Table 1.

Sample Description in 2008 and 2013

Parent characteristics	Wave 1 (2008)		Wave 2 (2013)
	M	SD	M	SD
Age	50.65	4.75	55.97	4.75
Years of education	14.52	1.99	14.52	1.99
Number of living children	2.68	1.27	2.69	1.23
Number of children under 18	0.62	0.94	0.17	0.51
Number of children 18 or older	2.06	1.07	2.52	1.11
Marital quality	4.04	0.98	3.91	1.09
Physical healtha	3.72	0.94	3.48	0.92
	Proportion		Proportion
Female	.56		.56
Racial/ethnic minorityb	.18		.18
Employedc	.80		.75

Notes. N = 287.

^a1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, and 5 = excellent.

^b0 = non-Hispanic White and 1 = racial/ethnic minority.

^c0 = not employed and 1 = employed.