Table 2.
Equivalence of Treatment and Control Groups at Wave 1 (N = 692 individuals)
| Treatment (n = 344) |
Control (n =348) |
Test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Statistice | p value |
| Demographics characteristics | ||||||
| Marital status a,b | 65% | N/A | 61% | N/A | 0.22 | .66 |
| Children in homea | 3.07 | 1.50 | 2.87 | 1.45 | 1.22 | .22 |
| Incomec | 2.89 | 2.11 | 2.77 | 2.13 | 0.52 | .60 |
| Educationd | 5.48 | 1.84 | 5.46 | 1.66 | 1.88 | .17 |
| Age | 38.12 | 8.64 | 38.25 | 8.87 | 1.63 | .20 |
| Relationship variables | ||||||
| Relationship communication | 0.01 | 5.71 | 0.14 | 5.28 | 0.13 | .72 |
| Relationship confidence | 17.30 | 3.34 | 17.61 | 2.94 | 0.02 | .88 |
| Relationship satisfaction | 24.48 | 4.92 | 25.14 | 4.03 | 0.61 | .43 |
| Partner support | 20.75 | 3.95 | 21.23 | 3.63 | 0.01 | .91 |
| Coparenting | 83.53 | 10.45 | 84.31 | 10.20 | 0.04 | .83 |
Note.
a
Based on female/main caregiver report. 0 = Unmarried, cohabiting. 1 = Married
b
0 = Unmarried, cohabiting. 1 = Married.
c
Gross family monthly income divided by 1,000.
d
1 = Below grade 9; 11= Doctorate or professional degree.
e
t-test for continuous and ordinal variables; chi-square cross-tab statistic for binary variables. All comparisons not significant p > .05. Comparisons involving responses from men and women calculated using repeated-measures ANOVA with members of couple treated as “repeated measures” and ProSAAF/control assignment as a between-groups factor, to account for non-independence.