Table 1.
Background Information on the Alcoholic Sample (n = 103 couples) and on the Nonalcoholic Comparison Sample (n = 103 men and 103 women).
| Alcoholic Sample | Comparison Sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Female | Male | Female | Male |
| Matching variables | ||||
| M (SD) | ||||
| Age | 39.96 (8.10) | 42.23 (9.30) | 39.83 (8.14) | 42.21 (9.52) |
| Education a | 4.88 (1.30) | 5.35 (1.54) | 4.83 (1.25) | 5.37 (1.39) |
| Family income b | 10.15 (1.92) | 10.15 (1.92) | 10.08 (1.76) | 10.04 (1.84) |
| Relationship Length (yrs.) | 11.17 (9.46) | 11.17 (9.46) | 12.64 (9.04) | 11.59 (8.86) |
| Race-ethnicity (%) | ||||
| White | 92% | 90% | 92% | 90% |
| Black | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Hispanic | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Other | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Marital Status (%) | ||||
| Cohabiting | 14%c | 14% d | 1% c | 3% d |
| Married | 86% c | 86% d | 99% c | 97% d |
Education was coded on the following scale: 0 = none; 1 = 1-7 years; 2 = 8 years; 3 = some high school; 4 = high school or equivalent; 5 = some college; 6 = college graduate; 7 = some graduate school; 8 = advanced degree.
Annual family income, in U.S. dollars, was coded on the following scale: 1 = less than 5000; 2 = 5001-10,000; 3 = 10,001-15,000; 4 = 15,001-20,000; 5 = 20,001-25,000; 6 = 25,001-30,000; 7 = 30,001-35,000; 8 = 35,001-40,000; 9 = 40,001-45,000; 10 = 45,001-50,000; 11 = more than 50,000. Comparison sample income data collected in 1985 was adjusted for inflation to 1996 dollars to be comparable with the alcoholic sample data collected in 1992–1998.
p = .001 for comparison between alcoholic and non-alcoholic samples.
p = .01 for comparison between alcoholic and non-alcoholic samples.