Table 2.
Effects of 1986 Life Course and Sociodemographic Characteristics on Marital Quality from Linear Growth Curve Models: Life Course Main Effect Model (N = 1,011/1000)
| Positive Marital Experience | Negative Marital Experience | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Latent Intercept | B. Latent Slope | C. Latent Intercept | D. Latent Slope | |||||
| Est. | S.E. | Est. | S.E. | Est. | S.E. | Est. | S.E. | |
| 1986 Life Course | ||||||||
| Marital duration | −.145 | (.104) | .019 | (.012) | .131 | (.081) | −.015 | (.011) |
| Age (in 10 years and centered at 4.93) | .140 | (.101) | −.008 | (.012) | −.180* | (.078) | .017 | (.010) |
| Age Squared | .034* | (.014) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Minor child at home | −.052 | (.070) | .013 | (.008) | .026 | (.054) | −.012 | (.007) |
| Adult child at home | −.206** | (.067) | −.002 | (.008) | .044 | (.051) | .011 | (.007) |
| Minor child away | .098 | (.138) | −.005 | (.016) | −.230* | (.106) | .030* | (.014) |
| Adult child away | −.020 | (.079) | −.005 | (.009) | −.043 | (.059) | −.006 | (.008) |
| Parental Status Transitions T1 to T2 | ||||||||
| New child in home | -- | -- | −.007 | (.010) | -- | -- | .019* | (.009) |
| Empty nest | -- | -- | .025 | (.013) | -- | -- | −.018 | (.011) |
| Adult child returns home | -- | -- | .024 | (.014) | -- | -- | .012 | (.012) |
| 1986 Selected Sociodemographic Characteristicsa | ||||||||
| Gender (Male = 1) | .247*** | (.056) | .006 | (.006) | −.023 | (.043) | −.006 | (.006) |
| Race (Black = 1) | −.215*** | (.062) | −.007 | (.007) | .131** | (.048) | −.008 | (.007) |
| Means of Growth Parameters | .338 | (.308) | −.068 | (.035) | −.479* | (.230) | .056 | (.031) |
| Variances in Growth Parameters | .391*** | (.028) | .002* | (.001) | .203*** | (.016) | .001 | (.001) |
| R-Square | .102 | .125 | .091 | .191 | ||||
Two-tailed tests:
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
Standard errors in parentheses.
- indicates the parameter is not in model; @ 0 indicates the parameter is fixed at 0.
a
Model also controls for husband’s age at marriage, wife’s age at marriage, T1 education, T1 household income and previous divorce.