Table 1.

Descriptive sample statistics.

	Germany		England
	Men	Women	Men	Women
C-Reactive protein	0.95 (1.21)	1.10 (1.38)	0.62 (1.11)	0.69 (1.12)
High HbA1c	68.55	66.67	19.09	16.12
High systolic blood pressure	85.29	80.90	58.01	51.82
High diastolic blood pressure	73.08	67.45	44.51	40.01
Total cholesterol
Low	19.63	21.19	19.84	20.88
Normal	20.83	24.27	20.89	12.51
High	59.54	54.55	59.26	66.61
Age at first union
Below 20	5.66	32.36	15.37	30.37
21–25	48.64	48.73	53.48	51.30
26–30	30.77	13.84	20.70	12.03
31 and above	14.93	5.07	10.44	6.30
Number of transitions	1.37 (0.82)	2.35 (1.17)	2.21 (1.97)	2.30 (1.89)
Partnership type
Married	75.79	70.76	46.78	41.85
Widowed (or never married)a	6.33	10.33	7.79	13.63
Divorced	4.52	7.41	9.48	12.21
Ever cohabited	3.85	1.95	6.52	5.83
Multiple marriages	9.50	9.55	19.41	18.76
Never partnered			10.03	7.72 2
Age	68.27 (6.52)	66.59 (6.76)	64.36 (7.68)	63.80 (7.96)
Absent biological parent at age 10	22.17	18.00	13.18	12.53
Breadwinner’s occupation at age 10
Low-skilled	71.72	71.15	65.34	63.52
High-skilled	28.28	28.85	34.66	36.47
People per room at age 10	1.54 (0.75)	1.60 (0.75)	1.74 (0.76)	1.77 (0.79)
Number of bookshelves at age 10	2.47 (1.21)	2.35 (1.17)	2.47 (1.21)	2.56 (1.23)
Childhood health at age 10	2.46 (1.04)	2.52 (0.97)	2.11 (1.09)	2.17 (1.11)
n	442	513	4446	5261

Notes: Own calculations. Continues variables are presented as means and standard deviations, categorical variables are presented as percentages.

^aNever married applies to the German sample only.