Table 7.
Men | Women | Men b = Women b | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | SE b | b | SE b | ||
Religious Service Attendance | |||||
Father attends frequently | .19* | .08 | −.06 | .09 | ** |
Mother attends frequently | −.00 | .06 | −.08 | .07 | n.s |
Both attend frequently | .09 | .06 | .05 | .07 | n.s |
Neither attends | --- | --- | --- | --- | |
Spousal Religious Denomination | |||||
Black Protestant | .13 | .09 | .10 | .09 | --- |
Catholic | .03 | .09 | −.06 | .09 | --- |
Conservative Protestant | .02 | .09 | .03 | .10 | --- |
Other | −.13 | .10 | .23* | .10 | --- |
None | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Spouses same denomination | −.00 | .05 | .07 | .05 | --- |
Attitudes about Relationships | |||||
Father: Better if parents married | .17* | .06 | .11 | .06 | --- |
Father: Father earn main living | .01 | .05 | −.00 | .05 | --- |
Father: Women cannot be trusted | .16* | .08 | −.05 | .08 | --- |
Mother: Better if parents married | −.08 | .05 | .10 | .06 | --- |
Mother: Father earn main living | −.05 | .05 | .03 | .06 | --- |
Mother: Men cannot be trusted | −.06 | .07 | −.04 | .07 | --- |
Adherence to Values | |||||
Father worked last week | −.07 | .06 | .00 | .07 | --- |
Mother worked last year | .03 | .05 | .10 | .06 | --- |
No sexual fidelity conflict | .22*** | .05 | .16** | .06 | --- |
Father drinks-3 or more | −.02 | .05 | .08 | .05 | --- |
Father drinking/drugs interfere | .18* | .08 | −.12 | .08 | --- |
Father uses street drugs | .02 | .09 | −.14 | .10 | --- |
Mother street drugs-pregnant | .07 | .13 | .33* | .13 | --- |
Mother drinking/drugs interfere | −.17 | .15 | −.24 | .16 | --- |
Conducive Behaviors | |||||
Father is supportive | .48*** | .07 | .24** | .07 | --- |
Mother is supportive | .21** | .07 | .82*** | .08 | --- |
Father is not hurtful | .18*** | .05 | .08 | .05 | --- |
Mother is not hurtful | .09 | .05 | .29*** | .06 | --- |
No domestic violence | .09 | .07 | .10 | .08 | --- |
Married | .32*** | .06 | .32*** | .06 | --- |
Constant | −4.47*** | .29 | −5.73*** | .31 | --- |
Error correlation | .34*** |
Note: Model controls for age, education, race, and family structure at age 15.
N = 2,034 couples
p < .05
p < .01
p < .001 (2 tail tests)