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                     TABLE 5 - PLENARY SESSION VII



Tab.  5  -  Likelihood  for selected current  status  characteristics

according  to  four  value  dimensions  after  controlling  for  age,

education and socioeconomic position - Men aged 30-49 in the European

Values  Studies for West Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands

(weighted pooled sample), 1990



                                      Dependent variables

Men 30-49                        1 =          1 =       1 = parity

                             cohabiting    childless        3+

                             0 = married   0 = parent  0 = parity 1

                               N = 813      N = 812        or 2

                                (with        (with        N = 749

                              partner)      partner)     (parents)

Factor I: High religiosity,                            

strict life and death       [R = .08*]    [R = .00]    [R = .00]

ethics, strict civil and

sexual morality

Q1 Lowest (secularized,     1.00          1.00         1.00

least strict)

Q2                          .93           1.07         .77

Q3                          .51*          1.20         .78

Q4 Highest (most strict)    .27**         .66          .93

                                                       

Factor II: Orientation                                 

toward traditional family   [R = .14**]   [R = .10**]  [R = .06*]

relations

Q1 Lowest (least trad.)     1.00          1.00         1.00

Q2                          .95           .41**        1.90*

Q3                          .38**         .42**        1.10

Q4 Highest (most trad.)     .21**         .34**        1.94*

                                                       



                                      Dependent variables

Men 30-49                        1 =          1 =       1 = parity

                             cohabiting    childless        3+

                             0 = married   0 = parent  0 = parity 1

                               N = 813      N = 812        or 2

                                (with        (with        N = 749

                              partner)      partner)     (parents)

Factor III: Intolerance                                

ethnic minorities,          [R = .00]     [R = .00]    [R = .15**]

authority in work,

conventional life style

Q1 Lowest (®new left¯)      1.00          1.00         1.00

Q2                          .63           .73          .41**

Q3                          .64           1.30         .34**

Q4 Highest (®new right¯)    .42*          1.39         .28**

                                                       

Factor IV: Inglehart                                   

®materialism¯               [R = .00]     [R = .00]    [R = .03]

Q1 Lowest (®post-mat.¯, more 1.00         1.00         1.00

person. developm.)

Q2                          .92           .96          .79

Q3                          1.32          .61          .46**

Q4 Highest (®materialist¯)  1.46          .97          .74

                                                       



[.12] R-statistic of partial contribution of the variable.

** significant at .01-level; * significant at .05-level.

Q1-Q4: Quartiles based on distribution for the entire sample of 1990

(all ages, both sexes).


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