. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 8.

Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2005 Sep;84(1):493–511. doi: 10.1353/sof.2005.0131

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations of Independent Variables (N = 1011)^*

	Mean	St. Dev.
Life Course
Marital duration (years)^a	23.71	14.88
Age (years)^a	49.31	14.56
Age and Living Arrangements of Children
Minor child at home	.43	.49
Adult child at home	.16	.37
Minor child away	.03	.18
Adult child away	.56	.50
No children	.07	.26
Parental Status Transitions T1 to T2
New child in home	.09	.28
Empty nest	.05	.22
Adult child returns home	.04	.20
Socio-demographic Characteristics
Wife’s age at marriage (years)^a	24.67	8.53
Husband’s age at marriage (years)^a	27.52	9.25
Gender (Male = 1)	.46	.50
Race (African American = 1)	.19	.39
Education (years)	12.56	2.94
Household income (in $1,000s)^b	35.82	24.52
Previous divorce	.18	.38

The descriptive statistics for the sample of positive marital interaction (N = 1011) are reported here.

In all subsequent analyses, this variable is measured in 10-year increments.

In all subsequent analyses, this variable is measured in $10,000 increments.