Table 3.

Linear regression results predicting spouses’ attitudes toward retention from key predictor variables (N = 7,510).

	Key Predictors’ Coefficients
	Model 1: General Attitudes	Model 2: Stress	Model 3: Problem Solving Status	Model 4: All Key Predictors
Spouse’s general attitudes toward the military	0.946***			1.040***
Spouse perceived stress		−0.274***		0.103***
Spouse resource use and unmet needs: Problem solving status category, compared to those who used resources and had their needs met
No problems			0.312***	−0.272***
Problems, no needs			0.132**	−0.076*
Problems, needs, no resource use			−0.046	−0.026
Unmet needs			−0.265***	0.084*
Model R2	0.32	0.10	0.09	0.32

***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05. Each regression model included the covariates PCS moves since survey, presence of dependent children, distance living from post; spouse employment status and student status; solder deployment since survey, deployment in the year immediately prior, and number of deployments since 2001; and soldier years of service at survey date, gender, and paygrade.