Table 2.

Relationship Characteristics, by Relationship Outcome

	(1)	(2)	(3)
	Ended	Engaged/Married	On-Going	Sig. 1&2	Sig. 1&3	Sig. 2&3
	(n=864)	(n=153)	(n=348)
RELATIONSHIP CHARACTERISTICS
Relationship Type (fst mon)				***	***	**
Serious	15.1	28.8	26.2
Dating	53.0	58.8	49.4
Casual	31.9	12.4	24.4
Duration (in months)	14.5	18.2	19.0	**	***
Marital Aspirations (fst mon)				***	**	***
Does not want to marry	18.1	45.8	26.7
Want to marry	63.2	33.3	55.8
Never considered marriage	18.8	20.9	17.5
Reason for Entering Relationship (fst mon)				***	***	***
Physical	38.5	16.3	35.6
Emotional	26.4	49.0	37.6
Want partner/spouse	12.5	24.8	13.5
Financial	5.4	2.0	4.0
Other	17.1	7.8	9.2
Had Sex	75.8	89.5	65.2	***	***	***
Always use condoms	30.3	18.3	30.8	**		**
Pregnancy	9.8	63.4	9.2	***		***
P had other partners	46.9	17.0	21.6	***	***
R had other partners	35.2	22.2	45.4	**	**	***

Chi-squared tests for categorical variables and t-test for continuous variables.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.