Table 1.

Disabled Husbands’ and Wives’ Characteristics at Baseline, Health and Retirement Study 2000^a

	Husbands	Wives
Own characteristics
Number of ADLs	1.3 (0–6)	1.6 (0–6)
Number of IADLs	0.8 (0–5)	0.7 (0–5)
Cognitive function
Low	27.6	28.5
Moderate	56.6	57.2
High	15.8	14.3
Diabetes	21.9	22.2
Stroke	14.6	13.1
Heart disease	33.8	27.6
Cancer	13.0	13.1
Age	66.2 (52–97)	65.5 (52–98)
White	86.4	85.9
Education
Less than high school	40.1	35.4
High school	30.0	32.3
More than high school	29.9	32.3
Couple’s net worth
Low	33.1	35.5
Middle	31.8	34.6
High	35.1	29.9
Number of married sons	1.0 (0–7)	1.1 (0–6)
Number of married daughters	1.0 (0–9)	1.1 (0–9)
Number of unmarried sons	0.7 (0–5)	0.6 (0–5)
Number of unmarried daughters	0.7 (0–9)	0.6 (0–9)
Spousal characteristics
Number of ADLs	0.4 (0–6)	0.4 (0–6)
Number of IADLs	0.2 (0–5)	0.2 (0–5)
Cognitive function
Low	21.4	20.9
Moderate	62.1	58.1
High	16.5	21.0
Age	61.3 (23–95)	66.6 (45–94)
Sample size	789	778

Notes: ADL = activities of daily living; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living.

^aPercentages are shown for dummy variables, means are shown for continuous variables, and ranges are in parenthesis.