Table 2.

Coefficients and odds ratios from logistic regression models predicting relationship quality for cohabitors versus marrieds, net of controls (N = 612).

Relationship quality	Happiness		Emotional satisf.		Pleasure		Openness		Time together		Criticizes		Demands
Relationship quality	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR
Union type
Cohabiting	−0.65 ^**	0.52	−0.22	0.80	−0.51	0.60	0.06	1.06	−0.41	0.66	−0.15	0.86	−0.53	0.59
Demographic characteristics
Gender (1 = man)	0.53 ^**	1.70	0.84 ^***	2.32	0.51 ^***	1.67	0.64 ^**	1.90	−0.12	0.89	0.87 ^***	2.39	0.55 ^***	1.73
Age (in years)	0.00	1.00	0.02	1.02	0.02	1.02	−0.02 ⁺	0.98	0.02	1.02	−0.01	0.99	−0.02 ^**	0.98
Race (1 = white)	0.66 ^**	1.93	0.20	1.22	0.50	1.65	0.43	1.54	0.07	1.07	−0.35	0.70	0.08	1.08
Union duration (in years)	−0.02 ^***	0.98	−0.03 ^***	0.97	−0.04 ^***	0.96	−0.03 ^***	0.97	−0.03 ^***	0.97	0.02 ^***	1.02	0.01	1.01
Economic resources
Education (1 → H.S.)	−0.33 ^*	0.72	0.28	1.32	−0.02	0.98	0.29 ⁺	1.34	−0.14	0.87	−0.31	0.73	0.20	1.22
Employment (1 = working)	−0.07	0.93	0.29	1.34	0.01	1.01	−0.16	0.85	0.09	1.09	0.11	1.12	0.10	1.11
Assets ($1,000s)	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00 ^**	1.00	0.00	1.00
Health
Private insurance	−0.04	0.96	0.01	1.01	0.03	1.03	0.08	1.08	0.10	1.11	0.25	1.28	−0.43 ^**	0.65
ADLs	−0.12	0.89	−0.08	0.92	0.22	1.25	0.14	1.15	−0.14	0.87	−0.12	0.89	0.16	1.17
Alcohol consumption	−0.24	0.79	0.10	1.11	−0.03	0.97	0.16	1.17	0.02	1.02	0.12	1.13	0.44 ^*	1.55
Social support
Living children	0.29	1.34	0.32	1.38	0.34	1.40	0.41	1.51	0.29	1.34	−1.01 ^***	0.36	−0.45	0.64
Regular religious attendance	0.50 ^**	1.65	0.35	1.42	0.36	1.43	0.91 ^***	2.48	0.13	1.14	−0.22	0.80	−0.08	0.92
F (13, 38)	1.92 ^*		5.42 ^***		2.50 ^**		3.70 ^***		2.55 ^***		4.63 ^***		2.68 ^**

⁺

p < 0.10.

p < 0.05.

^**

p < 0.01.

^***

p < 0.001 (one-tailed tests).