Table 2.

Weighted means (M) and linearized standard errors (SE) of explanatory variables at baseline and occurrence of life events after baseline

Variable	M	Linearized SE	Min.	Max.
Drinking behavior
Drinks per day	0.598	0.014	0	5.5
CAGE score	0.426	0.012	0	4
Income and demographic characteristics
Household income, in U.S. $10,000	5.28	0.15	0	130
Works full-time	0.586	0.008	0	1
Years of education	12.5	0.089	0	17
Age	55.5	0.042	51	61
White	0.877	0.007	0	1
Female	0.547	0.005	0	1
Married	0.760	0.007	0	1
Health and cognitive status
Fair/poor health	0.152	0.007	0	1
Cognition scorea	13.473	0.137	0	40
CESD score	0.708	0.024	0	8
Preferences and social supports
Risk aversion	3.18	0.02	0	4
1 = least risk averse
4 = most risk averse
0 = missing
Financial planning horizon	2.98	0.02	0	5
1 = next few months
5 = longer than 10 years
0 = missing
Rarity of religious service attendanceb	1.93	0.02	0	5
1 = more than once/week
5 = not at all
0 = missing
Importance of religionc	1.84	0.01	0	2
0 = not too important
2 = very important
Frequency of socializing with neighborsd	1.98	0.02	0	5
0 = no friends in neighborhood
5 = daily or almost every day
0 = missing
Relatives live nearby	0.208	0.006	0	1
Friends live nearby	0.436	0.007	0	1
Life events
Retired	0.496	0.007	0	1
Became disabled	0.033	0.002	0	1
Got married	0.055	0.004	0	1
Got divorced	0.046	0.003	0	1
Death of a spouse	0.124	0.004	0	1
Death of a sibling	0.343	0.007	0	1
Hospitalized	0.731	0.015	0	7
New diabetes diagnosis	0.149	0.004	0	1
New cancer diagnosis	0.119	0.004	0	1
New stroke	0.063	0.003	0	1
New psychiatric diagnosis	0.099	0.004	0	1
Observations, n		6,787

Notes: Means calculated using survey weights, clustering, and strata. Min. = minimum; max. = maximum; CESD = Center for Epidemiological Studies—Depression scale.

^aFewer observations because of missing values (n = 6,324);

^bfewer observations because of missing values (n = 6,260);

^cfewer observations because of missing values (n = 4,852);

^dfewer observations because of missing values (n = 6,336).