Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of couples experiencing declining commitment (N = 180).
| Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| n | 90 | 90 | |
| Age | 24.41 (3.51) | 23.38 (3.46) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 71 (78.9) | 64 (71.1) | |
| Not-white | 19 (21.1) | 26 (28.9) | |
| Religion | |||
| Protestant/Catholic | 29 (32.3) | 35 (38.8) | |
| Other religious affiliation | 39 (43.3) | 31 (34.5) | |
| Atheist/No religious beliefs | 22 (24.4) | 24 (26.7) | |
| Education | |||
| High school/GED or less | 20 (22.2) | 12 (13.3) | |
| Some college | 32 (35.6) | 39 (43.4) | |
| College degree | 35 (38.9) | 29 (32.2) | |
| Post college | 3 (3.3) | 10 (11.1) | |
| Breakup | |||
| Yes | 27 (30.0) | 27 (30.0) | |
| No | 63 (70.0) | 63 (70.0) | |
| Stability | |||
| Started with declining commitment | 19 (21.1) | 29 (32.2) | |
| Steady levels of commitment | 42 (46.7) | 27 (30.0) | |
| Increasing levels of commitment | 29 (32.2) | 34 (37.8) | |
| Number of Declining Commitment Experiences | |||
| Single instance of declining commitment | 58 (64.4) | 53 (58.9) | |
| Multiple periods of declining commitment | 32 (35.6) | 37 (41.1) | |
Note: Age is presented as averages with standard deviations in parentheses; all other information is presented as counts with column percentages in parentheses. Based on χ2 analysis, there were no differences on any variable across genders.