Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Time-Varying Covariates^a – weighted^b(N = 82,512 observations).

	Baseline (1992)		Wave2 (1994)		Wave3 (1996)		Wave4 (1998)		Wave5 (2000)		Wave6 (2002)		Wave7 (2004)		Wave8 (2006)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Socio-Demographic
Marital Status	0.77	0.42	0.76	0.43	0.73	0.44	0.71	0.46	0.69	0.46	0.68	0.47	0.67	0.47	0.66	0.47
Proxy Status	0.05	0.21	0.06	0.23	0.06	0.23	0.07	0.26	0.08	0.27	0.08	0.27	0.07	0.25	0.05	0.21
Assets (category)	2.47	1.19	2.51	1.19	2.50	1.20	2.54	1.21	2.57	1.21	2.57	1.21	2.61	1.18	2.64	1.19
Income (category)	2.57	1.10	2.62	1.10	2.59	1.10	2.61	1.11	2.62	1.11	2.63	1.10	2.63	1.11	2.65	1.10
Health
Self-Rated Health (1–5)	2.55	1.18	2.72	1.20	2.69	1.19	2.83	1.16	2.80	1.16	2.81	1.15	2.86	1.14	2.87	1.13
Index of Chronic Diseases (0–7)	1.16	1.11	2.44	1.47	2.74	1.62	3.02	1.76	3.30	1.88	3.58	1.93	3.80	1.95	4.01	1.94
CES-D count (0–9)	3.77	1.56	3.21	1.61	3.51	1.28	3.64	1.33	3.61	1.35	3.61	1.33	3.54	1.31	3.52	1.34
NAGI count (0–6)	1.44	1.66	1.18	1.56	1.27	1.61	1.32	1.61	1.34	1.61	1.45	1.62	1.51	1.61	1.58	1.64
Body-Mass Index	26.98	4.96	27.10	4.94	27.23	5.05	27.36	5.12	27.53	5.23	27.66	5.30	27.73	5.39	28.07	5.48

^aTime-varying covariates (Level 1) are those associated with repeated observations within individuals.

^bCase weights for each wave are respondent-level weights (2006 HRS Cross-Tracker file).