Table 2.
Relationship and Psychosocial Characteristics for U.S. Interethnic and Intra-ethnic Couples
| Interethnic couples (n = 116) | Intra-ethnic couples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| White couples (n = 555) |
Black couples (n = 358) |
Hispanic couples (n = 527) |
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| Couples | ||||
| Married** | 82.50 (5.07) | 91.56 (1.03) | 82.61 (2.38) | 84.15 (3.03) |
| Mean Age*** | 37.76 (1.80) | 47.79 (0.82) | 43.14 (0.78) | 40.02 (1.10) |
| Years together (mean)*** | 10.14 (1.47) | 21.13 (0.92) | 15.80 (0.85) | 15.21 (1.32) |
| Children in HH*** | 54.29 (7.43) | 44.30 (2.62) | 60.35 (2.86) | 67.95 (2.79) |
| Mean education*** | 12.87 (0.30) | 13.03 (0.16) | 12.30 (0.17) | 9.81 (0.34) |
| Income*** | ||||
| ≤ $10,000 | 5.47 (2.15) | 5.07 (0.87) | 26.13 (2.87) | 25.06 (3.25) |
| $10,001-20,000 | 17.36 (5.22) | 11.94 (1.32) | 13.19 (1.65) | 29.41 (2.39) |
| $20,001-30,000 | 14.76 (3.42) | 16.34 (1.83) | 16.70 (2.25) | 21.36 (2.87) |
| $30,001-40,000 | 20.01 (5.81) | 14.69 (1.58) | 16.23 (1.97) | 9.85 (1.52) |
| > $40,001 | 42.40 (7.44) | 51.95 (2.23) | 27.75 (3.07) | 14.32 (1.91) |
| Male partners | ||||
| Binge drinking*** | ||||
| 1+ times/month | 42.12 (7.06) | 11.69 (1.57) | 16.96 (2.63) | 26.21 (1.97) |
| < Once a month | 18.30 (3.67) | 25.15 (2.01) | 15.26 (2.42) | 17.84 (2.51) |
| Not in past year | 39.59 (6.38) | 63.17 (2.27) | 67.78 (2.77) | 55.95 (2.57) |
| Alcohol problems*** | 29.59 (6.41) | 9.14 (1.34) | 17.57 (2.27) | 20.13 (2.00) |
| Mean impulsivity | 1.00 (0.11) | 0.78 (0.04) | 0.73 (0.05) | 0.77 (0.04) |
| Childhood exposure to parental violence*** | 21.65 (5.17) | 15.75 (1.81) | 27.41 (2.69) | 28.57 (3.26) |
| Childhood physical abuse*** | 60.70 (7.19) | 64.79 (2.56) | 77.49 (2.61) | 64.15 (2.12) |
| Female partners | ||||
| Binge drinking | ||||
| 1+ times/month | 6.77 (3.84) | 3.01 (0.70) | 4.22 (1.04) | 3.70 (1.41) |
| < Once a month | 22.84 (5.66) | 12.46 (1.80) | 9.50 (1.96) | 8.05 (1.39) |
| Not in past year | 70.39 (6.25) | 84.53 (1.92) | 86.28 (1.95) | 88.25 (2.44) |
| Alcohol problems | 9.44 (4.05) | 6.99 (1.20) | 8.19 (1.64) | 5.05 (1.89) |
| Mean impulsivity | 0.90 (0.08) | 0.78 (0.04) | 0.78 (0.04) | 0.75 (0.05) |
| Childhood exposure to parental violence* | 19.40 (4.77) | 17.74 (1.73) | 23.66 (2.79) | 25.82 (2.50) |
| Childhood physical abuse | 50.70 (6.95) | 49.40 (2.33) | 59.11 (3.47) | 52.57 (3.64) |
Notes: Estimates are percent or mean (standard error); Interethnic couples include black-white, Hispanic-white, and black-Hispanic couples; Children in HH = children ≤ 17 years of age living in household
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001.