Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Analysis Variables (N = 1,490)

Variable	M	SD	Min	Max
Spousal support
Reliability	.86	.33	0	1
Openness	.75	.43	0	1
Health discussion	.93	.26	0	1
Spousal network overlap	5.51	1.57	0	8
Age (divided by 10)	6.80	0.74	5.7	8.5
Woman	.51	.50	0	1
Working	.35	.48	0	1
Disabled	.10	.27	0	1
Self-rated health	3.27	1.08	1	5
Functional health	.04	.65	−6.58	.35
Depression (CES–D)	−0.02	0.53	−0.60	2.83
Time spent together
Spends free time together with spouse (ref.)	.49	.50	0	1
Spends some free time with spouse	.39	.49	0	1
Spends free time apart from spouse	.12	.31	0	1
Years of marriage (divided by 10)	3.82	1.53	0	6.8
Closeness to spouse	0.59	0.76	−3	3
Spousal demands	1.51	0.69	1	3
Spouse’s overall health	2.27	1.01	1	4
Spouse’s mental health	2.67	0.99	1	4
Other support sources
Reliability	.68	.47	0	1
Openness	.46	.50	0	1
Health discussion	.61	.39	0	1
No. confidants	3.06	1.20	1	5
Proportion kin	.62	.36	0	1
Frequency of contact with other confidants	6.48	0.96	3	8

Note: Means were estimated using National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project person-level weights, with poststratification adjustments for nonresponse and adjustments for probability of inclusion in the main analysis. Estimates are calculated for all cases for which data are available on all key variables in the multivariate analysis.

CES–D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; ref. = reference.