The education and income variables suggested that SES is positively
associated with reports of relationship-centered causes (such as incompatibility
and personality problems) and negatively associated with reports
of problematic behavior (such as abuse). These findings are consistent
with prior research (Goode, 1956; Kitson, 1992; Levinger, 1966) and
underscore the continuing importance of class differences in marriage.
Low-SES individuals are not only more likely than high-SES individuals
to end their marriages in divorce but also tend to divorce for different
reasons.