Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Select Variables by Widowhood Status and Cohorts
| All | Widowhood Status |
Mammography Cohort | Diabetes Cohort | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonwidowed | Widowed | ||||
| Person-Month Level | |||||
| Hospital days in the past year (mean) | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
| Hospital days in the past month (mean) | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| Charlson index (mean) | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.99 | 1.3 |
| Number of diabetic complications (mean) | –– | –– | –– | –– | 0.78 |
| Individual Level | |||||
| Age, in years (mean) | 75 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 75 |
| Women (%) | 49 | 41 | 67 | 100 | 48 |
| African American (%) | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 14.0 |
| Poor (%) | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 9.5 |
| Residential Context | |||||
| Urbanization index | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 67 |
| % African American | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 11.0 |
| Median home value ($) | 91,641 | 92,961 | 88,679 | 90,168 | 84,067 |
| Median income ($) | 30,383 | 30,658 | 29,765 | 30,318 | 29,229 |
| Male unemployment rate | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| % Poor | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| % Less than high school | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 |