Table 2.

Agreement Characteristics

		Overall	By Couple Serostatus
		(N = 382)	−/− (n = 176)	−/+ (n = 90)	+/+ (n = 116)
Agreement type §	Monogamous	48	56	36	47
	Open w/ Some Restrictions	42	42	44	40
	Open w/ No Restrictions	9	2	18	13
Agreement factors	Explicitness of Agreement (mean score)	12.5	13.0 a b	11.7 a	11.9 b
	Length of Agreement (mean)†	3yrs 9mos	3yrs 3mos	5yrs 9mos	3yrs 1mo
	Same-race relationships	3yrs 10mos	2yrs 10mos a	6yrs 3mos a b	3yrs 6mos b
	Mixed-race relationships	3yrs 8mos	3yrs 11mos	5yrs	2yrs 7mos
	Agreement Quality (mean score)	83.1	86.3 a	78.6 a	81.6
No. of times broke agreement (past 12mos.)	Never	68	69	66	66
	Once	10	10	9	11
	Twice or more	19	18	20	22
	Don't Know	3	3	6	1
No. of times disclosed a broken agreement (past12mos.)@	No. who broke agreement	(N = 115)	(n = 50)	(n = 27)	(n = 38)
	Never	50	55	48	45
	Once	26	21	26	34
	Twice or more	24	25	26	21

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

^§Two participants in the `−/+' group reported having no agreement.

^{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).

^†There was a significant interaction between the length of agreement and the couple's race. Only same-race couples showed significant differences in length of agreement between the couple-serostatus groups.

^@Of those who broke their agreement in the past 12 months.