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Table 8 Static effects on divorce rates—1993 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

0.526***

(0.0466)

0.264***

(0.0241)

0.323***

(0.0223)

0.319***

(0.0260)

Adjusted R2

0.146

0.865

0.937

0.952

Year effects

No

Yes, F = 38.49

Yes, F = 3.36

Yes, F = 4.69

 Prob > F

 

0.000

0.000

0.000

State effects

No

Yes, F = 100.60

Yes, F = 36.93

Yes, F = 18.39

 Prob > F

 

0.000

0.000

0.000

State trend, linear

No

No

Yes, F = 26.23

Yes, F = 6.26

 Prob > F

  

0.000

0.000

State trend, quadratic

No

No

No

Yes, F = 7.14

 Prob > F

   

0.000

Total of observations

736

736

736

736

  1. Source: National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), National Population Council (CONAPO) for states’ population from 1993 to 2004, 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