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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2014 Aug 1;44(3):708–726. doi: 10.1007/s10964-014-0158-z

Table 1.

Means/Proportions and Standard Deviations of Analytic Sample by Age, Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) (n = 1,235 respondents, 4,510 observations)

Male Youth (47.5%)
Female Youth (52.5%)
Grand Mean Range F
13–16 (27%) 17–20 (42%) 21–24 (18%) 25–28 (13%) 13–16 (25%) 17–20 (42%) 21–24 (19%) 25–28 (14%)
Age 14.88 (1.09) 18.38 (1.09) 22.35 (1.04) 26.35 (1.13) 14.92 (1.09) 18.38 (1.10) 22.37 (1.00) 26.48 (1.06) 19.31 (3.88) 13–28
IPV Perpetration 0.13 0.19 0.15 0.10 0.20 0.23 0.29 0.16 0.19 0–1 3.20***
Behavioral and Psychological Factors
General Antisocial Behavior 0.30 0.31 0.25 0.18 0.25 0.16 0.11 0.06 0.22 0–1 5.79***
Alcohol and Substance Use 0.32 (0.49) 0.74 (0.62) 1.11 (0.53) 1.00 (0.53) 0.37 (0.48) 0.68 (0.57) 0.90 (0.52) 0.80 (0.50) 0.69 (0.59) 0–2.2 72.94***
Depressive Symptoms 0.69 (0.43) 0.72 (0.46) 0.76 (0.47) 0.72 (0.44) 0.85 (0.46) 0.81 (0.46) 0.80 (0.47) 0.74 (0.49) 0.77 (0.46) 0–2.1 1.48
Relationship Risk Factors
Relationship Type
 Dating 1.00 0.93 0.68 0.40 1.00 0.87 0.58 0.34 0.80 0–1 136.83***
 Cohabiting 0.00 0.06 0.24 0.37 0.00 0.11 0.29 0.32 0.13 0–1 50.82***
 Married 0.00 0.01 0.08 0.23 0.00 0.01 0.13 0.34 0.06 0–1 66.74***
Partner Retention 0.05 0.15 0.26 0.27 0.07 0.22 0.33 0.35 0.19 0–1 30.56***
Gainful Activity 0.99 0.76 0.71 0.70 0.99 0.75 0.63 0.67 0.79 0–1 58.35***
Children in Household 0.01 0.08 0.26 0.40 0.02 0.14 0.38 0.49 0.17 0–1 63.58***
Frequency of Disagreements 2.17 (0.93) 2.55 (1.00) 2.73 (0.97) 2.74 (0.87) 2.35 (1.04) 2.63 (0.99) 2.74 (0.95) 2.73 (0.95) 2.55 (0.99) 1–5 13.87***
Trust 3.74 (1.06) 3.75 (1.15) 3.93 (1.08) 4.15 (1.11) 3.61 (1.20) 3.75 (1.23) 3.80 (1.28) 4.00 (1.24) 3.80 (1.18) 1–5 4.27***
Jealousy 2.49 (1.06) 2.80 (1.12) 2.60 (1.14) 2.46 (1.17) 2.77 (1.17) 2.86 (1.14) 2.71 (1.21) 2.44 (1.15) 2.70 (1.15) 1–5 5.79***
Commitment 3.87 (1.05) 3.85 (1.05) 3.72 (1.08) 3.94 (1.07) 3.84 (1.14) 3.95 (1.03) 3.83 (1.14) 3.94 (1.16) 3.87 (1.08) 1–5 1.16
Validation 3.66 (0.80) 3.80 (0.81) 3.92 (0.76) 3.94 (0.85) 3.94 (0.83) 4.15 (0.75) 4.13 (0.79) 3.98 (0.90) 3.94 (0.82) 1–5 5.63***
Self-disclosure 3.23 (1.06) 3.58 (1.01) 3.72 (0.88) 3.87 (0.89) 3.59 (1.07) 4.00 (0.93) 4.14 (0.87) 4.13 (0.83) 3.76 (1.01) 1–5 22.37***

Note: Standard deviations are in parentheses

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001