Table 1. Descriptive statistics of independent variables for ever-married women (N = 6,359).

	Mean a	SD b
Year of birth	1886	14.65
Social power	2.78	1.28
# reproductive years married	22.98	6.49
Age difference husband and wife	2.28	4.45
Age at widowhood	65.46	13.24
Husband died after 1994	0.9%
# children	3.96	3.37

^a Percentage shown if variable is dichotomous.

^b Not shown if variable is dichotomous