Table 5.

Random-Effects Regression of Conflict on Economic Factors, Relationship Factors, and Demographics for Add Health Cohabiting (n = 838) and Married (n = 864) Partners

Predictor	Cohabiting Partners			Married Partners

	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Adjusted family earnings	0.03	0.03	0.81	−0.01	0.03	−0.20
Received support from family^a	0.26	0.12	2.22^*	−0.01	0.11	−0.07
Received govt. assistance^b	0.21	0.14	1.52	0.09	0.13	0.70
Hardship	0.10	0.05	1.95^†	0.14	0.05	2.89^**
Respondent attended college^c	0.05	0.12	0.44	0.12	0.10	1.17
Length of relationship^d
3–12 months	0.34	0.19	1.78^†	0.32	0.21	1.51
Over 1 year	0.40	0.20	2.05^*	0.19	0.20	0.96
Child living in household^e	−0.08	0.13	−0.62	0.31	0.11	2.75^**
Previously cohabited^f	0.04	0.12	0.36	−0.08	0.13	−0.63
Previously married^g	−0.28	0.20	−1.39	0.19	0.21	0.93
Male^h	−0.26	0.09	−2.86^**	−0.18	0.08	−2.30^*
Respondent’s race/ethnicityⁱ
Black	0.45	0.15	2.91^**	0.38	0.17	2.19^*
Hispanic	0.23	0.16	1.47	0.17	0.14	1.26
Other race/ethnicity	0.37	0.19	1.90^†	0.56	0.25	2.28^*
Age	−0.03	0.02	−1.31	−0.00	0.02	−0.26
Enrolled in school^j	−0.22	0.13	−1.68^†	0.01	0.13	0.06
Add Health main respondent^k	−0.15	0.08	−1.73^†	−0.08	0.08	−1.05
Constant	1.00	0.47	2.13^**	0.43	0.44	0.98
Adjusted R²		0.06			0.06
Wald χ²		49.05^***			47.71^***

Reference category is “No family money received.”

Received govt. program assistance: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

Respondent attended college: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

Reference category is “Less than 3 months.”

Child living in household: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

Previously cohabited: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

Previously married: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

Male: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

ⁱ

Reference category is “White.”

Enrolled in school: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

Add Health main respondent: 0 = no, 1 = yes.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.