Table 7.

Prevalence of Relationship Quality Indicators, by Age and Gender

	Women				Men
	Percentagea				Percentagea
	Age 57–64	Age 65–74	Age 75–85	Trend testb	Age 57–64	Age 65–74	Age 75–85	Trend testb
Current relationshipc
Likes to spend time together with partner	51.3 (3.5)	40.3 (3.8)	47.7 (4.6)	0.241	51.6 (3.2)	50.2 (3.1)	59.1 (2.9)	0.130
Can often open up to partner about worries	75.0 (2.6)	80.0 (2.6)	69.4 (3.1)	0.159	80.5 (2.2)	78.1 (2.3)	70.7 (3.2)	0.021
Can rely on partner often	85.6 (1.8)	83.5 (2.5)	79.4 (3.2)	0.088	89.4 (2.6)	89.4 (1.9)	87.7 (2.2)	0.321
Partner makes too many demands often	7.9 (1.6)	11.6 (2.9)	12.2 (2.9)	0.463	9.6 (1.6)	11.0 (1.7)	11.7 (2.6)	0.380
Partner criticizes often	5.3 (1.4)	6.4 (1.7)	7.0 (2.0)	0.759	10.0 (2.4)	10.8 (1.9)	11.7 (2.1)	0.625
Most recent relationship
Relationship unhappy	5.2 (0.9)	7.8 (1.4)	5.4 (1.0)	0.315	3.1 (1.1)	2.4 (0.8)	2.6 (0.9)	0.916
Not emotionally satisfyingd	13.1 (1.7)	11.3(1.2)	10.4 (1.9)	0.333	4.2(1.0)	5.2 (1.1)	3.9 (1.1)	0.800
Not physically satisfyingd	11.0 (1.6)	12.6 (1.7)	11.1 (1.7)	0.934	3.5 (1.1)	5.3 (1.2)	4.9 (1.2)	0.273
Sex frequency more often than participant would likee	10.0 (1.8)	12.0 (1.9)	11.8 (1.8)	0.244	4.1 (1.1)	3.1 (0.8)	3.1 (0.9)	0.678

Notes:^aAll estimates are weighted to account for differential probabilities of selection and differential nonresponse. Design-based standard errors are given in parentheses.

^bp Value for a Wald test (using design-based SE) of the age coefficient for logistic regression on age (in years).

^cSample restricted to those married, cohabiting, or with intimate partner in preceding year.

^dBased on responses of “slightly” or “not at all” when asked how satisfying relationship is/was.

^eBased on responses of “somewhat” or “much more often” than he or she would like.