TITLE:
An Exploration of the Predictors of Relationship Status with a Caveat on Interpretation
AUTHORS:
Antony Mastroniani
KEYWORDS:
Divorce, Separation, Union Status, Union Stability, Relationship Status
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.7 No.8,
August
31,
2017
ABSTRACT: 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.