Table 2. Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions for Wives and Husbands Across Study Waves (2006-2014).

	Wives		Husbands
Baseline assessment (2006)	n	%	n	%
Arthritis	571*	57.6	486	49.0
Diabetes	140***	14.1	186	18.8
Heart disease	135***	13.6	226	22.8
Hypertension	499	50.3	504	50.8
Lung disease	67***	6.8	58	5.8
Stroke	23***	2.3	37	3.7
Final wave assessment (2014)
Arthritis	687***	69.3	608	61.3
Diabetes	202***	20.4	272	27.4
Heart disease	215***	21.7	356	35.9
Hypertension	606***	61.1	643	64.8
Lung disease	85***	8.6	89	9.0
Stroke	49***	4.9	80	8.1

Note. Significant differences between wives and husbands were examined using McNemar tests.

N = 992 married couples.

^*Indicates significant difference between wives and husbands at p ≤ .05.

^***Indicates significant difference between wives and husbands at p ≤ .001.