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Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2018 Nov 21;60(1):18–35. doi: 10.1177/0022146518813097

Table 2.

Estimates from Multi-level Regression Models Testing Respondent’s Psychological Distress Regressed on Their Spouse’s Psychological Distress on the Same Day (n=378 couples)

	1	2	3	4	5
Partner Psychological Distress	0.36^***	0.36^***	0.39^***	0.36^***	0.38^***
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)
Respondent Gender (ref: Female)	−0.97^***	−0.69	−0.46^***	−0.96^***	−0.62
	(0.28)	(0.36)	(0.28)	(0.28)	(0.36)
Partner Gender (ref: Female)	0.58^*	0.86^*	0.55	0.58^*	0.84^*
	(0.28)	(0.36)	(0.28)	(0.28)	(0.36)
Time (in days)	−0.08^***	−0.08^***	−0.08^***	−0.08^***	−0.08^***
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Children in Household (ref: No children in household)	0.70^***	0.57^*	0.72^***	0.71^***	0.58^*
	(0.21)	(0.23)	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.23)
Relationship Duration (in years)	−0.02	−0.02	−0.02	−0.02	−0.02
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Not working (ref: Working)	0.70^*	0.68^*	0.68^*	0.70^*	0.65^*
	(0.31)	(0.31)	(0.31)	(0.31)	(0.31)
College Degree (ref: Less than college degree)	0.60	0.64	0.60	0.60	0.64
	(0.33)	(0.33)	(0.33)	(0.33)	(0.33)
Graduate Degree (ref: Less than college degree)	0.17	0.22	0.17	0.17	0.22
	(0.29)	(0.30)	(0.29)	(0.29)	(0.29)
Respondent Gender*Partner Gender		−0.61			−0.67
		(0.49)			(0.49)
Respondent Gender* Partner Distress			−0.07^**		−0.06^*
			(0.02)		(0.03)
Partner Gender*Partner Distress				0.01	0.07^*
				(0.02)	(0.03)
Respondent GenderPartner GenderPartner Distress					−0.06
					(0.05)
Constant	16.36^***	16.34^***	16.35^***	16.35^***	16.32^***
	(0.37)	(0.37)	(0.37)	(0.37)	(0.37)

Standard errors in parentheses

^***

p<0.001

^**

p<0.01

p<0.05