Table 1.
Mean Mental and Physical Health Composite Scores by Marital Status and Age Heterogamy (Unweighted)
| Total | Married | Widowed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Married | Widowed | Age homogamy | Age heterogamy | Age homogamy | Age heterogamy | |
| (4,322) | (323) | (4,093) | (229) | (286) | (37) | |
| A. Mental health | ||||||
| Mean | 55.8a | 53.4a | 55.8 | 55.5 | 53.7b | 51.0b |
| SD | 6.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 10.1 |
| B. Physical health | ||||||
| Mean | 48.9 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 46.5 |
| SD | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 11.2 |
Notes. SD = standard deviation.
aIt denotes that disparities in mean mental health scores between married and widowed persons reflect statistically significant differences at the p < .05 level.
bIt denotes that disparities between widowed persons who were previously in unions with varying degrees of spousal age gap are statistically different at the p < .05 level.