Table 1.

Descriptive statistics (means or percentages) for all variables used in the analyses, by union type.

Variable	Union type
	Cohabiting	Remarried
Dependent variables
Happiness	46.8%	63.2%*
Emotional satisfaction	76.5%	78.6%
Pleasure	72.2%	77.2%
Openness	76.1%	75.1%
Time together	51.7%	54.6%
Criticizes	31.5%	42.8%+
Demands	23.2%	37.9%**
Demographic characteristics
Gender (1 = man)	44.0%	62.0%*
Age (in years)	65.6	66.3
Race (1 = white)	84.9%	88.6%
Union duration (in years)	9.3	20.6
Economic resources
Education (1 → H.S.)	57.8%	60.8%
Employment (1 = working)	46.6%	43.5%
Assets ($1,000s)	283.7	555.5**
Health
Private insurance	61.9%	59.6%
ADLs	50.3%	45.7%
Alcohol consumption	64.2%	64.7%
Social support
Living children	85.9%	88.4%
Regular religious attendance	7.2%	36.6%***
N	54	558

⁺p < 0.10.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001 (one-tailed tests).