Table 1.

Sample Characteristics: Age, Gender, Income, Marital Status, Education, Self-rated Health

	Time 1	Time 2	Time 3	Time 4	Time 5	Time 6	Time 7	Time 8	Time 9	Time 10
N	1019	1022	1025	1024	1024	1021	1024	1024	1020	1005
Mean age	55.32	56.23	57.17	58.12	59.12	60.07	61.00	61.90	62.90	63.61
Percent Female	61.0%	61.28%	62.15%	62.04%	61.71%	62.57%	63.27%	62.96%	63.93%	63.54%
Household Income
>$7500	4.40%	5.21%	4.83%	4.41%	5.88%	5.32%	5.37%	2.88%	3.04%	5.05%
$7,500-$14,99	11.00%	11.46%	11.86%	11.70%	13.55%	15.59%	15.51%	14.86%	14.95%	14.10%
$15,000-$24,999	14.31%	13.28%	15.31%	15.65 %	18.00%	18.06%	18.89%	18.40%	19.63%	17.29%
$25,000-$39,999	21.73%	20.85%	20.28%	20.06%	20.50%	22.24%	18.69%	23.28%	20.79%	20.74%
$40,000-$74,999	31.50%	30.86%	28.55%	29.48%	26.92%	23.00%	26.84%	25.50%	26.64%	26.86%
$75,000-$99,999	9.22%	10.42%	10.90%	11.09%	9.09%	9.70%	9.54%	9.76%	9.11%	9.84%
>$100,000	7.84%	8.72%	21.92%	7.60%	6.06%	6.08%	5.17%	5.32%	5.84%	6.12%
Marital Status
Single	15.99%	15.95%	14.88%	12.86%	12.90%	13.84%	12.04%	11.21%	11.47%	10.99%
Married	50.54%	50.68%	51.01%	50.07%	45.41%	43.17%	45.44%	45.69%	46.10%	46.60%
Separated	1.76%	1.76%	1.49%	1.35%	1.41%	1.66%	1.17%	1.29%	1.38%	1.31%
Widowed	9.76%	9.73%	10.69%	12.26%	15.90%	15.31%	15.53%	16.81%	17.89%	17.28%
Divorced	21.95%	21.89%	21.92%	23.47%	24.38%	26.01%	25.83%	25.00%	22.94%	23.82%
Education Level
>High School	2.56%	2.04%	1.88%	2.08%	2.52%	2.01%	2.50%	1.73%	1.37%	1.83%
High School	28.94%	27.55%	29.70%	29.04%	32.87%	32.66%	31.35%	31.18%	31.51%	30.68%
Vocational	6.46%	5.74%	4.70%	6.52%	5.77%	6.42%	5.96%	6.45%	7.53%	7.85%
Some College	26.24%	27.30%	25.81%	22.96%	26.22%	24.77%	25.58%	26.45%	26.26%	23.30%
College Degree	22.07%	22.96%	21.91%	23.26%	18.01%	18.53%	18.65%	17.85%	17.12%	18.85%
Post College	5.79%	6.12%	6.72%	6.07%	5.24%	6.61%	7.12%	6.45%	5.94%	7.85%
Graduate/Medical/Law	7.94%	8.29%	9.27%	10.07%	9.27%	8.99%	8.85%	9.89%	10.27%	9.69%