Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

Table 5.3

Factors shaping personal configurations. Results of the logistic regression (odd-ratios)

Overall

Standard-nuclear

Narrow-nuclear

Parents

Beanpole

Conjugal

Siblings

Mixed

Friendship

Work

Alone

Intercept

0.067***

0.181***

0.149***

0.028***

0.165***

0.159***

0.090***

0.392**

0.114***

0.015***

Country (ref. Portugal)Switzerland

0.913

0.710*

0.710*

0.430*

0.590**

1.580*

0.985

1.881***

1.728**

14.110***

Lithuania

1.448†

2.380***

0.743†

2.939**

0.717†

1.468†

0.549*

0.128***

0.795

10.059***

Birth cohort (ref. 1950–1955)1970–1975

0.492***

0.683***

4.689***

0.010***

1.701***

1.174

2.297***

0.736*

0.959

0.556*

Gender (ref. men)Women

1.189

0.812*

1.222†

1.416*

0.948

1.154

0.932

0.901

1.061

0.717

Education level (ref. upper secondary)Primary or below

2.051*

1.364

0.513*

3.272***

0.948

1.319

0.632

0.669†

0.325**

2.250

Lower secondary

1.356

1.233

0.718†

2.538**

1.151

1.235

0.909

0.871

0.746

0.567

Lower tertiary

1.086

0.799

1.059

1.054

0.837

0.865

0.865

0.952

1.765**

0.715

Upper tertiary

0.843

0.638**

0.943

0.802

0.775

0.766

1.024

1.233

2.765***

0.605

Family structurePartnership

1.571**

1.818***

1.167

1.393†

0.785†

0.765†

0.930

0.820

0.607**

0.469*

Parenthood

excl.

excl.

0.698**

excl.

0.946

0.397***

0.586**

0.702*

0.690*

0.858

Siblings

1.256

0.985

0.555***

1.895*

0.954

excl.

0.756

0.663*

1.124

0.575

Note: †

p < 0.1; *

p < 0.05; **

p < 0.01; ***

p < 0.001