%0 Journal Article
%T An Exploration of the Predictors of Relationship Status with a Caveat on Interpretation
%A Antony Mastroniani
%J Open Journal of Applied Sciences
%P 412-432
%@ 2165-3925
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojapps.2017.78031
%X Using the Puerto Rican Maternal and Infant
Health Study dataset (PRMIHS), the predictors of relationship status were
examined via probit regression. The strongest predictors of relationship status
found were interactions between bi-nary variables for the age that a respondent
first had sexual intercourse and for the age that a respondent first entered
into a union (N = 1452). This paper con-cludes by arguing that the results
provide support for viewing union status as being primarily dependent on the
people involved in the union instead of being primarily dependent on factors
external to the people themselves.
%K Divorce
%K Separation
%K Union Status
%K Union Stability
%K Relationship Status
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=78839