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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2017 Mar 2;112(6):838–859. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000087

Table 2.

Percentage of Variance in Romantic Partner Qualities (Study 2) Accounted for by Focal Person (All Waves)

Quality Focal person variance (no controls) Focal person variance (school control) School variance Similarity correlation (no controls) Similarity correlation (school control)
Vitality 6.5% 4.4% 2.7% .08** .07*
Depression 9.6% 5.5% 5.1% .08** .06*
Delinquency 11.1% 8.1% 3.0% .05* .04
Religiosity 11.3% 0.0% 13.8% .19*** .09**
Educational aspirations 11.5% 4.6% 11.3% .16*** .12***
Self-esteem 12.4% 9.8% 3.3% .06* .04
Intelligence (IQ) 27.5% 4.0% 24.8% .32*** .18***

Note. Analyses control for sex.

*

p ≤ .05.

**

p ≤ .01.

***

p ≤ .001.