Interpersonal Power in Intimate Relationships

Dataset

National Couples Survey 2005-2006

This exercise uses the National Couples Survey (2005-2006), a study for which over 1,000 married and unmarried couples in four metropolitan areas (Baltimore, MD; Durham, NC; Seattle, WA; and St. Louis, MO) were interviewed. This study examines couples' contraceptive decision-making and contains parallel, separate partner reports about power relations, birth desires, method-related expectancies, values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors of men and women making contraceptive and disease prevention choices within the context of an intimate heterosexual relationship.

This exercise will use the following variables from the Wave 1 data:

• Sex (SEX)
• Marital status (MARITALSTATUS)
• Has male partner harmed respondent (CR14)
• How often do you manipulate (MANIPULATE)
• How often do you bully (BULLY)
• How often do you distance (DISTANCE)
• How often do you beg (BEG)
• How often do you assert authority (ASSERT)
• How happy in relationship (CR28)
• Who makes the final decision about what car to get (CR18C)
• Who makes the final decision about where to go on vacation (CR18E)
• Who makes the final decision about what apartment to get (CR18F)
• Who makes the final decision about how much to spend on food (CR18H)
• Who makes the final decision about when to have sex (CR18I)
• Who makes the final decision about what sexual activities (CR18J)
• Who makes the final decision about when to use birth control (CR18K)
• Who makes the final decision about what kind of birth control (CR18L)

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