Timing of Courtship Events and Experiences To learn more about the variables listed in this section, please see the Guide to the Constructs section on Timing of Courtship Events. |
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| Description | Variable | Value | Value Label | Type | Explanation |
| Cohabiting | |||||
| Did the couple cohabit? | ACOHO | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | yes = at least one partner reports yes |
| For cohabiting couples: | |||||
| Number of months into relationship when cohabiting began | MTOGMONB | 00-99 | interval | avg H&W report (r = .98) | |
| Stage of relationship when cohabiting began | (H,W) TOGLEVB | 1 2 3 4 |
Casually Dating Regularly Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Probability of marriage when cohabiting began | (H,W) TOGPBMB | 0 100 |
no chance certain |
interval | |
| Number of months couple cohabited prior to marriage | (H,W) MTOGLENG | 00-99 | interval | avg H&W report (r = .94) | |
| Premarital intercourse | |||||
| Did the couple have premarital intercourse? | AFINO | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | yes = at least one partner reports yes |
| For sexually active couples: | |||||
| Number of months before couple began having intercourse | (H,W) FINMON | 00-99 | interval | ||
| Stage of relationship when couple began having intercourse | (H,W) FINLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casually Dating Regularly Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Probability of marriage when couple began having intercourse | (H,W) FINPBM | 0 100 |
no chance certain |
interval | |
| Pregnancy (for sexually active couples) | |||||
| Was the female reported to be pregnant? | AAPGO | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | yes = at least one partner reports yes |
| For couples in which premarital pregnancy was reported: | |||||
| Number of months into relationship when pregnancy discovered | MAPGMON | 00-99 | interval | avg H&W report (r = .96) | |
| Stage of relationship when pregnancy discovered | (H,W) APGLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casually Dating Regularly Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Probability of marriage when pregnancy discovered | (H,W) APGPBM | 0 1 |
no chance certain |
interval | |
| Met parents | |||||
| Husband meeting wife's parents | |||||
| Did husband meet wife's parents? | HHMTPARO | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | |
| Month husband met wife's parents | HHMTMON | 00-99 | interval | ||
| Stage of relationship when husband met wife's parents | WWMTLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casual Dating Regular Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Probability of marriage when husband met wife's parents | HHMTPBM | 0 100 |
no chance certain |
interval | |
| Wife meeting husband's parents | |||||
| Did wife meet husband's parents? | WWMTPARO | 0 1 |
no yes |
discrete | |
| Month wife met husband's parents | WWMTMON | 00-99 | interval | ||
| Stage of relationship when wife met husband's parents | WWMTLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casual Dating Regular Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Probability of marriage when wife met husband's parents | WWMTPBM | 0 100 |
no chance certain |
interval | |
| Timing of falling in love | |||||
| Respondent | |||||
| Number of months into relationship when first loved partner | (H,W) LOVMON | 00-99 | interval | ||
| State of relationship when repondent first loved partner | (H,W) LOVLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casual Dating Regular Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Partner | |||||
| Number of months into relationship when respondent felt loved | (H,W) PLVMON | 00-99 | interval | PLV = partner loves you | |
| Stage of relationship when respondent felt loved | (H,W) PLVLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casual Dating Regular Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Sequence of love feelings | |||||
| Husband felt love earlier or later than wife | LOVEADV | -1 0 1 |
w fell in love 1 month earlier than h fell in love at same time h fell in love 1 month earlier than w |
interval | Month into relationship when husband fell in love minus month wife fell in love |
| Each partner's sense of whether husband fel love earlier or later than wife | (H,W) LOVSYMA | -1 0 1 |
w fell in love 1 month earlier than h fell in love at same time h fell in love 1 month earlier than w |
interval | When respondent fell in love minus when he/she felt that partner loved him/her |
| Timing of commitment | |||||
| Months into relationship when engaged | (H,W) ENGMON | interval | ENG = public engagement | ||
| Respondent felt certain of marriage | |||||
| Number of months into relationship | (H,W) CERMON | interval | |||
| Stage of relationship | (H,W) CERLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casual Dating Regular Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
| Respondent felt partner was certain of marriage | |||||
| Number of months into relationship | (H,W) PCRMON | interval | |||
| Stage of relationship | (H,W) PCRLEV | 1 2 3 4 |
Casual Dating Regular Dating Couple Committed |
discrete | |
