Table C.1 Determinants of incidence of cumulative low income, 1993-98, among all lone mothers with children under 18 yrs of age in 1993
| Variable |
Explanation |
B-coef |
Std error |
t-stat. |
Odds ratio |
| Dependent |
|
|
|
|
| CLICOFA |
Cumulative income < cumulative LICO |
|
|
|
|
| Age when first child was born |
|
|
|
|
| CAGE(1) |
- 16-19 |
0.126 |
0.287 |
0.439 |
1.134 |
| CAGE(2) |
- 20-55 (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| Marital status when first child was born |
|
|
|
|
| CSPOUSE(1) |
- not in a union |
0.766 |
0.240 |
3.192 |
2.152 |
| CSPOUSE(2) |
- in a union (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| Age in 1993 |
|
|
|
|
| GAGE93(1) |
- 16-29 |
-0.860 |
0.309 |
-2.783 |
0.423 |
| GAGE93(2) |
- 30-55 (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| Age of youngest child in 1993 |
|
|
|
|
| YKID(1) |
- 0-5 |
1.471 |
0.311 |
4.730 |
4.353 |
| YKID(2) |
- 6-11 (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| YKID(3) |
- 12-17 |
0.785 |
0.363 |
2.163 |
2.192 |
| Level of education |
|
|
|
|
| STEDUC(1) |
- student |
0.470 |
0.372 |
1.263 |
1.600 |
| STEDUC(2) |
- non-student: less than high school |
0.888 |
0.366 |
2.426 |
2.431 |
| STEDUC(3) |
- non-student: high school diploma (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| STEDUC(4) |
- non-student: some post-second. |
-0.390 |
0.403 |
-0.968 |
0.677 |
| STEDUC(5) |
- non-student: post-sec. Degree |
-1.534 |
0.359 |
-4.273 |
0.216 |
| Immigrant, aboriginal, or disabled |
|
|
|
|
| HIGHRISK(1) |
- yes |
1.305 |
0.275 |
4.745 |
3.689 |
| HIGHRISK(2) |
- no (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| Lone mother/major earner/child under 18 in all years |
|
|
|
|
| FAMILYF(1) |
- there was a change |
-1.667 |
0.265 |
-6.291 |
0.189 |
| FAMILYF(2) |
- there was no change (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| Moved to another region after 1993 |
|
|
|
|
| FEIR(1) |
- yes |
-0.150 |
0.328 |
-0.457 |
0.861 |
| FEIR(2) |
- no (omitted) |
|
|
|
|
| Regional employment rate |
|
|
|
|
| REGER(1) |
- at/below average |
0.636 |
0.238 |
2.672 |
1.888 |
| REGER(2) |
- above average |
|
|
|
|
| Constant |
|
-1.143 |
0.371 |
-3.081 |
0.319 |
Nagelkerke R-squared (similar concept to OLS adjusted R-squared)
Number of cases |
|
42.3%
558 |
|
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