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Published in final edited form as: J Res Adolesc. 2014 Oct 9;26(1):142–158. doi: 10.1111/jora.12177

Table 2.

ANOVA Analyses Examining Gender Differences for Mexican American Adolescents’ Romantic Relationship Descriptive Information

Variables	Total		Boys		Girls		F

	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
T2 romantic involvement (in a relationship)	.51	.50	.63	.49	.40	.49	8.64^**
T2 romantic partners’ age (years)	15.42	1.23	15.00	.77	16.03	1.51	16.24^***
T2 relationship duration (months)	5.63	8.58	4.26	4.86	7.59	11.87	3.01^†
T3 romantic involvement (in a relationship)	.79	.41	.81	.40	.78	.42	.15
T3 romantic partners’ ethnicity (Latino)	.78	.42	.70	.46	.85	.36	3.60^†
T3 romantic partners’ education level (years)	11.14	.95	10.96	.99	11.31	.89	3.86^*
T3 relationship duration (months)	14.79	13.71	11.76	11.93	17.51	14.70	5.19^*

Note. N = 189. T2 = time 2 – 9^th grade. T3 = time 3 – 12^th grade. Involvement coded as 0 = not in a relationship, 1 = in a relationship. Partners’ ethnicity coded as 0 = non-Latino, 1 = Latino.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.