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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Behav Med. 2013 Aug;46(1):52–61. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9484-8

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants

Men (n = 47) Women (n = 53) Overall (N = 100)
Age (years) 56.00 (12.62) 55.45 (12.26) 55.71 (12.37)
Currently employed 59.57% 56.60% 58.00%
Currently married (n=97) 82.69% 73.33% 78.35%
Household income (n=97)
 < $45,000 35.56% 30.76% 32.99%
 $45,000–80,000 33.33% 46.15% 40.21%
 >$80,000 31.11% 23.08% 26.80%
Self-rated health
 Excellent 17.02% 16.98% 17.00%
 Very good 48.94% 52.83% 51.00%
 Good 21.27% 28.30% 25.00%
 Fair 12.77% 1.89% 7.00%
Current smoker 3.77% 17.02% 10.00%
Body mass index (kg/m2) 27.79 (4.64) 27.15 (5.60) 27.45 (5.15)
Trait PA (1–5) 3.65 (0.67) 3.77 (0.68) 3.72 (0.67)
Trait NA (1–5) 1.36 (0.36) 1.37 (0.38) 1.37 (0.33)
Daily PA (0–4) 2.76 (0.61) 2.96 (0.53) 2.86 (0.58)
Daily NA (0–4) 0.12 (0.14) 0.13 (0.13) 0.12 (0.14)
Positive events 0.88 (0.53) 1.31 (0.76) 1.10 (0.71)
Negative events 0.36 (0.33) 0.51 (0.39) 0.44 (0.38)
Net events 0.50 (0.51) 0.80 (0.78) 0.66 (0.69)
Overall sleep quality (1–5) 3.66 (0.75) 3.79 (0.68) 3.73 (0.72)
AM rested (1–5) 3.70 (0.79) 3.77 (0.65) 3.73 (0.71)
Efficiency (%) 79.5 (9.70) 84.81 (6.91) 82.31 (8.72)
Sleep time (in minutes) 364.80 (51.80) 403.10 (58.87) 385.10 (58.58)
Reactivity to negative events −0.10 (0.02) −0.12 (0.04) −0.11 (0.05)
Reactivity to positive events 0.05 (0.04) 0.05 (0.03) 0.05 (0.04)
Net reactivity 0.07 (0.02) 0.07 (0.03) 0.07 (0.03)

Note. Standard deviations are shown in parentheses. NA = negative affect. PA = positive affect.