Table 1.

Demographics

		Overall	By Couple Serostatus
		(N = 382)	−/− (n = 176)	−/+ (n = 90)	+/+ (n = 116)
Race	White	64	70	68	53
	Black	14	6	9	28
	Hispanic/Latino	12	14	12	9
	Mixed Race / Other	6	6	4	8
	Asian / Pacific-Islander	4	4	7	3
Education	High School or G.E.D.	16	10	13	26
	Some College or A.A.	32	20	44	42
	Bachelor's	30	39	28	20
	Master's and higher	21	31	14	12
Employment	Full-time	43	56	39	28
	Part-time, Self-employed	22	23	24	17
	Unemployed (on Disability)	16	3	14	38
	Unemployed (Other)	19	18	22	16
Income (past 12 mos.)	Less than $30,000	49	35	51	68
	$30,000 – $59,000	28	34	24	22
	$60,000 and above	23	31	24	10
Relationship Status §	Married	13	14	9	16
	Domestic partners	19	19	23	16
	Had commitment ceremony	5	3	6	8
	Boyfriends / Lovers	65	73	60	57
	Other	7	4	8	10
	Age in years (mean)	39	35	43	41
	Length of Relationship (mean)	5yrs 2mos	4yrs 9mos	6yrs 10mos	4yrs 5mos
	Time Lived Together (mean)	5yrs 5mos	5yrs	6yrs 8mos	5yrs 2mos
	Relationship Satisfaction (mean score)	37.7	39.6 a b	36.8 a	35.5 b

Note: All entries in the table are column percentages for the specific demographic characteristic unless otherwise noted. They do not add to 100 due to rounding errors. The means displayed in the table are unadjusted means.

^§For Relationship status, participants selected all applicable categories.

^{a b}All models controlled for length of relationship and the couple's race (same-race / mixed-race). The superscripts denote a difference in the adjusted means between groups that was statistically significant (P<05).