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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 Feb 24;74(9):1444–1451. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.014

Table 3.

Multilevel Modeling to Test Wave 1 Actor and Partner Behavior on Health-Protective Behaviors at Wave 2

Model Measures Physical activity Physical inactivity Sleep Seatbelt
use
Birth control
motivation
Main effects Intercept 10.64 (6.02,15.26)*** 7.14 (−36.86,51.14) 7.72 (3.80,11.64)*** 1.90 (−0.53,4.32) 7.57 (−24.02,39.17)
Actor behavior 0.41 (0.27,0.56)*** −3.44 (−5.74, −1.14)** 0.31 (0.17,0.45)*** 0.40 (0.17,0.62)*** 0.12 (−0.31,0.54)**
Partner behavior 0.07 (−0.08,0.22) 3.02 (0.54,5.49)** −0.02 (−0.16,0.12) −0.08 (−0.22,0.07) 0.43 (−0.02,0.88)
Gender 0.39 (−0.36,1.13) −3.75 (−11.02,3.52) −0.13 (−0.55,0.29) −1.95 (−3.11, −0.79)*** −9.60 (−31.67,12.46)
Actor age −0.47 (−0.81, −0.12)** 0.27 (−2.91,3.45) −0.11 (−0.33,0.10) 0.08 (−0.07,0.23) −0.04 (−1.62,1.53)
Partner age −0.10 (−0.45,0.24) −0.32 (−2.61,1.98) −0.05 (−0.27,0.16) −0.04 (−0.19,0.11) 0.54 (−1.14,2.21)
Age interactions Actor behavior X A age1 - 0.24 (0.10,0.39)*** - - -
Partner behavior X A age2 - −0.19 (−0.35, −0.04)** - - -
Actor behavior X P age1 - - - - -
Partner behavior X P age2 - - - - -
Gender interactions Actor behavior X gender - 0.27 (−0.05,0.59) - 0.35 (0.08,0.63)** 0.53 (−0.04,1.09)
Partner behavior X gender - 0.21 (−0.09,0.51) - 0.11 (−0.16,0.38) −0.29 (−0.91,0.33)
Dyad interactions Dyad similarity - - - - -
Dyad interaction - - - - -

Note. Beta coefficients and 95% confidence interval reported, underline = p < .10,

*

= p < .05,

**

= p < .01,

***

p < .001;

1

A age = Actor age,

2

P age = Partner age