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Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2021 Nov 16;84(3):860–878. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12813

Table 2.

Models Predicting Three Dimensions of Positive Relationship Quality

	Happiness		Support		Commitment
	OLS (b) Model 1	OLS (b) Model 2	OLS (b) Model 1	OLS (b) Model 2	OR Model 1	OR Model 2

Relationship Status
Daters	−0.43	−0.40	0.47	0.39	0.41^*^a	0.45^a
Cohabitors	−0.06	−0.09	1.02^*	0.92^*	1.21	1.16
Marrieds	0.50^***^a	0.40^** ^a	0.86^*	0.77^*	4.49^***^a	3.66^***^a
(ref: LATs)
Age		−0.01		−0.03		0.97
Woman (ref: Man)		−0.08		−0.15		1.16
Education
Some College		−0.07		−0.15		0.83
Bachelors+		−0.09		0.07		0.92
(ref: H.S. or less)
Race/Ethnicity
Black, Non-Hispanic		0.07		0.16		0.59^*
Hispanic		0.003		0.22		1.40
(ref: White, Non-Hispanic)
Owns home (ref: No)		0.06		−0.06		1.03
One Child or More <18 in HH (ref: None)		−0.24^*		−0.53^**		0.76
Metro (ref: non-Metro)		0.08		−0.04		1.03
Household Income
$25,000--$39,999		0.02		0.47		0.94
$40,000--$$74,999		0.18		0.50		1.003
$75,000--$$99,999		0.14		0.83^*		1.03
$100,000 or more		0.16		0.64^*		1.09
(ref: Less than $25,000)
Duration of Relationship (years)		0.005		−0.001		1.01
Previously Married (ref: Never Married)		0.10		0.28		1.04
_cons	5.67^***	5.86^***	11.52^***	13.00^***
cut1_cons					0.04^***	0.01^***
cut2_cons					0.10^***	0.02^***
cut3_cons					0.30^***	0.06^**
cut4_cons					1.24	0.27

N	2146	2146	2113	2113	2151	2151
R² / Pseudo R²	0.04	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.06	0.07

p<.05

^**

p<.01

^***

p<.001

Note: Superscript "a" indicates significant differences (p < .05) when cohabitation is the reference group.