t Average Gender (Testing View Female Male Difference Text of Likert Item Overall Null Over All R’s R’s (where Mean SD M=4 ) p R’s Mean Mean significant) agree 1. A husband should help, if he can, with expenses for his wife’s children from 5.25 1.85 10.39 .00 her first marriage, when the children are living with them 2. A father should not have to pay as much child support if the mother has a new 4.21 2.38 1.34 .18 neutral 3.52 4.79 males husband with a good income, as he had to pay when the mother was single agree more 3. A man who marries a woman with children from her first marriage shouldn’t be 2.84 1.98 -8.74 .00 disagree 3.36 2.44 males expected to contribute to the children’s support, even though the children live with agree less them 4. A father should not have to pay as much support if the mother has a new 3.82 2.27 -1.16 .25 neutral 3.18 4.55 agree husband who earns more than the father, as he had to pay when the mother was more single 5. A father should not have to pay as much support if the child benefits from the 3.81 2.22 -1.24 .22 neutral 3.27 4.36 males mother’s new marriage to a man with a good income, as he had to pay when the agree more mother was single 6. A father should have to pay the same amount of child support after the mother 4.16 2.30 0.97 .33 neutral 4.65 3.61 males marries a man with a good income, as he had to pay when the mother was single agree less
Text of Likert Item Overall Mean SD t (Testing Null M=4 ) p Average View Over All R’s Female R’s Mean Male R’s Mean Gender Difference (where significant) 1. A husband should help, if he can, with expenses for his wife’s children from her first marriage, when the children are living with them 5.25 1.85 10.39 .00 agree 2. A father should not have to pay as much child support if the mother has a new husband with a good income, as he had to pay when the mother was single 4.21 2.38 1.34 .18 neutral 3.52 4.79 males agree more 3. A man who marries a woman with children from her first marriage shouldn’t be expected to contribute to the children’s support, even though the children live with them 2.84 1.98 -8.74 .00 disagree 3.36 2.44 males agree less 4. A father should not have to pay as much support if the mother has a new husband who earns more than the father, as he had to pay when the mother was single 3.82 2.27 -1.16 .25 neutral 3.18 4.55 agree more 5. A father should not have to pay as much support if the child benefits from the mother’s new marriage to a man with a good income, as he had to pay when the mother was single 3.81 2.22 -1.24 .22 neutral 3.27 4.36 males agree more 6. A father should have to pay the same amount of child support after the mother marries a man with a good income, as he had to pay when the mother was single 4.16 2.30 0.97 .33 neutral 4.65 3.61 males agree less
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