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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jun 27;139:61–69. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.06.026

TABLE 1.

Weighted Descriptive Statistics for the Variables Analyzed

Total
(N=3617)
 Women
(N=2259)
 Men
(N=1358)
Mean/% S.D. Mean/% S.D. Mean/% S.D.
Body Weight
  Body Mass Index at T1 25.52 4.66 25.11 5.07 25.98 4.10 *
  Body Mass Index at T2 26.04 4.86 25.56 5.23 26.62 4.32 *
  Body Mass Index at T3 26.56 5.03 26.09 5.31 27.11 4.63 *
  Body Mass Index at T4 27.44 5.33 27.00 5.63 27.97 4.90 *
Stress
  Adulthood Stress at T1 −0.02 1.01 −0.01 0.98 −0.03 1.05
  Adulthood Stress at T2 −0.05 1.00 −0.06 0.97 −0.03 1.04
  Adulthood Stress at T3 −0.00 1.00 0.00 0.98 −0.01 1.03
  Childhood stress T1 0.84 1.21 0.91 1.27 0.75 1.13 *
Socio-demographic Covariates
  Age T1 47.11 16.45 48.12 16.85 45.98 15.91 *
  Male T1 (%) 47.09
  Black T1 (%) 10.97 11.84 9.99
  Education T1 12.37 3.14 12.19 3.00 12.56 3.27 *
  Family Income ($1000s) T1 30.45 24.04 28.06 23.69 33.13 24.16 *
  Previously Divorced T1 (%) 24.51 25.88 22.98 *
  Previously Widowed T1 (%) 11.81 16.98 6.01 *
  Marital Transitions T1-T4
    Continually Married (%) 48.83 42.19 56.30 *
    Continually Unmarried (%) 16.34 20.53 11.64 *
    Any Marital Transitions (%) 34.82 37.28 32.06 *
  Birth of New Baby Within 3 10.51 *
      Years at T1 (%) 9.06 12.15
  Birth of New Baby T1-T2 (%) 7.08 6.15 8.13 *
  Birth of New Baby T2-T3 (%) 4.36 3.17 5.69 *
  Birth of New Baby T3-T4 (%) 0.40 0.47 0.33

T1: Time 1; T2: Time 2; T3: Time 3; T4: Time 4.

*

Gender difference is significant at the level of p < 0.05.