TABLE 3.
Associations between relationship satisfaction and mind sharp, memory, and thinking, analyzed by multilevel modeling.
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| Variable | B | SE | p | B | SE | p | B | SE | p |
| Intercept | 70.459 | 1.596 | <.001 | 70.693 | 1.579 | <.001 | 70.802 | 1.583 | <.001 |
| Relationship | 0.242 | 0.024 | <.001 | 0.213 | 0.024 | <.001 | 0.216 | 0.024 | <.001 |
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| Relationship duration | −5.703 | 1.857 | 0.002 | −4.326 | 1.840 | 0.019 | −5.201 | 1.842 | 0.005 |
| Sex | −0.175 | 0.090 | 0.052 | −0.156 | 0.089 | 0.079 | −0.204 | 0.089 | 0.022 |
| Education | 0.240 | 0.284 | 0.398 | 0.133 | 0.281 | 0.635 | 0.139 | 0.281 | 0.621 |
| Race | 4.124 | 2.184 | 0.060 | 4.208 | 2.164 | 0.053 | 2.563 | 2.166 | 0.238 |
| Age | 0.244 | 0.136 | 0.075 | 0.229 | 0.135 | 0.090 | 0.213 | 0.135 | 0.117 |
| Day in the study | 0.684 | 0.125 | <.001 | 0.482 | 0.122 | <.001 | 0.735 | 0.123 | <.001 |
| Weekend day | 1.187 | 0.636 | 0.076 | 1.571 | 0.627 | 0.012 | 0.627 | 0.632 | 0.321 |
| Variance | |||||||||
| Residual | 166.244 | 5.376 | <.001 | 160.965 | 5.179 | <.001 | 162.920 | 5.270 | <.001 |
| Intercept | 226.650 | 20.459 | <.001 | 225.821 | 20.202 | <.001 | 223.061 | 20.128 | <.001 |
Note: Relationship satisfaction was person-mean centered. Level 2 continuous variables were grand mean centered. Reference categories male (sex), white (Race/ethnicity), weekend (weekday).