Table 2b.
Descriptive statistics by marital quality type: men.
| Total | Aversive | Indifferent | Ambivalent | Supportive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loneliness (scale:0–6)*** | 0.84 | 1.56 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.57 |
| SD | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| Family quality (%)*** | |||||
| Aversive | 19.78 | 26.60 | 11.15 | 25.19 | 11.73 |
| Indifferent | 52.18 | 53.05 | 69.21 | 44.55 | 56.52 |
| Ambivalent | 7.14 | 9.07 | 2.17 | 11.44 | 2.23 |
| Supportive | 20.90 | 11.28 | 17.47 | 18.82 | 29.52 |
| Friendship quality (%)* | |||||
| Aversive | 12.98 | 22.39 | 8.07 | 13.29 | 8.81 |
| Indifferent | 70.88 | 69.97 | 81.24 | 65.63 | 74.87 |
| Ambivalent | 1.64 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 2.49 | 1.38 |
| Supportive | 14.50 | 6.60 | 10.69 | 18.59 | 14.94 |
| Age | 71.11 | 71.37 | 68.69 | 71.83 | 70.54 |
| SD | 0.33 | 0.56 | 1.05 | 0.53 | 0.61 |
| Number of ADL (scale: 0–7) | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.37 | 0.76 | 0.83 |
| SD | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| Network size | 4.17 | 4.19 | 3.28 | 4.27 | 4.26 |
| SD | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| Household income (%) | |||||
| <25K | 15.04 | 18.10 | 13.03 | 15.67 | 13.08 |
| 25–50K | 26.97 | 24.42 | 27.83 | 28.52 | 27.86 |
| 50–100K | 35.51 | 37.55 | 35.65 | 34.49 | 35.68 |
| >100K | 22.48 | 19.94 | 23.49 | 21.32 | 23.39 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| < HS | 14.83 | 19.94 | 8.04 | 13.83 | 14.74 |
| HS/equiv | 23.38 | 25.52 | 20.14 | 26.32 | 19.74 |
| Voc cert/some college/assoc | 26.49 | 21.30 | 23.11 | 27.16 | 29.24 |
| Bachelor’s or more | 35.31 | 33.24 | 48.70 | 32.69 | 36.27 |
| Race/ethnicity (%)* | |||||
| White | 83.90 | 79.26 | 90.01 | 81.44 | 87.68 |
| Black | 6.31 | 11.87 | 4.00 | 6.27 | 3.94 |
| Hispanic | 7.42 | 5.86 | 4.68 | 9.93 | 6.10 |
| Other | 2.37 | 3.02 | 1.31 | 2.35 | 2.28 |
Notes:
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001 for significance tests across groups of different marriage types within each gender. Percentages for family and friendship quality, household income, education, or race/ethnicity may not add up to 100% due to rounding.