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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2016 Mar 22;157:60–67. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.029

Table 1.

Descriptive Information for Study Variables by Marital Status Groups

Variable Separated or Divorced Married Continuously Married with a History of Divorce Widowed Never Married
M (SD) % M (SD) % M (SD) % M (SD) % M (SD) %
Age 61.7 (8.1) 64.3 (9.2) 60.8 (7.0) 73.6 (10.1) 61.5 (8.4)
Women 63.8 47.5 43.7 79.1 48.1
White 78.8 92.3 90.5 87.5 79.7
Black 18.5 5.0 6.2 10.3 18.7
Other 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.1 1.6
Latino 9.8 7.6 7.5 5.9 3.7
Education 12.6 (3.1) 13.3 (2.9) 13.3 (2.7) 11.9 (3.1) 14.0 (2.8)
Total household income (log10) 4.3 (0.7) 4.8 (0.5) 4.8 (0.5) 4.3 (0.5) 4.2 (1.1)
Subjective social status 5.8 (1.9) 6.6 (1.7) 6.6 (1.6) 6.3 (1.8) 6.2 (1.9)
Neuroticism 2.1 (0.7) 2.0 (0.6) 2.0 (0.6) 2.0 (0.6) 2.1 (0.7)
Cigarette smoker 67.6 51.9 66.7 53.4 52.4
Body mass index 28.9 (6.6) 28.4 (5.7) 28.7 (5.5) 27.7 (6.5) 28.3 (6.5)
Childhood traumatic life events 0.6 (0.7) 0.4 (0.6) 0.6 (0.7) 0.4 (0.6) 0.4 (0.7)
Traumatic life events 1.4 (1.2) 1.1 (1.1) 1.2 (1.2) 1.5 (1.2) 0.7 (0.8)
Stressful life events 0.5 (0.8) 0.3 (0.6) 0.4 (0.7) 0. 2 (0.6) 0.4 (0.7)