Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics and Equivalence of Treatment and Control Groups (N = 692 individuals)
| Treatment (n =344)
|
Control (n =348)
|
Test Statisticd |
Entire Sample
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Range (W1) | Alpha (W1, W2) | ||
| Demographic Characteristics | |||||||
| Marrieda | 0.65 | NA | 0.61 | NA | 0.58 | — | — |
| Children in home | 3.12 | 1.54 | 2.86 | 1.43 | 0.13 | 1 – 12 | — |
| Incomeb | 1.71 | 1.47 | 1.60 | 1.33 | 0.72 | 0 – 10 | — |
| Education | 5.48 | 1.84 | 5.46 | 1.66 | 0.15 | 1 – 10 | — |
| Age | 38.12 | 8.64 | 38.25 | 8.87 | 0.15 | 21 – 83 | — |
| Study Variables | |||||||
| Financial hardship | 5.56 | 2.03 | 5.26 | 1.90 | 1.98* | 2.00 – 10.00 | .69, .70 |
| Racial Discrimination | 16.39 | 6.00 | 16.11 | 6.21 | 0.59 | 9.00 – 36.00 | .91, .92 |
| Relationship communication | −0.07 | 5.74 | 0.07 | 5.32 | 0.28 | −15.80 – 9.76 | .84, .90 |
| Relationship satisfaction | 24.48 | 4.92 | 25.14 | 4.03 | 1.36 | 6.00 – 30.00 | .92, .96 |
| Relationship confidence | 17.30 | 3.34 | 17.61 | 2.94 | 1.18 | 4.00 – 20.00 | .89, .92 |
| Depressive Symptoms | 11.84 | 7.95 | 11.28 | 7.73 | 1.14 | 0.00 – 48.00 | .82, .83 |
| Self-reported health c | 12.14 | 2.40 | 12.30 | 2.26 | 0.81 | 5.00 – 16.00 | .69, .68 |
Note. W1 = Wave 1; W2 = Wave 2. W3 = Wave 3.
a
1 = Married (0 = Cohabiting).
b
Monthly income divided by 1,000.
c
Not assessed at W1; wave 2 assessment for descriptive statistics, and W2 and W3 for Cronbach’s alpha (n = 579).
d
T-test for continuous and ordinal variables; chi-square cross-tab statistic for binary variables.
*
p ≤ .05, two-tailed