Table 1.
Percent and number of those partnered or unpartnered, and married or cohabiting, mean self-rated health, and confidence intervals, men and women aged 40–49
Source Own calculations with NLSY79, UKHLS, HILDA, GGS, and SOEP
| US | UK | Australia | Norway | Germany | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent (n) | Mean (95% CI) | Percent (n) | Mean (95% CI) | Percent (n) | Mean (95% CI) | Percent (n) | Mean (95% CI) | Percent (n) | Mean (95% CI) | |
| Partnered | 65% (5450) | 3.79 (3.75, 3.83) | 77% (8809) | 3.38 (3.36, 3.41) | 70% (1990) | 3.48 (3.43, 3.52) | 86% (1535) | 3.72 (3.67, 3.77) | 79% (5527) | 3.51 (3.48, 3.52) |
| Unpartnered | 35% (2951) | 3.56 (3.52, 3.60) | 23% (2630) | 3.11 (3.01, 3.16) | 30% (872) | 3.28 (3.21, 3.35) | 14% (224) | 3.54 (2.39, 3.67) | 21% (1450) | 3.29 (3.24, 3.34) |
| Married | 89% (4874) | 3.80 (3.78, 3.83) | 82% (7226) | 3.43 (3.40, 3.46) | 87% (1732) | 3.47 (3.43, 3.51) | 85% (1303) | 3.76 (3.67, 3.79) | 89% (4910) | 3.52 (3.49, 3.54) |
| Cohabiting | 11% (576) | 3.57 (3.49, 3.65) | 18% (1583) | 3.25 (3.19, 3.31) | 13% (258) | 3.50 (3.38, 3.62) | 15% (232) | 3.71 (3.53, 3.82) | 11% (617) | 3.46 (3.39, 3.53) |