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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nurs. 2011 Jun 6;28(6):503–514. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00952.x

Table 1.

Differences of Demographics between Husbands and Wives

Total
(N = 140)
Husbands
(n = 70)
Wives
(n = 70)
P value
Demographics
 Age, mean (SD) 55.8 (7.6) 57.9 (7.9) 53.7 (6.6) <.001
 Education, n (%)
  Less than high school graduate 7 (5.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (10.0) <.001
  High school graduate 54 (38.6) 21 (30.0) 33 (47.1)
  Some college 13 (9.3) 8 (11.4) 5 (7.1)
  College graduate or higher 66 (47.1) 41 (58.6) 25 (35.7)
 Number of children, mean (SD) 2 (0.8) N/A
 Years living in the United States,
mean (SD)
21.94 (8.9) 21.95 (8.9) 21.92 (8.9) .949
 Age at immigration, mean (SD) 34 (9.0) 35.97 (8.8) 31.78 (8.8) <.001

Note. Paired t test tor continuous variable (age, years living in the United States, age at immigration). McNemar’s test (nonparametric paired two-sample test) for categorical variable (education). SD = Standard Deviation.