Table 1.
Age at Assessment and Descriptive Statistics for Measures Used in the Present Study, Separately for Husbands and Wives
| Wives |
Husbands |
Spouses |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Age | Mean | SD | N | Age | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |
| Functional Limitations | |||||||||||
| T1 | 1,704 | 72.40 | 50.54 | 9.99 | 1,704 | 75.96 | 49.46 | 9.98 | |||
| T2 | 1,283 | 73.94 | 52.01 | 10.78 | 1,283 | 77.45 | 50.64 | 10.63 | |||
| T3 | 933 | 75.69 | 52.67 | 11.51 | 933 | 78.94 | 51.24 | 11.18 | |||
| T4 | 711 | 76.95 | 52.77 | 11.32 | 711 | 80.48 | 51.75 | 11.28 | |||
| T5 | 500 | 78.76 | 53.31 | 11.87 | 500 | 82.25 | 52.03 | 11.25 | |||
| T6 | 372 | 80.38 | 53.86 | 11.90 | 372 | 83.80 | 54.15 | 12.35 | |||
| T7 | 259 | 81.96 | 56.07 | 12.32 | 259 | 85.15 | 55.42 | 13.93 | |||
| T8 | 180 | 83.66 | 56.82 | 11.96 | 180 | 86.95 | 54.60 | 13.23 | |||
| Depressive Symptoms | |||||||||||
| T1 | 1,704 | 72.40 | 50.89 | 10.66 | 1,704 | 75.96 | 49.11 | 9.21 | |||
| T2 | 1,283 | 73.94 | 49.97 | 10.39 | 1,283 | 77.45 | 48.21 | 8.76 | |||
| T3 | 933 | 75.69 | 52.09 | 10.60 | 933 | 78.94 | 50.06 | 9.32 | |||
| T4 | 711 | 76.95 | 51.80 | 11.06 | 711 | 80.48 | 49.63 | 8.80 | |||
| T5 | 500 | 78.76 | 51.74 | 10.51 | 500 | 82.25 | 49.45 | 9.37 | |||
| T6 | 372 | 80.38 | 50.77 | 10.10 | 372 | 83.80 | 49.84 | 9.32 | |||
| T7 | 259 | 81.96 | 51.25 | 10.32 | 259 | 85.15 | 49.64 | 10.13 | |||
| T8 | 180 | 83.66 | 51.10 | 10.35 | 180 | 86.95 | 48.78 | 8.11 | |||
| Individual covariates | |||||||||||
| Education T1 | 1,704 | 72.40 | 11.70 | 3.14 | 1,704 | 75.96 | 11.37 | 3.84 | |||
| Memory T1 | 1,704 | 72.40 | 4.55 | 1.93 | 1,704 | 75.96 | 3.80 | 1.78 | |||
| Spousal covariates | |||||||||||
| Length of marriage T1 | 1,682 | 44.98 | 14.52 | ||||||||
| Number children T1 | 1,704 | 3.02 | 2.10 | ||||||||
Note. Scores for functional limitations and depressive symptoms standardized to the T metric using the T1 AHEAD couple sample as the reference (n = 3,408 participants), Mean = 50, SD = 10.