Table 4.

Marital Trajectories and Midlife Health (Age 42): Odds Ratios, 95% Confidence Intervals, and p Values (N = 1,049)

	Model 1: Previously Married by Age 42a Versus Married at Age 42b				Model 2: Never at Age 42c Versus Married at Age 42b				Model 3: Later Marriedd Versus Early Marriede
	Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female
Age 42 Health Outcomes	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Current smoking	1.61	0.88, 2.96	2.00*	1.11, 3.62	1.51†	1.01, 2.49	1.91**	1.21, 3.03	0.96	0.48, 1.92	1.68	0.80, 3.54
Binge drinking	1.18	0.54, 2.59	2.27	0.78, 6.55	1.41	0.81, 2.47	2.48*	1.06, 5.78	1.77	0.74, 4.24	2.08	0.49, 8.79
Illegal drug use	2.05†	0.96, 4.38	1.99	0.79, 5.03	2.14*	1.10, 4.14	2.25*	1.08, 4.71	0.52	0.15, 1.77	4.68*	1.20, 18.24

Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Models use multiply imputed data and control for childhood socioeconomic status, having had a father present in the childhood household, maternal history of depressed mood, family history of chronic health problems, adolescent mental health, adolescent substance use, dropping out of high school and cohabitation at midlife.

^aThe “previously married at age 42” group includes the 20s married-unmarried and the 30s married-unmarried trajectories for men and women.

^bThe “married at age 42” group includes the 20s married, the 30s married, and the 40s married trajectories for men and women.

^cThe “never married by age 42” group is the unmarried trajectories for men and for women.

^dThe later married group is the 40s married trajectories for men and women.

^eThe early married group includes the 20s married and the 30s married trajectories for men and women.

^**p <.01.

^*p <.05.

^†p < .10.