Table 2.

Multivariate Hierarchical Linear Model Results: Unconditional Growth Curves of Intimate Relationship Quality

	Mothers				Fathers
y=marital quality	Estimate	SE	95% CI	p	Estimate	SE	95% CI	p
Level (centered at 54 months of age)
Intercept	3.822	0.030	3.76, 3.88	<0.001	3.922	0.030	3.86, 3.98	<0.001
Slope
Intercept	0.025	0.010	0.006, 0.04	0.010	0.009	0.010	−0.01, 0.03	0.366
Quadratic
Intercept	−0.003	0.001	−0.035, −0.032	<0.001	−0.001	0.001	−0.003, 0.0004	0.145

n=986 couples. df=985 for all tests.

CI, confidence interval.