Table 2.

Predicting Relationship Troubles (Seemingly Unrelated Regression Using Full Information Maximum Likelihood; n=953 Couples, 1906 Persons)

Variables		Husbands		Wives
		b	SE	b	SE
Self
	Married (vs. Cohabiting)	−0.34*	(0.15)	−0.39*	(0.16)
	Years Living Together	0.07*	(0.03)	0.05	(0.04)
	Non-Hispanic White	−0.06	(0.08)	−0.09	(0.08)
	College, BA or More	0.16*	(0.07)	0.12	(0.07)
	Age	−0.01	(0.03)	−0.02	(0.04)
	Poor or Fair Physical Health	0.05	(0.07)	−0.10	(0.08)
	Poor or Fair Mental Health	0.30**	(0.11)	0.26**	(0.10)
	Openness	−0.02	(0.04)	0.04	(0.04)
	Conscientiousness	−0.04	(0.04)	−0.05	(0.04)
	Extraversion	0.00	(0.04)	−0.05	(0.04)
	Agreeableness	−0.10*	(0.04)	−0.02	(0.04)
	Neuroticism	0.17***	(0.04)	0.09*	(0.03)
	Positivity	−0.07	(0.04)	−0.01	(0.04)
Spouse
	Poor or Fair Physical Health	−0.06	(0.08) ‡‡	0.27***	(0.08)
	Poor or Fair Mental Health	0.01	(0.10)	−0.01	(0.11)
	Openness	0.04	(0.04)	0.03	(0.03)
	Conscientiousness	0.04	(0.03)	0.03	(0.04)
	Extraversion	0.08	(0.04)	0.09*	(0.04)
	Agreeableness	−0.01	(0.04)	−0.07	(0.04)
	Neuroticism	0.07*	(0.03)	0.12**	(0.04)
	Positivity	−0.02	(0.03) ‡	−0.11**	(0.04)
Constant		0.24	(0.16)	0.28	(0.17)
ρ	.23***

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001

One-sided Wald test:

^‡coefficient in wives’ equation larger at p< .05;

^‡‡coefficient in wives’ equation larger at p<f01

Note: Outcome, personality scores, age and years living together standardized within gender.

All other variables are dichotomous and are therefore not standardized.

The coefficient ρ is the correlation between the residual error terms from the husbands’ and wives’ equations.