Table 3.

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

	1	2	3	4	5
Partner Psychological Distress (Previous day)	0.03*	0.03*	0.05**	0.02	0.03
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Respondent Gender (ref: Female)	−0.89**	−0.55	−0.87**	−0.89**	−0.52
	(0.27)	(0.44)	(0.27)	(0.27)	(0.44)
Partner Gender (ref: Female)	0.26	0.60	0.24	0.26	0.58
	(0.27)	(0.43)	(0.27)	(0.27)	(0.43)
Time (in days)	−0.09***	−0.09***	−0.09***	−0.09***	−0.09***
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Children in Household (ref: No children in household)	1.06***	0.90*	1.07***	1.06***	0.90*
	(0.32)	(0.35)	(0.32)	(0.32)	(0.35)
Relationship Duration (in years)	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Not working (ref: Working)	0.59	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.57
	(0.34)	(0.34)	(0.34)	(0.34)	(0.34)
College Degree (ref: Less than college degree)	0.95*	0.98**	0.96*	0.95*	0.98**
	(0.37)	(0.37)	(0.37)	(0.37)	(0.37)
Graduate Degree (ref: Less than college degree)	0.27	0.31	0.26	0.26	0.30
	(0.35)	(0.36)	(0.36)	(0.35)	(0.36)
Respondent Gender*Partner Gender		−0.76			−0.77
		(0.74)			(0.74)
Respondent Gender* Partner Distress			−0.04		−0.03
			(0.02)		(0.03)
Partner Gender*Partner Distress				0.01	0.06
				(0.02)	(0.04)
Respondent Gender*Partner Gender*Partner Distress					−0.06
					(0.05)
Constant	16.35***	16.36***	16.35***	16.35***	16.34***
	(0.51)	(0.51)	(0.51)	(0.51)	(0.51)

Standard errors in parentheses

^***p<0.001

^**p<0.01

^*p<0.05