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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Relat. 2009 Feb;58(1):91–103. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00537.x

Table 2.

Money as a Topic of Marital Conflict in the Home: Descriptive Statistics (Mean and Standard Deviation or Count and Percentage) and Associations with Conflict Characteristics, Expressions, and Resolution

Husband Report
 Wife Report
Money = 0b Money = 1c Money = 0d Money = 1e
Descriptive Statistics γ30 t-ratioa Descriptive Statistics γ40 t-ratioa
Conflict Characteristics
Length (min) 15.32 27.13 23.72 36.01 7.015 1.69 15.31 30.59 21.24 30.86 5.568 2.14*
Recurrent problem (0 = no, 1 = yes) 294 48.1% 82 59.9% .460 2.06* 311 51.6% 79 54.5% .082 0.38
Current importance 1.58 .86 1.99 .85 .88 4.02** 1.66 .93 2.02 .86 .374 4.43**
Long-term importance 1.27 .94 1.80 .93 .561 5.62** 1.29 1.04 1.65 1.00 .406 4.06**
Conflict Expressions
H Angry behavior −.16 3.55 .71 5.84 1.354 2.40* −08 4.12 .36 4.88 .973 1.87
H Depressive behavior −.01 2.47 .42 2.90 .796 2.23* −.12 4.57 .12 2.77 .667 2.49*
H Positive behavior −.03 3.18 .03 3.32 −.424 −1.31 .07 3.40 −.18 3.20 −.591 −1.67
H Problem solving 248 40.6% 72 52.6% .351 1.72 244 40.5% 72 49.7% .239 1.07
W Angry behavior −.28 3.57 .09 4.15 .716 1.62 .12 4.57 .59 5.74 1.053 1.47
W Depressive behavior −.20 2.33 .31 2.95 .584 1.89 .00 2.60 .54 3.35 .778 2.35*
W Positive behavior −.06 3.23 −.01 3.45 −.382 −1.26 .13 3.43 −.27 3.12 −.641 −1.92
W Problem solving 241 39.4% 73 53.3% .486 2.44* 245 40.6% 78 53.8% .436 2.05*
Conflict Resolution
Perceived H resolution 5.68 3.10 5.08 3.00 −.548 −1.77 5.80 3.26 5.30 3.10 −.412 −1.19
H Agree to discuss later 95 15.5% 38 27.7% .695 2.76** 85 14.1% 41 28.3% .828 3.33**
H Compromise 264 43.2% 58 42.3% −.091 −0.49 252 41.8% 62 42.8% .035 0.16
Perceived W resolution 5.52 3.07 4.99 3.03 −.543 −1.64 5.60 3.25 5.05 3.16 −.500 −1.40
W Agree to discuss later 87 14.2% 35 25.5% .742 2.93** 85 14.1% 37 25.5% .702 2.70**
W Compromise 255 41.7% 52 38.0% −.212 −1.10 254 42.1% 63 43.4% .037 0.17

Note. Information compiled from 100 husbands’ (H) and 100 wives’ (W) reports of 748 marital conflicts in the home. Analyses control for husband and wife marital quality scores and combined yearly income.

a

df = 99.

b

Descriptive statistics compiled from 539 to 611 MDRs.

c

Descriptive statistics compiled from 115 to 137 MDRs.

d

Descriptive statistics compiled from 567 to 603 MDRs.

e

Descriptive statistics compiled from 131 to 145 MDRs.

*

p ≤ .05.

**

p ≤ .01.