Regression Analysis of Divorce Rate - U.S. 1920-1996
Variables
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DIVMF - divorces per 1,000 married women 15 years old and over
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FLFPRT - female labor force participation as % women 16 years old
and over
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MARUMF - marriages per 1,000 unmarried women 15 years old and over
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BRTW1544 - births per 1,000 women aged 15-44
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Note: UNEMP (unemployment rate) and MILPERK (military personnel
on active duty per 1,000 population) were not significant and dropped from
the regression
Dep Var: DIVMF
N: 77 Multiple R: 0.956080 Squared multiple R:
0.914089
Adjusted squared multiple
R: 0.910558 Standard error of estimate: 1.695445
Effect
Coefficient Std Error Std Coef
Tolerance t P(2 Tail)
CONSTANT
-1.545451 2.212472 0.000000
. -0.69852 0.48707
FLFPRT
0.413374 0.022745 0.857900
0.528153 18.17408 0.00000
MARUMF
0.126094 0.021988 0.291931
0.454155 5.73479 0.00000
BRTW1544
-0.116274 0.014120 -0.400353
0.497892 -8.23467 0.00000
Analysis of Variance
Source
Sum-of-Squares df Mean-Square
F-ratio P
Regression
2232.684232 3 744.228077 258.903928
0.000000
Residual
209.840963 73 2.874534
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*** WARNING ***
Case
27 has large leverage (Leverage = 0.262331)
Durbin-Watson D Statistic
0.238
First Order Autocorrelation
0.858
Last modified 1 Jun 2000