Table D.1 Logit regression estimate of determinants of incidence of SA among all lone mothers, 1998
| Variable |
Explanation |
b-coef |
Std err |
t-stat. |
Odds ratio |
Linearized coefficient |
| Dependent |
|
|
|
|
|
| SAR98 |
Received SA in 1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GAGE(1) |
- 16-29 |
0.405 |
0.201 |
2.012 |
1.500 |
9.5% |
| GAGE(2) |
- 30-55 |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| Age when first child was born |
|
|
|
|
|
| CAGE(1) |
- 16-19 |
0.796 |
0.191 |
4.159 |
2.218 |
19.3% |
| CAGE(2) |
- 20-55 |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| Marital status when first child was born |
|
|
|
|
|
| CSPOUSE(1) |
- did not have a spouse |
0.953 |
0.148 |
6.458 |
2.593 |
21.0% |
| CSPOUSE(2) |
- had a spouse |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| Age of youngest child |
|
|
|
|
|
| YKID(1) |
- 0-5 |
0.146 |
0.171 |
0.854 |
1.157 |
3.6% |
| YKID(2) |
- 6-11 |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| YKID(3) |
- 12-17 |
0.501 |
0.175 |
2.855 |
0.606 |
-11.3% |
| Level of education |
|
|
|
|
|
| STEDUC(1) |
- student |
1.175 |
0.282 |
4.167 |
3.237 |
28.5% |
| STEDUC(2) |
- non-student: less than high school |
0.739 |
0.242 |
3.054 |
2.093 |
17.8% |
| STEDUC(3) |
- non-student: high school diploma |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| STEDUC(4) |
- non-student: some post-second. |
0.541 |
0.248 |
2.181 |
1.717 |
12.8% |
| STEDUC(5) |
- non-student: post-sec. degree |
-0.212 |
0.212 |
-1.000 |
0.809 |
-4.5% |
| Recent immigrant, aboriginal, or disability? |
|
|
|
|
|
| HIGHRISK(1) |
- yes |
1.179 |
0.163 |
7.251 |
3.252 |
28.6% |
| HIGHRISK(2) |
- no (omitted) |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| Broad region |
|
|
|
|
|
| REGION(1) |
- Atlantic |
0.643 |
0.248 |
2.593 |
1.902 |
15.9% |
| REGION(2) |
- Quebec |
-0.578 |
0.177 |
-3.266 |
0.561 |
-13.5% |
| REGION(3) |
- Ontario |
|
|
(omitted) |
|
|
| REGION(4) |
- Prairie |
-0.951 |
0.225 |
-4.227 |
0.386 |
-21.0% |
| REGION(5) |
- B.C. |
-0.187 |
0.234 |
-0.799 |
0.830 |
-4.6% |
| Constant |
|
-1.391 |
0.237 |
-5.869 |
0.249 |
|
Nagelkerke R2 (similar concept to OLS adjusted R2)
Number of cases |
|
|
0.355
1,234 |
|
|
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