Table 1. Descriptive Statistics (WeightedMeans or Percentages) for All Variables, by Dating Status.
| Daters | Non-daters | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age (in years) | 67 74*** | 68.53 | 66.45*** | 70.92 | 69.85 | 71.30 |
| Gender (1 = woman) | 37.81%*** | 73.84% | ||||
| Race | ||||||
| White | 77.27% | 76.67% | 78.26% | 79.39% | 80.16% | 79.12% |
| Black | 18.80% | 17.87% | 20.34% | 14.33% | 12.82% | 14.87% |
| Other race | 3.92% | 5.46% | 1.39% | 6.11% | 7.02% | 5.79% |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Divorced | 56.59%*** | 54.81%* | 59.51%*** | 32.80% | 40.15% | 30.20% |
| Widowed | 35.78%*** | 37.44% | 33.06%*** | 56.29% | 41.27% | 61.61% |
| Never married | 7.63% | 7.75%* | 7.43% | 10.91% | 18.58% | 8.19% |
| Economic resources | ||||||
| College degree | 36.50%*** | 42.83%*** | 26.09%* | 15.59% | 22.57% | 13.12% |
| Employment (1 = working) | 39.91%** | 40.29%** | 39.29% | 25.40% | 24.74% | 25.63% |
| Assets logged | 9 02*** | 9.56*** | 8.14 | 6.75 | 7.25 | 6.57 |
| Health | ||||||
| Comparative health | 4 10*** | 4 14*** | 4.03 | 3.80 | 3.77 | 3.82 |
| Drive | 90.44%*** | 95.26%** | 82.50% | 75.90% | 85.43% | 72.59% |
| Social ties | ||||||
| Social connectedness | 9 71** | 9.21** | 10.54* | 8.71 | 7.83 | 9.03 |
| Social support | 9.13 | 9.00 | 9.33 | 9.24 | 8.60 | 9.46 |
| N | 152 | 99 | 53 | 992 | 257 | 735 |
Note: Asterisks denote significant differences between daters and non-daters Significant (p < .05) gender differences among daters or non-daters are indicated by boldface coefficients.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
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