Table 1. Relationship Satisfaction and Risk Factors: Descriptive Statistics (N = 2,852 for Florida, 1,054 for Other States).

	Florida				Other States
Variables	M	SD	Range	α	M	SD	Range	α
Education	3.99	1.93	1 – 7		4.26	2.02	1 – 7
Mental health	26.24	4.00	6 – 30	.74	26.10	3.91	9 – 30	.81
Substance abuse	0.33	0.81	0 – 4	.69	0.41	0.89	0 – 4	.77
Financial strain	2.16	0.9	1 – 4		2.17	0.89	1 – 4
Difficult events	1.58	1.50	0 – 9		1.62	1.5	0 – 8
Social support	3.04	1.11	0 – 4		3.10	1.05	0 – 4
Domestic violence	1.03	0.17	1 – 3		1.04	0.24	1 – 3
Cumulative risk score	0.90	1.10	0 – 6		0.95	1.15	0 – 6
Relationship satisfaction	84.08	13.63	25.42 – 100.0	.88	82.89	14.01	33.0 – 100.0	.88

Note: The means are weighted for the Florida sample but not for the comparison sample.