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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Pers Relat. 2011 Feb;28(1):83–99. doi: 10.1177/0265407510387888

TABLE 1.

Means, standard deviations, and tests of gender differences among husbands and wives

Variable Wives (n=423) Husbands (n=423) t-value df P
M SD Range M SD Range
Giving emotional support 4.19 0.71 3.48–4.90 4.14 0.74 3.40–4.88 1.36 415 .17
Receiving emotional support 4.02 0.92 3.10–4.94 4.28 0.83 3.45–5.00 −5.39 419 <.001
Depressive symptoms 0.07 0.98 −0.91–1.07 −0.10 0.98 −1.08-0.88 2.85 422 <.05

Note. Eight couples (16 individuals) had missing values for giving emotional support. Four couples (8 individuals) had missing values for receiving emotional support. One couple (2 individuals) had missing values for depressive symptoms.