Table 3.
Cox Regression Models Examining Divorce as a Function of Conflict Behaviors in Year 1 (n = 207)
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1 | Block 2 | ||||
| Year 1 Predictor | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR |
| Conflict behaviors | |||||
| Destructive | |||||
| Husband | 4.28** | 6.37** | |||
| Wife | 1.51* | 2.02 | |||
| Constructive | |||||
| Husband | .86 | 2.46 | .28* | ||
| Wife | 1.62** | 5.36** | .40 | ||
| Leaving withdrawal | |||||
| Husband | 1.23* | 1.20 | .65 | .45* | |
| Wife | 1.03 | .98 | 1.05 | .46* | |
| Quiet withdrawal | |||||
| Husband | .89 | .82 | .93 | ||
| Wife | .97 | .93 | .59 | ||
| Race (Black American) | 2.81** | 1.60 | 1.60 | 2.22** | 2.58** |
| Couple education | .65** | .78* | .75** | .67** | .63** |
| Couple household income | 1.00** | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.10* | 1.00** |
| Income ratio (wife/hus.) | 1.02 | .68 | .74 | 1.10 | .95 |
| Premarital par. status | .96 | .67 | .58* | 1.01 | 1.10 |
| Cohabitation in mos. | .99 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Husband not raised with 2 parents | .95 | .59* | .58* | .91 | .84 |
| Wife not raised with 2 parents | 1.21 | 1.48 | 1.56 | 1.32 | 1.18 |
| Couple age at marriage | .97 | .98 | 1.00 | .95 | .96 |
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | ||
| Block 1 | Block 2 | ||||
| Interactions | HR | HR | HR | HR | HR |
| Husband and wife same conflict behavior | |||||
| Hus. constructive X wife constructive | .65* | ||||
| Hus. destructive X wife destructive | .86 | ||||
| Hus. quiet X wife quiet | .03 | ||||
| Hus. leave X wife leave | 1.02 | ||||
| Husband and wife leave X quiet | |||||
| Husband leave X wife leave | 1.02 | ||||
| Husband quiet X wife quiet | 1.06 | ||||
| Husband leave X wife quiet | 1.21* | ||||
| Husband quiet X wife leave | 1.06 | ||||
| Husband and wife constructive X leave | |||||
| Hus. constructive X wife constructive | 1.17 | ||||
| Husband leave X wife leave | 1.09 | ||||
| Hus. constructive X wife leave | 1.30* | ||||
| Wife constructive X hus. leave | 1.33* | ||||
| Correction for proportional assumption | |||||
| Hus. Destructive X Years to divorce | .14** | .13** | |||
| −2 Log likelihood | 985.30 | 710.60 | 705.23 | 992.20 | 990.26 |
| χ2 | 52.26** | 418.59** | 422.79** | 67.09** | 70.58** |
| χ2change from model with only covariates | 274.70** | 280.07** | 15.70* | 17.64* | |
Note: HR refers to hazard ratio. Models 2 and 3 χ2change are from χ2 = 1007.90.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.