Sample Demographics
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The fist analyses conducted were descriptive in nature consisting solely of the computation of percentage distributions for the demographic variables of age, marital status, and parental status. The findings observed for these analyses are presented in Tables 3,4 and 5. As can be seen from examination of these tables, the majority of the female community college students serving as subjects in this study were married (64.4%) mothers (79.7%) between 30 and 39 years of age (50.8%). Those women who were least represented in the sample were women over 50 years of age (5.4%) who were widowed (.9%) with grandchildren (4.3%). The generalizability of findings to this under-represented group is probably somewhat suspect. Load/Power Ratios: Descriptive Analyses The second series of performed analyses were also descriptive in nature, consisting of the calculation of central tendencies (Means) and variability (standard deviations) of sample females' load/power rations for health, religiosity/spirituality, interdependence, self-confidence, and parenting satisfaction. These data are presented in Table 6. As can be seen from inspection of Table 6, the smallest load/power ratio was for the life area of parenting satisfaction (Mean =. 16) while the highest ratio was for the life area of self-confidence (Mean = .47). The values presented in the table can be considered in light of Stevenson's (1982a) claim that a ratio between .30 and .70 is
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ious/spiritual transitions, conflicts and stressors than women with partners (Mean = .30).
(2) Women without partners (Mean = .48) had more reserve for handling transitions, stressors, and conflicts related to interdependence than women with partners (Mean = .44).
(3) Women without partners (Mean = .49) had more reserve for handling transitions, stressors, and conflicts related to self-confidence than women with partners (Mean = .46).
(4) Women without partners (Mean = .18) had more reserve for handling transitions, stressors, and conflicts related to parenting satisfaction than did women with partners (Mean = .15).
There is one point that needs to be noted regarding the observed differences between marital status groups. This point concerns their practical significance. Both groups of women, regardless of observed differences, had load/power ratios that were relatively good regarding the life areas of interdependence and self-confidence. In other words, both women with partners and women without partners had load/power coping reserves to spare. Therefore, the significant statistical differences between the groups in these life areas may have little practical important.
The same reasoning applies to the parenting sat
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