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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2008 Nov 21;70(2):1122–1135. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00554.x

Table 2. Summary of Nested Regression Analysis for Risk Factors Predicting Relationship Satisfaction.

Model 1 (Florida) Model 2 (Florida) Model 1 (Other States) Model 2 (Other States)




Variable B SE B β B SE B β B SE B β B SE(B) β
Education −1.34 .84 −.03 −3.65 1.12 −.08** .06 1.39 .00 −3.59 1.83 −.08*
Mental health −9.31 .55 −.30** −6.89 .90 −.22** −7.22 .95 −.23** −3.52 1.57 −.11*
Substance abuse .00 .00 −.06** .00 .00 −.05** .00 .00 .05 .00 .00 .03
Financial strain −3.44 .88 −.07** −1.15 1.15 −.02 −6.09 1.55 −.12** −2.37 1.99 −.05
Difficult events −5.72 .73 −.14** −3.22 1.08 −.08** −6.93 1.30 −.16** −3.10 1.84 −.07
Social support −1.52 .59 −.05** .75 .94 .02 −2.87 1.09 −.08** .54 1.58 .01
Domestic violence −12.29 1.53 −.14** −9.76 1.73 −.11** −10.38 2.74 −.11** −6.44 3.03 −.07*
Risk score −2.27 .73 −.19** −3.45 1.17 −.27**
R2 .18 .19 .16 .17
F for change in R2 91.59** 9.58** 29.17** 8.73**

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

*

P ≤ .05,

**

p ≤ .01.