Wife’s name Husband’s name	Age at interview (years)	Number of years married	Physical health problems	Education level	Race/ethnicity	Household income (thousands)	Employment status
Jane	63	36	Cancer	High school	White	Did not know	Homemaker
Richard	64		High blood pressure (hospitalized); vertigo	College	White	30–39	Retired
Kinsey	43	51	Appendicitis	College	White	80 or more	Full time
Robert	51		Knee surgery	Some college	White	80 or more	Full time
Katherine	72	50	Breast cancer (double mastectomy); heart problems (stint)	Advanced degree	White	40–59	Retired
Bill	73		Heart problems (bypass surgery)	College	White	30–39	Retired
Helen	77	36	Hysterectomy; congestive heart failure; broken collar bone	College	White	25–29	Retired
Wendell	78		Cancer; heart disease	Some high school	White	15–19	Retired
Mary	60	32	Sleep apnea	Advanced degree	Black	80 or more	Full time
Harold	61		Diabetes	College	Black	60–79	Part time
Valerie	42	12	Broken ankle	College	White	60–79	Homemaker
Keith	38		Migraines	Some college	white	40–59	Full time
Doris	68	36	Arthritis; broken hand and wrist; cancer; heart problems	College	White	40–59	Homemaker
Malcolm	72		–	Advanced degree	White	60–79	Part time
Christine	44	23	Broken ankle; hysterectomy; endometriosis	Advanced degree	White	60–79	Full time
Phil	49		–	college	White	80 or more	Full time
Angie	34	10	High cholesterol, high triglycerides; anemia	College	White	80 or more	Full time
Brett	35		Diabetes; heart condition	College	White	80 or more	Full time
Sasha	30	11	Heart problems; ovarian cyst	Associate degree	White	80 or more	Homemaker
Joel	31		–	College	White	60–79	Full time
Judy	70	47	–	College	White	Not reported	Homemaker
Ron	72		Cancer; heart problems	College	White	10–14	Retired
Carrie	39	12	Epilepsy; brain surgery	Advanced degree	Asian	25–29	Full time
Bruce	41		–	Some college	White	30–39	Self employed
Barbara	78	51	Gall bladder surgery, hysterectomy, partial paralysis	High school	White	60–79	Retired
Lou	81		Prostate cancer; heart problems	High school	White	60–79	Retired
Janna	54	9	Parkinson’s disease; Lyme disease	Advanced degree	White	40–59	Full time
Rick	64		Spinal injury and surgery	Advanced degree	White	40–59	Full time
Tonya	34	9	Asthma	Some college	Black	40–59	Self employed
Aubrey	35		–	Advanced degree	Black	40–59	Part time
Pam	60	41	Arthritis; hip replacements; hysterectomy; bladder surgery	Some college	White	30–39	Part time
Steven	67		Broken ankle	Advanced degree	White	40–59	Retired
Gwen	52	8	Cancer; osteoporosis	Not reported	White	40–59	Full time
Hal	50		Cancer	Advanced degree	White	40–59	Unemployed
Nina	50	8	Asthma	Some college	Multiracial	10–14	Disabled
Lloyd	75		Heart disease (surgery); stroke; shingles	High school	White	Not reported	Unemployed
Tracy	49	26	–	Some college	White	15–19	Part time
Frank	53		Kidney stones; eye surgery	Some college	White	Below 10	Retired
Louise	35	18	Cancer	College	White	60–79	Full time
Jake	39		Collapsed lung	College	White	60–79	Full time
Jean	77	40	Osteoporosis	Advanced degree	White	40–59	Retired
Howard	87		Early Alzheimer’s; heart problems; anemia; cancer	Some college	White	10–14	Retired