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 binary variables for the age. A respondent first had sexual intercourse and for the age when a respondent first entered into a union (N = 1452). This paper concludes by arguing that the results provide support for viewing union status as being primarily dependent on the people involved in the union, as opposed to being primarily dependent on factors external to the people themselves.
Highlights
The predictors of relationship status are often viewed from an “external to the person” perspective instead of from the viewpoint that these predictors are often reflective of intrinsic qualities of the people in the relationship
The strongest predictors of relationship status found were interactions between binary 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 concludes 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
Summary
The predictors of relationship status are often viewed from an “external to the person” perspective instead of from the viewpoint that these predictors are often reflective of intrinsic qualities of the people in the relationship. While a relationship’s status is surely not entirely determined by qualities intrinsic to the people in that relationship, the results of this paper indicate that relationship status is best determined by examining the actual people in a relationship
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