Table 2a.
Descriptive statistics by marital quality type: women.
| Total | Aversive | Indifferent | Ambivalent | Supportive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loneliness (scale:0–6)*** | 0.93 | 1.81 | 1.34 | 0.77 | 0.50 |
| SD | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| Family quality (%)*** | |||||
| Aversive | 19.85 | 29.15 | 18.61 | 22.36 | 14.02 |
| Indifferent | 31.44 | 27.96 | 52.61 | 25.60 | 30.72 |
| Ambivalent | 16.05 | 19.11 | 7.45 | 22.62 | 13.06 |
| Supportive | 32.66 | 23.77 | 21.32 | 29.41 | 42.2 |
| Friendship quality (%)*** | |||||
| Aversive | 7.53 | 12.79 | 8.42 | 7.51 | 4.66 |
| Indifferent | 62.22 | 62.26 | 72.90 | 64.40 | 57.94 |
| Ambivalent | 3.62 | 2.83 | 2.68 | 7.93 | 1.74 |
| Supportive | 26.63 | 22.11 | 15.99 | 20.15 | 35.67 |
| Age | 67.60 | 68.35 | 68.59 | 66.67 | 67.48 |
| SD | 0.35 | 0.90 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.51 |
| Number of ADL (scale: 0–7) | 0.72 | 0.82 | 0.74 | 0.85 | 0.55 |
| SD | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.07 |
| Network size | 4.95 | 5.17 | 4.76 | 4.89 | 4.95 |
| SD | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
| Household income (%) | |||||
| <25K | 15.11 | 17.28 | 21.74 | 16.55 | 11.16 |
| 25–50K | 27.28 | 27.69 | 26.09 | 22.22 | 30.52 |
| 50–100K | 35.24 | 36.15 | 35.74 | 36.79 | 33.67 |
| >100K | 22.37 | 18.87 | 16.43 | 24.44 | 24.64 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| < HS | 10.79 | 13.21 | 20.37 | 8.26 | 8.37 |
| HS/equiv | 24.86 | 25.50 | 19.97 | 23.50 | 26.69 |
| Voc cert/some college/assoc | 39.74 | 40.89 | 42.98 | 39.30 | 38.50 |
| Bachelor’s or more | 24.62 | 20.41 | 16.68 | 28.93 | 26.44 |
| Race/ethnicity (%)* | |||||
| White | 83.79 | 78.99 | 81.61 | 80.85 | 88.65 |
| Black | 6.34 | 11.09 | 3.99 | 7.71 | 3.69 |
| Hispanic | 7.39 | 7.44 | 10.61 | 9.39 | 5.27 |
| Other | 2.48 | 2.48 | 3.79 | 2.05 | 2.39 |
Notes:
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001 for significance tests across groups of different marriage types. Percentages for family and friendship quality, household income, education, or race/ethnicity may not add up to 100% due to rounding.