Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for the Dyads Sample (husband-wife and husband–ex-wife)

Variable	Means/Fractions
	All	Husband-Current Wife	Husband–Ex-wife
Death
Husband dies	0.49	0.49	0.39
Spouse dies first	0.21	0.20	0.28
Age, 1993
Husband	75.40	75.65	73.38
Spouse	73.04	73.22	71.57
Age Squared, 1993
Husband	5,720	5,758	5,411
Spouse	5,366	5,393	5,145
Woman Older Than Husband	0.21	0.21	0.28
Poverty
Husband	0.03	0.03	0.06
Spouse	0.06	0.03	0.33
Charlson Score (second half of 1992)
Husband
Low	0.88	0.88	0.93
Moderate	0.05	0.05	0.03
Severe	0.07	0.07	0.04
Spouse
Low	0.93	0.92	0.94
Moderate	0.03	0.04	0.03
Severe	0.04	0.04	0.03
Weeks Hospitalized (second half of 1992)
Husband	0.34	0.36	0.20
Spouse	0.27	0.27	0.21
Census Division
New England	0.04	0.04	0.04
Mid-Atlantic	0.13	0.14	0.09
East-North Central	0.18	0.19	0.14
West-North Central	0.10	0.10	0.06
South Atlantic	0.17	0.17	0.20
East-South Central	0.07	0.06	0.07
West-South Central	0.11	0.11	0.12
Mountain	0.06	0.06	0.08
Pacific	0.14	0.13	0.20
N	499,150	444,685	54,465

Notes: Each husband in the sample is linked to only one woman. All individuals are white, alive, and aged 65.5+ at baseline on January 1, 1993. Follow-up ends January 1, 2002.

Source: Authors’ calculations.