Table 5.

Sexual agreement and couple characteristics (N = 732).

	No agreement		Both cannot have sex with outside partner (closed agreement)		Both can have sex with outside partners with/ without conditions (open agreement)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	χ2	p-Value
Age difference with main partner
Within 1 year of main partner	13	7	135	70	44	23	7	0.1620
Within 2–10 years of main  partner	38	10	260	63	116	28
> 10 years of main partner	13	11	69	57	40	33
Race
Different than main partner	20	10	140	68	46	22	4	0.1365
Same as main partner	44	9	324	62	155	30
Length of time with main partner (time since first ana/oral sex)
<1 year	19	10	160	80	21	11	80	<0.0001*
1–2 years	7	5	94	76	23	19
2–5 years	10	7	90	63	44	31
5+ years	25	12	94	43	99	45
Happiness in relationship
Unhappy	17	30	24	40	19	32	35	<0.0001*
Happy	47	7	440	66	182	27
Frequency of anal/oral sex with main partner in last year
About once a month	3	6	20	54	14	38	19	0.0149*
2–3 times a month	6	6	62	70	21	24
About once a week	4	3	73	59	47	38
2–3 times a week	17	9	118	63	53	28
> 3 times a week	13	7	131	74	34	19
Unprotected anal intercourse with main partner in past year
No	10	11	54	61	24	27	2	0.4
Yes	42	8	377	65	157	27
Unprotected anal intercourse with man other than main partner in past year
No	46	8	434	70	143	23	67	<0.0001*
Yes	18	18	30	28	58	55

^*Significant at α = 0.05.