Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Study Variables across Waves by Sex
| Age Difference | Self-Acceptance | Alcohol Use | Hours Worked | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave | M(SD) | N | M(SD) | N | M(SD) | N | M(SD) | N |
| MALES | ||||||||
| 2 | −.14 (1.66) | 171 | 4.46 (.72) | 250 | 1.50 (1.02) | 240 | 1.25 (.68) | 251 |
| 3 | .04 (2.25) | 166 | 4.64 (.60) | 249 | 1.65 (1.23) | 234 | 1.88 (1.28) | 249 |
| 4 | −.06 (2.23) | 179 | 4.61 (.61) | 249 | 1.72 (1.26) | 236 | 2.04 (1.42) | 249 |
| 5 | .44 (3.11) | 138 | 4.53 (.61) | 166 | 2.09 (1.44) | 165 | 3.41 (1.81) | 168 |
| 6 | .08 (2.99) | 154 | 4.44 (.71) | 189 | 2.31 (1.70) | 188 | 3.40 (1.84) | 189 |
| 7 | −.24 (2.85) | 135 | 4.42 (.70) | 160 | 2.50 (1.78) | 160 | 3.33 (1.82) | 162 |
| 8 | −.30 (3.51) | 144 | 4.22 (.83) | 166 | 2.52 (1.77) | 165 | 3.46 (1.80) | 169 |
| FEMALES | ||||||||
| 2 | 1.30 (2.31) | 193 | 4.51 (.70) | 311 | 1.53 (.98) | 301 | 1.32 (.82) | 311 |
| 3 | 1.36 (2.45) | 221 | 4.52 (.69) | 310 | 1.55 (1.14) | 300 | 1.77 (1.22) | 310 |
| 4 | 1.33 (2.55) | 238 | 4.43 (.75) | 306 | 1.49 (1.06) | 294 | 2.06 (1.36) | 304 |
| 5 | 2.04 (3.40) | 218 | 4.46 (.75) | 247 | 1.70 (1.12) | 249 | 3.16 (1.80) | 250 |
| 6 | 2.06 (3.56) | 216 | 4.45 (.70) | 259 | 1.76 (1.14) | 251 | 3.48 (1.76) | 257 |
| 7 | 2.69 (4.31) | 198 | 4.41 (.71) | 243 | 1.92 (1.21) | 240 | 3.30 (1.77) | 244 |
| 8 | 2.78 (4.69) | 206 | 4.36 (.74) | 242 | 1.93 (1.37) | 238 | 3.18 (1.82) | 242 |