TABLE 9.
Differences in perceived descriptive norms as a function of age and couple condition.
| Age1 | Heterosexual couple condition | Lesbian couple condition | Gay couple condition |
F (df) |
p | Partial η2 | Differences | p | d | |
| Early adults (18–24) |
M [95% CI] (SE) |
6.90 [6.64, 7.15] (0.13) |
4.50 [4.22, 4.77] (0.14) |
4.05 [3.79, 4.32] (0.14) |
146.54* (2,1012) |
<0.001 |
0.22 | HCC > LCC* HCC > GCC* LCC > GCC* |
<0.001 <0.001 <0.001 |
1.14 1.39 0.21 |
| Young adults (25–34) |
M [95% CI] (SE) |
7.00 [6.77, 7.22] (0.12) |
4.39 [4.13, 4.64] (0.13) |
3.85 [3.61, 4.09] (0.12) |
209.52* (2,1012) |
<0.001 |
0.29 | HCC > LCC* HCC > GCC* LCC > GCC* |
<0.001 <0.001 <0.001 |
1.28 1.59 0.25 |
| Younger middle adults (35–44) |
M [95% CI] (SE) |
6.87 [6.63, 7.11] (0.12) |
4.12 [3.86, 4.39] (0.14) |
3.49 [3.24, 3.74] (0.13) |
221.05* (2,1012) |
<0.001 |
0.30 | HCC > LCC* HCC > GCC* LCC > GCC* |
<0.001 <0.001 <0.001 |
1.34 1.70 0.29 |
| Older adults (45+) |
M [95% CI] (SE) |
7.08 [6.83, 7.32] (0.12) |
3.74 [3.47, 4.01] (0.14) |
3.00 [2.45, 3.26] (0.13) |
305.36* (2,1012) |
<0.001 |
0.38 | HCC > LCC* HCC > GCC* LCC > GCC* |
<0.001 <0.001 <0.001 |
1.63 2.05 0.35 |
1Ages included within operationalized age group are shown within parentheses. F statistics and pairwise comparison differences with p < 0.05 were flagged using an asterisk (*). Pairwise comparisons were corrected using the Bonferroni correction. For reference, perceived descriptive norms were measured from 0 to 10 with 10% intervals such that 0 = “0%,” 5 = “50%,” 10 = “100%.”