Structural Features of the Courtship To learn more about the variables listed in this section, please see the Guide to the Constructs section on Structural Features of Courtship. |
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| Description | Variable | Value | Value Label | Type | Explanation |
| Length of courtship in months | LENGTH | 0 -999 | interval | ||
| Length of time in courtship stages (in months) | |||||
| Casually dated | MNCDLL | 0 -99 | interval | Length of time at casual dating level. Level does not necessarily mean consecutive months. It is the total number of months on that level. (r = .77) | |
| Regularly dated | MNRDLL | 00-99 | interval | Length of time of regular dating level. Level does not necessarily mean consecutive months. It is the total number of months on that level. (r = .48) | |
| Casually + regularly dated | MNDTLL | 00-99 | interval | MNCDLL + MNRDLL (r = .78) | |
| Couple | MNCPLL | 00-99 | interval | Length of time at couple level. Level does not necessarily mean consecutive months. It is the total number of months on that level. (r = .72) | |
| Committed | MNCMLL | 00-99 | interval | Length of time at committed level. Level does not necessarily mean consecutive months. It is the total number of months on that level. (r = .72) | |
| Change in Rate of Progress Variables | |||||
| Rate of commitment (no. of mos. to move from a 25% chance to a 75% chance of marriage) | (H,W) 2575 | interval | This was scored for the first time 25% was hit and the first time 75% was hit. | ||
| Number of downturns | (H,W)DNTURN | interval | Number of downturns in the premarital relationship | ||
| Consensus about development of commitment (ave. difference between spouses' estimates of probability of marriage) | MCOMDIF | interval | |||
