Descriptive statistics and zero-order correlations for all the variables are summarized in Table 2. Anxious-depressed symptoms at each age were positively correlated (rs = .53 to .64), as were age 23 romantic quality and work competence (r = .25). Romantic quality was negatively related to anxious-depressed symptoms at ages 23 and 32, but not significantly at age 26. Neither early caregiving quality, romantic relationship length, work competence, nor marital status were significantly related to anxious-depressed symptoms at any age. Romantic quality was not associated with age 23 marital status, but it was positively associated with age 26 and 32 marital status. Early caregiving was inversely associated with having a child at ages 23, 26, and 32.
