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Table 7 Static effects on divorce rates—excluding year-fixed effects

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

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Unilateral

0.394***

(0.0532)

0.435***

(0.0257)

0.303***

(0.0307)

0.215***

(0.0323)

Adjusted R2

0.133

0.871

0.941

0.955

Year effects

No

No

No

No

 Prob > F

    

State effects

No

Yes, F = 65.41

Yes, F = 38.10

Yes, F = 29.19

 Prob > F

 

0.000

0.000

0.000

State trend, linear

No

No

Yes, F = 13.28

Yes, F = 2.69

 Prob > F

  

0.000

0.000

State trend, quadratic

No

No

No

Yes, F = 3.82

 Prob > F

   

0.000

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