Table I.

Intercorrelations, Means, and Standard Deviations of All Observed Variables Included in the LISREL Model

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M	SD
1. Age	—	.16	.38	.13	.11	−.09	−.08	.03	−.05	−.19	−.05	.04	−.05	−.07	−.09	27.0	5.1
2. Education		—	−.02	.54	−.14	.13	.16	−.20	−.06	.07	−.11	−.12	−.04	−.08	.36	3.0	1.0
3. Relationship length			—	−.02	−.11	.07	.03	−.01	.01	.09	.00	.04	−.07	−.10	−.33	4.7	3.6
4. Employment				—	−.11	.08	.15	−.26	−.02	−.04	−.11	−.04	−.23	−.23	.29	.4	.5
5. Decision-making					—	−.32	−.27	.16	.09	−.26	.01	.00	.00	.13	.11	94.9	13.2
6. Commitment						—	.75	−.44	−.18	.23	−.31	−.39	−.16	−.30	−.09	9.9	2.9
7. Satisfaction							—	−.55	−.19	.23	−.38	−.45	−.21	−.34	−.05	10.5	2.7
8. Quality of alternative								—	.37	−.20	.14	.29	.06	.19	−.03	5.9	1.9
9. Possibility of alternative									—	−.15	.04	.10	−.08	.05	−.03	2.4	1.1
10. Investment										—	−.05	−.08	−.06	−.13	−.19	5.2	2.6
11. Physical abuse											—	.66	.07	.14	−.07	.3	.8
12. Verbal abuse												—	.09	.19	−.06	.6	1.0
13. Talk													—	.60	.13	4.7	2.4
14. Request														—	.14	3.4	2.6
15. Condom use															—	1.7	1.8