Table 4 Odds of marriage by marital intentions among cohabiting couples, stepwise logistic regressions

Couple’s marital intentions

Both partners want to get married

1

1

1

1

1

Woman wants to get married but man does not

0.32

0.000

0.32

0.000

0.32

0.000

0.32

0.000

0.34

0.001

Man wants to get married but woman does not

0.37

0.002

0.37

0.003

0.37

0.00322

0.38

0.004

0.36

0.003

Neither partner wants to get married

0.19

0.000

0.20

0.000

0.19

0.000

0.21

0.000

0.21

0.000

Couple’s education level

Both partners have tertiary

1

1

1

Woman tertiary and man less than tertiary

0.93

0.784

0.93

0.775

0.87

0.587

0.94

0.814

Man tertiary and woman less than tertiary

1.14

0.736

1.15

0.721

1.12

0.772

1.09

0.815

Both less than tertiary

1.03

0.895

1.02

0.934

0.98

0.966

1.02

0.943

Woman’s age

Over 32

1

1

1

Under 33

1.41

0.091

1.44

0.077

1.47

0.078

1.39

0.112

Couple has children

Yes

1

1

1

No

1.52

0.060

1.56

0.050

1.53

0.063

Relationship duration

Continuous

0.01

0.550

1.01

0.682

1.02

0.432

Couple’s childbearing intentions

Both partners plan children

1

Either the man or the woman plans children

1.23

0.670

Neither of the partners plans children

0.97

0.955

Have children aged 0–3

0.88

0.649

Have children older than 3

0.82

0.550

Couple’s marital attitudes

Both partners positive towards marriage

1

Woman positive but man not positive

0.39

0.001

Man positive but woman not positive

0.71

0.148

Neither of the partners positive towards marriage

0.53

0.047

Sample size

507

507

507

507

507

Log-likelihood

− 312

− 307

− 307

− 308

− 301