Table 1.

Weighted means and percentages by repartnering transition type for women

	Remarried		Cohabiting		Unpartnered
Economic Resources
Years of education	13.1		13.4		13.0
Employed	61.0	†	54.2		47.0
Owns home	68.5		52.1		54.4
Wealth (logged)	10.23	**	10.09	*	7.91
Pension	64.7		61.9		58.0
Has health insurance	86.0		90.6		81.8
Health
Number of chronic conditions	2.00		1.87	*	2.18
Number of ADL/IADL difficulties	0.63	**	0.63	***	1.43
Social Ties
Relatives or friends nearby	63.8		50.4		60.6
Resident child	35.7		31.9		38.4
Marital Biography
Years since divorce	4.3	**	2.9	***	5.5
Duration of prior marriage	17.6	*	23.8		21.5
Age at dissolution	59.2		57.7	†	58.9
Dissolved a remarriage	70.2		52.5		63.2
Demographic Characteristics
Nonwhite	24.1		16.6		25.0
Baby Boomer	37.7		36.1		51.2
Unweighted N	67		58		409
Weighted %	11.7		9.9		78.3

Notes: Data are from the Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2014. Covariates are from baseline waves. Significance levels indicate statistical differences between remarried and unpartnered respondents or between cohabitors and those who are unpartnered. Bold numbers indicate that remarried respondents significantly differ from cohabitors at p < .10.

^†p < .10;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001