Table 4.
Hazard Ratios of Mortality by Marital Status and Socioeconomic Status, Married Health and Retirement Study Sample, 1992–2008
| Model 1 | |
|---|---|
| a. Hazard ratios of mortality by marital status and education | |
| Marital status (married) | |
| Widowed | 1.44*** |
| Gender (male) | |
| Female | 0.56*** |
| Race/ethnicity (white) | |
| Black | 1.22*** |
| Hispanic | 0.81** |
| Other/missing | 1.18 |
| Education (<high school) | |
| High school | 0.76*** |
| Some college | 0.74*** |
| College degree | 0.47*** |
| Widowed × education (<high school) | |
| Widowed × high school | 1.03 |
| Widowed × some college | 0.75 |
| Widowed × college degree | 1.23 |
| b. Hazard ratios of mortality by marital status and wealth | |
| Marital status (married) | |
| Widowed | 1.17 |
| Gender (male) | |
| Female | 0.58*** |
| Race/ethnicity (white) | |
| Black | 1.06 |
| Hispanic | 0.75*** |
| Other/missing | 0.99 |
| Wealth (lowest quartile) | |
| Low | 0.70*** |
| High | 0.54*** |
| Highest 25% | 0.38*** |
| Widowed × wealth (<least wealthy) | |
| Widowed × low wealth | 1.24 |
| Widowed × high wealth | 1.15 |
| Widowed × highest 25% wealth | 1.37 |
Notes. Reference category in parenthesis. Models adjust standard errors for 15,935 household clusters.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.