0.036 (0.311)

−0.021 (0.311)

−0.009 (0.311)

−0.038 (0.311)

−0.015 (0.311)

1981 to 1991

0.406 (0.280)

0.491 (0.280)

0.406 (0.281)

0.434 (0.281)

0.434 (0.280)

0.439 (0.281)

1992 to 1999

1.287*** (0.269)

1.401*** (0.269)

1.276*** (0.270)

1.304*** (0.270)

1.329*** (0.270)

1.315*** (0.270)

2000 to 2010

1.430*** (0.270)

1.553*** (0.270)

1.422*** (0.270)

1.449*** (0.270)

1.483*** (0.270)

1.463*** (0.270)

Urban (rural = 0)

0.461*** (0.102)

0.466*** (0.103)

0.469*** (0.102)

0.466*** (0.102)

−0.065 (0.166)

0.206 (0.126)

Wife’s age at first marriage

−0.048*** (0.013)

−0.047*** (0.013)

−0.050*** (0.013)

−0.050*** (0.013)

−0.047*** (0.013)

−0.049*** (0.013)

Wife’s years of education

0.054*** (0.011)

0.055*** (0.011)

0.054*** (0.011)

0.053*** (0.011)

0.055*** (0.011)

0.054*** (0.011)

Premarital birth (no = 0)

1.589*** (0.171)

1.591*** (0.172)

1.446*** (0.179)

1.467*** (0.179)

1.461*** (0.179)

1.456*** (0.179)

No. of children

−1.051*** (0.076)

−1.554*** (0.103)

    

Square of no. of children

 

0.180*** (0.021)

    

No. of children aged 0

  

−2.070*** (0.311)

−1.950*** (0.313)

−1.948*** (0.390)

−1.925*** (0.313)

No. of children aged 1 to 5

  

−1.083*** (0.105)

−0.969*** (0.108)

−1.146*** (0.140)

−0.944*** (0.108)

No. of children aged 6 to 12

  

−0.979*** (0.111)

−0.879*** (0.113)

−1.156*** (0.146)

−0.848*** (0.114)

No. of children aged 13 and above

  

−0.783*** (0.128)

−0.701*** (0.128)

−0.962*** (0.155)

−0.676*** (0.129)

Have boy (no = 0)

   

−0.327*** (0.096)

−0.325*** (0.095)

−0.680*** (0.140)

Urban × no. of children aged 0

    

−0.011 (0.638)

 

Urban × no. of children aged 1 to 5

    

0.421* (0.185)

 

Urban × no. of children aged 6 to 12

    

0.612*** (0.169)

 

Urban × no. of children aged 13 and above

    

0.553*** (0.152)

 

Urban × have boy

     

0.590*** (0.170)

LR chi-square

775.8***

804.0***

795.0***

806.7***

827.8***

818.9***

df

33

34

36

37

41

38

N

16,466

16,466

16,466

16,466

16,466

16,466

  1. Note: (1) these models also controlled for provinces, but due to space limitations, the coefficients for each province are not reported in the table. (2) *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.