Table 2.

Regression results on relationship quality.

	1	2	3^a	4^a	5^b	6^b
Bisexual (Ref = Het)	−1.49^***	−1.49^***	−1.65^*	−1.65^*	−1.53^*	−1.54^*
	(0.25)	(0.25)	(0.68)	(0.69)	(0.63)	(0.63)
Lesbian/Gay	−0.46	−0.50	−0.49	−0.53	−1.40	−1.43
	(1.00)	(1.00)	(1.15)	(1.16)	(1.72)	(1.73)
Cohabitating (Ref = Mar.)		−0.36⁺		−0.41^*		−0.41^*
		(0.20)		(0.20)		(0.20)
Dating		−1.17^***		−1.18^***		−1.18^***
		(0.24)		(0.25)		(0.25)
Male (Ref = F.)	−0.11	−0.10	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.10
	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)
Age	−0.11^*	−0.11^*	−0.10^*	−0.10^*	−0.10^*	−0.10^*
	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)
Black (Ref = White)	−1.75^***	−1.58^***	−1.68^***	−1.50^***	−1.67^***	−1.50^***
	(0.19)	(0.18)	(0.20)	(0.19)	(0.20)	(0.19)
Latino	−0.62^*	−0.54^*	−0.59^*	−0.51^*	−0.59^*	−0.51^*
	(0.24)	(0.24)	(0.24)	(0.24)	(0.24)	(0.24)
Asian	−0.04	−0.00	0.03	0.07	0.03	0.07
	(0.53)	(0.52)	(0.53)	(0.53)	(0.53)	(0.53)
Other	−0.35	−0.29	−0.39	−0.33	−0.40	−0.33
	(0.50)	(0.50)	(0.49)	(0.49)	(0.49)	(0.49)
College Degree	1.03^***	1.00^***	1.04^***	1.01^***	1.05^***	1.02^***
	(0.14)	(0.14)	(0.14)	(0.14)	(0.14)	(0.14)
Have Children	−0.82^***	−0.97^***	−0.80^***	−0.95^***	−0.80^***	−0.95^***
	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)
Interracial Rel.	−0.34	−0.33	−0.38⁺	−0.36⁺	−0.38⁺	−0.37⁺
	(0.20)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.21)
Age Diff.	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Rel. Duration (Year)	0.03⁺	−0.02	0.04⁺	−0.02	0.04⁺	−0.02
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Same-Sex Rel.	0.34	0.43	0.52	0.63	0.89	0.99
	(0.79)	(0.79)	(0.98)	(0.98)	(1.58)	(1.59)
Midwest (Ref = NE)	0.34⁺	0.31	0.37⁺	0.34⁺	0.37⁺	0.34⁺
	(0.19)	(0.19)	(0.19)	(0.19)	(0.19)	(0.19)
South	0.56^**	0.50^**	0.61^***	0.55^**	0.61^***	0.55^**
	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)	(0.18)
West	0.48^*	0.45^*	0.48^*	0.44^*	0.48^*	0.44^*
	(0.20)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.21)
N	11,062	11,062	11,062	11,062	11,062	11,062
R-squared	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04

⁺

p < 0.1,

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001.

Data from Add Health.

“Mostly heterosexual” identity is recategorized as heterosexual sample.

“Mostly heterosexual” identity is recategorized as heterosexual sample, and “Mostly Homosexual” identity is recategorized as Lesbian/Gay sample.