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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2009 Feb 1;30(2):233–258. doi: 10.1177/0192513X08324388

Table 2.

Internal Consistency of and Correlations among Reasons for Cohabitation Subscales

				Men			Women

		M	SD	Testing	Time Together	Convenience	Testing	Time Together	Convenience
Men	Testing	2.58	1.20	(.92)
	Time Together	5.02	0.93	.09	(.77)
	Convenience	3.54	1.09	.13	−.01	(.72)
Women	Testing	2.34	1.17	.45^**	−.04	−.05	(.92)
	Time Together	5.06	0.96	.19	.28^**	−.13	.09	(.76)
	Convenience	3.74	1.28	−.05	−.10	.41^**	.07	−.14	(.74)

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Notes. p <.01.

N = 120 couples. Internal consistency (α) estimates for T1 data appear in the diagonals.