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Table 4: Effects of Being Homosexual versus Heterosexual Married and Cohabiting on Ratio
of Mortgage to House Value: Young Couples
Homosexual &
Heterosexual
Married
Homosexual &
Heterosexual
Married
Homosexual &
Heterosexual
Cohabiting
Heterosexual
Married &
Cohabiting
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Dummy for Homosexual 2.594** 5.444*** -0.70 --
(1.06) (1.27) (1.12)
Dummy for Gay -- -5.345*** -- --
(1.80)
Dummy for Cohabiting -- -- -- 5.469***
(0.64)
Labor Income of Head -0.00004*** -0.00004*** -0.00006*** -0.00004***
(0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
Labor Income of Partner 0.00001 0.00001* -0.00005*** 0.00
(0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
No. Children Head -1.09 -1.79 1.218** 0.41
(1.24) (1.27) (0.58) (0.37)
No. Children Partner 0.87 1.57 0.41 -0.55
(1.25) (1.27) (0.55) (0.38)
Age of Head -0.507*** -0.507*** -0.13 -0.475***
(0.07) (0.07) (0.14) (0.08)
Age of Partner -0.08 -0.08 -0.09 -0.07
(0.05) (0.05) (0.14) (0.05)
Education of Head -11.07*** -11.07*** -15.78*** -12.18***
(1.35) (1.35) (3.61) (1.34)
Education of Partner -2.44*** -2.44*** -4.183** -3.039***
(0.81) (0.81) (1.95) (0.79)
1990 Income of Head 0.00 0.00 -0.00008* 0.00004*
(0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
1990 Income of Partner -0.00015*** -0.00015*** -0.0001 -0.00022***
(0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
Dummy Move In -1.409*** -1.405*** 4.02*** -0.575*
(0.31) (0.31) (0.93) (0.30)
Number of observations 89,062 89,062 17,048 102,002
Estimated coefficients, S.E. (in paranthesis) clustered by recoded PUMA.
* ; ** ; *** significant at 10 %, 5%, 1 %.
Regressions run with the covariates described in Section 3.
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