Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of path sample (N = 224)
| Valiable | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 71 |
| Female | 153 |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean (SD) | 63.23 (8.74) |
| 50–55 | 52 |
| 56–60 | 44 |
| 61–65 | 46 |
| 66–70 | 27 |
| 71–75 | 33 |
| 76–85 | 22 |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 63 |
| Separated | 27 |
| Divorced | 31 |
| Widowed | 75 |
| Never married | 24 |
| Unmarried couple | 4 |
| Employment | |
| Working | 72 |
| Laid off/unemployed | 28 |
| Retired | 97 |
| Disabled | 22 |
| Homemaker | 4 |
| Student | 1 |
| Education | |
| < HS degree | 67 |
| HS degree/GED | 78 |
| Some college/technical training | 45 |
| College degree | 12 |
| Graduate/professional degree | 22 |
| Income | |
| < US$10,000 | 54 |
| US$10,000–24,000 | 88 |
| > US$24,000 | 82 |
| BMI | |
| Mean (SD) | 32.01 (7.52) |
| < 25 | 32 |
| 25- < 30 | 69 |
| > 30 | 123 |