Table 1:
Descriptive statistics of same-sex and different-sex couples
| Same-sex | Different-sex | |
|---|---|---|
| Living with parent(s) (%) | 49.4 | 56.5* |
| Education (%) | ||
| General high school | 20.2 | 17.8 |
| Vocational high school | 20.2 | 18.8 |
| Junior college | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Technical college | 18.1 | 23.6 |
| University | 31.0 | 31.2 |
| Postgraduate school | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| Enrolled in school (%) | 72.3 | 72.2 |
| Ethnicity (%) | ||
| Hokkien | 77.4 | 74.4 |
| Hakka | 6.6 | 12.5* |
| Mainlanders | 9.3 | 8.7 |
| Aborigines | 6.7 | 4.4* |
| Age at entering union (%) | ||
| 15-17 | 29.2 | 24.3 |
| 18-22 | 49.4 | 55.7 |
| 23-26 | 21.4 | 20.0 |
| Income (in NT dollars) | 7274.7 (12695.9) | 7518.6 (12629.4) |
| Number of siblings | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.6 (0.8) |
| Parent more than high-school education (%) | 33.7 | 34.2 |
| Previous number of relationships | 1.2 (1.3) | 1.0* (1.1) |
| Residential area (%) | ||
| Large metropolitan areas | 61.5 | 54.4* |
| Other urban localities | 30.1 | 36.7 |
| Rural areas | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| Couple homogeneity (%) | ||
| Age homogamy | 45.2 | 41.5* |
| Education homogamy | 70.8 | 68.1 |
| Ethnicity homogamy | 58.1 | 57.4 |
| Family homogamy | 38.6 | 47.2* |
| Union dissolution (%) | 67.5 | 71.5 |
| N of unions | 332 | 7,974 |
Notes: Values for categorical variables are in percent. The mean values, followed by standard deviations in parentheses, are presented for all other variables.
*
Indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05) from same-sex couples based on chi-square test or t-test.