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Published in final edited form as: Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2009 Dec 23;36(4):484–498. doi: 10.1177/0146167209352494

Table 3.

Correlations Among Predictors

	Study 1
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1. Marital satisfaction	.37^**	−.39^***	−.38^***	.28^***	.34^**	.59^***	.52^***	.44^***	.14	.12	.07	.05	.17^†	−.25^*
2. Attachment anxiety	−.30^**	.20^*	.56^***	−.05	−.06	−.36^**	−.24^*	−.27^*	.16^†	−.09	.07	−.09	−.08	.08
3. Attachment avoidance	−.16^†	.61^***	.29^**	.09	−.07	−.46^***	−.26^*	−.42^***	.27^*	.11	.02	−.04	.14	.23^*
4. Frequency of sex	−.02	−.11	−.24^*	1.00	.07	.06	.43^***	.14	−.15	−.04	−.12	.22^*	−.14	−.24^*
5. Expectancies	.45^***	−.31^**	−.24^*	.04	.22^*	.28^*	.31^**	.22^*	.03	−.18^†	−.04	−.08	−.16	.02
6. Daily marital satisfaction	.76^***	−.35^**	−.35^**	.01	.64^***	.75^***	.41^***	.67^***	−.11	.05	.10	.26^*	.03	−.14
7. Daily sexual satisfaction	.45^***	−.23^*	−.08	.33^**	.40^***	.58^***	.68^***	.71^***	−.15	−.07	−.13	.03	.06	−.34^**
8. Daily expectancies	.57^***	−.19^†	−.18^†	.05	.60^***	.78^***	.76^***	. 65^***	−.18^†	−.06	−.06	.05	−.05	−.28^*
9. Age	−.17^†	.02	.09	−.19^†	−.18^†	−.20^†	−.18^†	−.29^*	.62^***	.37^**	.20^*	−.30^*	.60^***	−.07
10. Years of education	−.01	−.10	−.09	−.17^†	−.10	−.08	−.09	−.09	.21^*	.43^**	.06	.11	.58^***	−.01
11. Employed now	−.15	−.01	−.14	−.04	−.24^*	−.26^*	−.34^***	−.34^**	−.10	.21^*	−.03	−.18^†	.31^**	.19^†
12. In school now	.10	−.03	.01	.01	−.12	.15	−.06	.02	.19^†	.27^*	.09	.24^*	−.30^**	−.03
13. Income category	−.08	.03	−.19	−.22^*	−.19^†	−.10	−.33^**	−.26^*	.46^***	.29^**	.31^**	−.01	.31^**	.10
14. Cohabited	−.04	.12	.13	−.20^*	−.23^*	−.08	−.22^*	−.18^†	−.16^†	−.27^*	−.01	.03	−.02	1.00

	Study 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1. Marital satisfaction	.32^***	−.23^**	−.24^**	.22^**	.44^***	.55^***	.40^***	.52^***	−.10	−.05	−.09	.13^†	.07	−.02
2. Attachment anxiety	−.25^**	.42^***	.51^***	−.13^†	−.35^***	−.22^**	−.26^**	−.32^***	.08	.01	−.04	−.11	−.06	.07
3. Attachment avoidance	−.24^**	.46^***	.26^**	−.05	−.20^**	−.19^*	−.17^*	−.26^**	.14^†	.07	−.09	−.07	−.09	.05
4. Frequency of sex	.17^*	−.19^*	−.26^**	1.00	.24^**	.11	.32^***	.26^**	−.33^***	−.20^*	−.33^***	.17^*	.09	−.39^***
5. Expectancies	.38^***	−.22^**	−.30^***	.19^*	.44^***	.32^***	.29^**	.40^***	−.06	−.14^†	.06	.19^*	.06	−.08
6. Daily marital satisfaction	.41^***	−.14^†	−.13^†	.05	.38^***	.57^***	.50^***	.65^***	.03	.02	.05	.04	.09	.09
7. Daily sexual satisfaction	.32^***	−.26^**	−.38^***	.28^**	.35^***	.50^***	.41^***	.70^***	−.10	−.08	.05	.13	.12	−.04
8. Daily expectancies	.51^***	−.18^*	−.22^**	.20^*	.43^***	.74^***	.72^***	.55^***	−.11	−.13^†	.03	.15^†	.09	.01
9. Age	−.10	.04	.04	−.26^**	−.03	−.10	−.11	−.05	.69^***	.56^***	.21^**	−.21^**	−.06	.13
10. Years of education	−.03	−.18^*	−.03	−.01	−.01	−.07	−.09	−.06	.40^***	.47^***	.07	.07	−.14	−.07
11. Employed now	−.04	−.09	−.06	.01	.01	.12	.10	.09	−.06	.07	.16^*	−.26^**	.05	.06
12. In school now	.04	−.05	.01	−.03	.12	.01	.03	−.02	−.15^*	.25^**	−.05	.22^**	−.08	−.06
13. Income category	.11	.14^†	.02	−.03	.09	.10	.02	.16^*	−.14^*	−.12^†	.05	.06	−.02	−.09
14. Cohabited	.18^*	.19^*	.15^*	−.31^***	−.10	.16^*	−.09	.09	.16^*	−.17^*	−.02	−.04	−.02	1.00

NOTE: Wives’ correlations appear above the diagonal, husbands’ correlations appear below the diagonal, and correlations between husbands and wives appear on the diagonal in bold.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.