Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Analytic Variables
| RQ 1 (N = 5,937) | RQ 2 (N = 5,026) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (S.D.) | Mean (S.D.) | RANGE | |
| Mortality T2–T3 | 0.15 (0.36) | 0.16 (0.37) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Functional health | |||
| Baseline functional limitations | 0.27 (0.84) | 0.27 (0.84) | −3.43 – 7.25a |
| Change in functional limitations T2-T1 | 0.54 (1.29) | 0.57 (1.30) | −5.00 – 7.37 |
| Demographic controls | |||
| Age at T1 | 49.48 (14.01) | 50.08 (14.05) | 30.00 – 95.00 |
| Female (coded 1) | 0.62 (0.49) | 0.62 (0.49) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Non-White (coded 1) | 0.21 (0.41) | 0.21 (0.41) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Parental status | |||
| Minor child at T1 and T2 | 0.28 (0.45) | 0.28 (0.45) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| No minor child at T1 and T2 | 0.55 (0.50) | 0.56 (0.50) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Minor child only at T1 | 0.15 (0.36) | 0.14 (0.34) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Minor child only at T2 | 0.02 (0.15) | 0.02 (0.14) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Work status | |||
| Employed at T1 and T2 | 0.52 (0.50) | 0.51 (0.50) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| No employment at T1 and T2 | 0.31 (0.46) | 0.32 (0.47) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Employed only at T1 | 0.12 (0.33) | 0.12 (0.33) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Employed only at T2 | 0.06 (0.23) | 0.06 (0.23) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Cohabitation at T1 (coded 1) | 0.03 (0.17) | 0.02 (0.13) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Cohabitation at T2 (coded 1) | 0.03 (0.16) | 0.03 (0.16) | 0.00 – 1.00 |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| Education at T1 (in years) | 12.67 (3.27) | 12.62 (3.29) | 0.00 – 20.00 |
| Logged income at T1 | 9.46 (0.76) | 9.46 (0.75) | 6.29 – 12.67 |
| Change in logged income T2-T1 | 0.18 (0.76) | 0.18 (0.73) | −4.56 – 5.39 |
| Marital status continuity and change T1–T2 | |||
| Continuously married | 0.53 (0.50) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Continuously separated/divorced | 0.14 (0.35) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Continuously widowed | 0.12 (0.32) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Never married | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Married to separated/divorced | 0.04 (0.19) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Married to widowed | 0.03 (0.18) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Never/previously married to married | 0.06 (0.24) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Two+ times of marital status transition | 0.02 (0.15) | ||
| Marital conflict/marital status T1–T2 | |||
| Continuously single of all types | 0.38 (0.48) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Consistently higher marital conflict | 0.14 (0.35) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Consistently lower marital conflict | 0.40 (0.49) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Increased marital conflict | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
| Decreased marital conflict | 0.03 (0.16) | 0.00 – 1.00 | |
Notes: Data source is the National Survey of Families and Households (1987–2002). RQ 1 = Research Question 1, RQ2 = Research Question 2. T1 = Time 1, T2 = Time 2, T3 = Time 3. For parental status, minor child was defined as a child under age 19 in the household. For work status, employment was defined as part-time or full-time paid employment. Means for dichotomous variables are proportions. Descriptive statistics are averages from 10 imputed datasets.
a
Some imputed values were located outside the expected range of 0 to 5 (Allison, 2002).