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Table 4 Dynamic effects on divorce rates—2005 to 2015

From: Do changes in divorce legislation have an impact on divorce rates? The case of unilateral divorce in Mexico

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Unilateral

 First 2 years

0.336***

(0.0765)

0.285***

(0.0322)

0.276***

(0.0332)

0.216***

(0.0367)

 Years 3 and 4

0.424***

(0.0804)

0.371***

(0.0351)

0.363***

(0.0454)

0.215***

(0.0615)

 5 years or more

0.482***

(0.126)

0.299***

(0.0559)

0.259***

(0.0839)

0.0347

(0.109)

Adjusted R2

0.131

0.897

0.945

0.956

Year effects

No

Yes, F = 7.82

Yes, F = 1.67

Yes, F = 1.37

 Prob > F

 

0.000

0.086

0.193

State effects

No

Yes, F = 82.08

Yes, F = 38.59

Yes, F = 27.09

 Prob > F

 

0.000

0.000

0.000

State trend, linear

No

No

Yes, F = 9.63

Yes, F = 2.54

 Prob > F

  

0.000

0.000

State trend, quadratic

No

No

No

Yes, F = 3.16

 Prob > F

   

0.000

Equality of coefficients

F = 0.63

F = 2.58

F = 5.26

F = 3.10

 Prob > F

0.535

0.077

0.005

0.046

Total of observations

352

352

352

352

  1. Source: National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and standing legislation in each state. Divorce rates are measured as total of divorces per thousand people. Standard errors are in parentheses. All regressions include a constant term and are estimated using state and year population-weighted least squares
  2. ***Statistically significant at the 99% confidence level