Table 7.

Seemingly Unrelated Regressions of Union Satisfaction on Religious Attendance, Attitudes about Relationships, Adherence to Values, and Behaviors Conducive to Relationships.

	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)