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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Pers Relat. 2017 Jun 8;35(10):1319–1339. doi: 10.1177/0265407517712480

Table A1.

Descriptive statistics for positive and negative relationship qualities.

Women Men
Marital quality
Open up to spouse (%)
 Never/hardly ever 3.9 3.3
 Some of the time 24.6 21.0
 Often 71.3 75.3
Rely on spouse (%)
 Never/hardly ever 3.0 1.1
 Some of the time 13.8 7.9
 Often 82.9 90.8
Spouse makes too many demands on you (%)
 Never/hardly ever 68.4 62.4
 Some of the time 21.2 26.9
 Often 10.0 10.3
Spouse criticizes you (%)
 Never/hardly ever 65.0 50.3
 Some of the time 26.4 39.2
 Often 8.2 10.0
Family quality
Open up to family members (%)
 Never/hardly ever 9.0 28.9
 Some of the time 35.1 38.9
 Often 55.9 32.2
Rely on family members (%)
 Never/hardly ever 5.5 12.5
 Some of the time 22.2 26.2
 Often 72.3 61.3
Family members make too many demands on you(%)
 Never/hardly ever 74.8 80.9
 Some of the time 19.4 15.6
 Often 5.8 3.5
Family members criticize you (%)
 Never/hardly ever 79.3 86.2
 Some of the time 16.5 12.2
 Often 4.2 1.6
Friendship quality
Open up to friends (%)
 Never/hardly ever 21.7 39.7
 Some of the time 39.6 41.0
 Often 38.7 19.3
Rely on friends (%)
 Never/hardly ever 14.3 21.4
 Some of the time 34.4 39.8
 Often 51.3 38.8
Friends make too many demands on you (%)
 Never/hardly ever 94.5 92.6
 Some of the time 5.2 6.9
 Often 0.3 0.5
Friends criticize you (%)
 Never/hardly ever 92.8 91.0
 Some of the time 6.6 8.3
 Often 0.6 0.7