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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2011 Mar 1;40(2):417–432. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.08.010

Table 5.

Mean Attitudes and Differences in Attitudes for the Family Formation Behaviors of Sons as Measured by Whether the Son Behavior Question Set Preceded or Followed the Daughter Behavior Question Set

Attitudes Towards Courtship Asked About Son 1st Asked About Son 2nd Difference
Dating Young OK 4.41 3.64 0.77***
Sex Young OK 4.34 4.15 0.19
Cohabitation OK 3.12 2.80 0.32***
Timing of Marriage
Ideal Age at Marriage (Years) 26.85 26.15 0.70***
Work before Marriage Important 3.75 3.90 −0.15***
Marriage and Children
OK if No Marriage 2.88 2.74 0.14*
OK if No Children 2.75 2.62 0.13*
*

p <.05,

**

p< .01,

***

p <.001} two-tail