Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations or Frequencies for Men and Women

	Women (n = 592)		Men (n = 584)
	M	SD	M	SD	t value	p value	Cohen’s d
Age at Q1	44.5	1.99	44.7	1.90	.69	.49	.10
Age at Q6	58.3	1.96	58.4	1.94	.70	.48	.05
Age at clinic	51.4	2.84	51.5	2.70	.44	.66	.04
Educational attainmenta	6.9	1.8	6.8	1.9	1.67	.10	.05
Ethnicity
Japanese American	31.3%		36.1%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22.1%		18.8%
European	21.5%		18.2%
Other	25.2%		26.9%		χ2 = 5.58	.13
Childhood personalityb
Extraversion	−.11	.99	.12	1.01	4.04	.00	.23
Agreeableness	.10	.99	−.06	.98	2.65	.01	.16
Conscientiousness	.40	.89	−.23	1.01	11.30	.00	.66
Emotional Stability	−.08	1.04	.12	.98	3.55	.00	.20
Intellect/Openness	.06	.96	.05	1.04	.18	.86	.01
Adult personalityb
Extraversion	.15	1.04	−.13	.95	4.87	.00	.28
Agreeableness	.23	.96	−.19	.97	7.42	.00	.44
Conscientiousness	.07	.99	−.06	.98	2.20	.03	.13
Emotional Stability	−.09	1.00	.11	.99	3.43	.00	.20
Intellect/Openness	−.10	.99	.09	1.00	3.31	.00	.19
Self-rated healthc
Q1	3.48	.94	3.39	.94	1.59	.06	.10
Q2	3.51	.96	3.47	.92	.62	.07	.04
Q3	3.49	.91	3.41	.88	1.35	.06	.09
Q4	3.51	.96	3.39	.94	1.72	.07	.13
Q5	3.41	.93	3.35	.95	.85	.07	.06
Q6	3.40	1.00	3.32	1.00	1.08	.07	.08

^aEducational attainment was assessed on a 9-point scale: 1 = eighth grade or less to 9 = postgraduate or professional degree.

^bChild and adult personality traits were measured in standard scores (mean= 0, SD = 1); negative scores indicate values below the sample mean and positive indicate values above the sample mean expressed in standard deviations.

^cSelf-rated health was measured on a 5-point scale: 1 = Poor, 5 = Excellent