Table 1.

Sample Demographics

	Female		Male
	%	n	%	N
Age Range (years)
44 and below	16.6%	562a	11.4%	267b
45–54	26.9%	909a	21.3%	499b
55–64	27.6%	934a	27.1%	634a
65–75	18.8%	637a	22.8%	532b
75–84	9.1%	309a	14.2%	331b
85 and above	0.9%	31a	3.2%	75b
Length of Relationship
married 10 years or less	13.8%	467a	14.2%	332a
married 11–20 years	20.8%	704a	19.7%	461a
married 21–30 years	22.3%	753a	18.6%	435a
married 31–40 years	19.9%	672a	19.3%	452a
married 41–50 years	12.4%	420a	15.0%	350b
married >50 years	10.8%	366a	13.2%	308b
Ethnicity
White	65.3%	2208a	68.9%	1610b
Black	28.0%	948a	25.4%	594b
Other	6.7%	226a	5.7%	134b
Highest education
Grade School	0.7%	22a	1.5%	34b
Some High School	2.7%	59a	2.6%	60a
High School diploma	11.6%	393a	8.6%	201b
Trade school diploma	4.6%	156a	4.1%	97a
Some college	21.6%	729a	16.9%	395b
Associate degree	14.7%	496a	8.3%	193b
Bachelors degree	27.0%	912a	23.6%	551b
Masters degree	14.1%	476a	18.9%	442b
Doctoral degree	3.2%	108a	15.6%	365b
Total n	3382		2338

Note: Values in the same row not sharing the same subscript are significantly different at p < .05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions. Tests assume equal variances.