Table 2.

Multilevel analysis of the partner affective touch variability index.

Variables	Model 1: empty model	Model 2: individual model (Love only)	Model 3: complete individual model	Model 4: cultural model	Model 5: random slopes model
	Model estimates (Standard Error)
Fixed intercept	84.13 (1.88)**	86.90 (1.56)**	87.72 (1.42)**	86.72 (1.24)**	86.77 (1.25)**
Individual-level variables
Love		0.10 (.01)**	0.11 (.01)**	0.11 (.01)**	0.10 (.01)**
Age			− 0.34 (.04)**	− 0.34 (.04)**	− 0.34 (.04)**
Gender			− 0.93 (.64)	− 0.94 (.64)	− 0.92 (.64)
SES			0.29 (.17)	0.29 (.17)	0.27 (.17)
Children			0.74 (1.03)	0.76 (1.04)	0.78 (1.03)
Conservatism			− 0.71 (.18)**	− 0.71 (.18)**	− 0.68 (.18)*
Religiousness			− 0.39 (.32)	− 0.39 (.32)	− 0.36 (.32)
Interpersonal Distance			− 0.02 (.01)*	− 0.02 (.01)*	− 0.03 (.01)*
Cultural level predictors
SES Country				− 2.76 (1.95)	− 2.58 (1.95)
Religiousness Country				− 6.53 (3.31)	− 6.53 (3.32)
Conservatism country				− 1.82 (1.36)	− 1.51 (1.37)
Random effects
Inercept (Country) variance	125.47 (30.39)**	83.33 (20.60)**	66.77 (17.44)**	46.47 (12.83)**	47.56 (13.14)**
Slope (Love) variance					− .06 (.10)
Covariance between slope and Intercept					.002 (.001)*
Residual variance
Residual variance	650.48 (10.52)**	522.71 (9.32)**	457.06 (9.51)**	456.89 (9.51)**	452.28 (9.46) **
Country variance	125.47 (30.39)	83.33 (20.60)	66.77 (17.44)**	46.47 (12.83)**	47.56 (13.14)*
Intra-class correlation (ICC)a	16.16%	13.75%	12.75%	9.23%	–
Added variance		14.91%	7.28%	27.61%

^aICC = Country Variance/(Residual + Country Variance) × 100.

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.001.