Table 1.

Sociodemographic Information for Relationship Types

Variable	Dating	Cohabitating	Married	F	ή²
	n=234	n=280	n=227
Mean Age
Females	20.93^ab	21.70^ac	22.66^bc	41.16^***	.10
Males	21.99^ab	22.81^ac	23.74^bc	35.96^***	.09
Ethnicity (% nonwhite)
Females	37.61^a	32.14	25.55^a	3.89^*	.01
Males	39.06^a	35.48^b	25.55^ab	5.12^**	.01
Mean of Highest Education
Females	13.82^ab	13.13^a	13.16^b	9.46^***	.02
Males	13.58^ab	12.85^a	12.76^b	12.32^***	.03
Currently in School (% yes)
Females	67.52^ab	35.00^ac	19.82^bc	67.49^***	.15
Males	49.15^ab	23.57^ac	14.10^bc	41.54^***	.10
Commitment
Females	4.12^ab	4.57^ac	4.79^bc	39.59^***	.10
Males	3.87^ab	4.41^ac	4.74^bc	53.96^***	.14
Mean Relationship Length¹	26.65^ab	32.10^ac	54.31^bc	89.04^***	.20
Mean Number of Children²	.48^a	.53^b	.73^ab	5.81^**	.05

Note: N=741. Means with matching superscripts differ significantly at p < .05 by Neuman-Keuls test.

p< .05

^**

p< .01

^***

p< .001.

Average of male and female reports in months.

According to female reports.