Table 3.
Mean | Standard Deviation | |
---|---|---|
Variables that are Time-Constant or Updated only at Wave 2 | ||
Wife 3 or more Years Older than Husband (0,1) | 0.073 | 0.260 |
Wife’s Age at Marriage in Years | 23.486 | 5.779 |
Children present that are not husband’s (0,1) | 0.073 | 0.260 |
Children present that are not wife’s (0,1) | 0.186 | 0.389 |
Premarital conception of first birth to couple (0,1) | 0.142 | 0.349 |
Wife’s Education (< high school = reference) | ||
High School Graduate | 0.391 | 0.488 |
Some College | 0.231 | 0.421 |
College Degree | 0.250 | 0.433 |
Husband’s Education (< high school = reference) | ||
High School Graduate | 0.347 | 0.476 |
Some College | 0.226 | 0.419 |
College Degree | 0.250 | 0.433 |
Either wife or husband Black (0,1) | 0.091 | 0.288 |
Husband from disrupted household (0,1) | 0.203 | 0.402 |
Wife from disrupted household (0,1) | 0.225 | 0.418 |
Wife previously divorced (0,1) | 0.196 | 0.397 |
Husband previously divorced (0,1) | 0.204 | 0.403 |
Wife ever cohabited (0,1) | 0.300 | 0.458 |
Husband ever cohabited (0,1) | 0.320 | 0.467 |
Wife’s Better Off Divorced Scale | −0.050 | 1.047 |
Husband’s Better Off Divorced Scale | −0.010 | 1.047 |
Variables that are Time-Varying to the Month | ||
Marriage Duration in century months | 213.060 | 122.157 |
Number and Age of Children | ||
Number of children 0 to 1 | 0.133 | 0.362 |
Number of children 2 to 5 | 0.286 | 0.557 |
Number of children 6 to 12 | 0.525 | 0.797 |
Number of children 13 to 18 | 0.451 | 0.747 |
# months wife employed in previous 2 years, lagged 1 year | 16.341 | 10.343 |
# months husband employed in previous 2 years, lagged 1 year | 19.831 | 8.530 |
Note: Units of analysis are couple/years.