Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Analytic Variables
| Variable | Middle-aged (n=1,243) |
Older (n=925) |
p-value | Combined (n=2,168) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, M (SD) | 55 (6) | 73 (6) | <0.001 | 63 (11) | |
| Female, n (%) | 634 (55) | 485 (52) | 0.391 | 1,161 (54) | |
| White Race, n (%) | 1,129 (91) | 830 (90) | 0.433 | 1,959 (90) | |
| Married, n (%) | 890 (72) | 762 (82) | <0.001 | 1,690 (78) | |
| Income in $, M (SD) | 63,749 (58,206) | 52,349 (58,461) | <0.001 | 58,885 (58573) | |
| College Degree, n (%) | 610 (49) | 382 (41) | <0.001 | 992 (46) | |
| Parent in Household, n (%) | 41 (3) | 5 (1) | <0.001 | 46 (2) | |
| Partner in Household, n (%) | 876 (70) | 566 (61) | <0.001 | 1,442 (67) | |
| Child in Household, n (%) | 511 (41) | 102 (11) | <0.001 | 613 (28) | |
| W1 Alcohol Problems | n (%) | 420 (34) | 180 (19) | <0.001 | 600 (28) |
| M (SD) | 0.69 (1.22) | 0.37 (0.94) | <0.001 | 0.56 (0.12) | |
| W3 Alcohol Problems | n (%) | 351 (28) | 124(13) | <0.001 | 475 (22) |
| M (SD) | 0.51 (1.07) | 0.19 (0.6) | <0.001 | 0.37 (0.92) | |
| W1 Drug Problems | n (%) | 114 (9) | 27 (3) | <0.001 | 141 (7) |
| M (SD) | 0.22 (0.89) | 0.06 (0.39) | <0.001 | 0.15 (0.71) | |
| W3 Drug Problems | n (%) | 74 (6) | 21(2) | <0.001 | 95 (4) |
| M (SD) | 0.12 (0.59) | 0.04 (0.36) | <0.001 | 0.09 (0.51) | |
| W3 Parent ASP, n (%) | 32 (3) | - | - | 34 (2) | |
| W3 Partner ASP, n (%) | 50 (4) | 16 (2) | 0.003 | 66 (3) | |
| W3 Child ASP, n (%) | 112 (9) | 82(9) | 0.967 | 194 (9) | |
| Family Density of ASP, M (SD) | 0.16 (0.41) | 0.11 (0.32) | <0.001 | 0.14 (0.37) | |
W1= Wave 1; W3= Wave 3; ASP=Alcohol and Substance Use Problems. Middle-aged sample ages 42-64; Older Adult sample ages 65-93. p-value of bivariate analyses comparing middle-aged vs older adults.