Table 2.

Weighted means and percentages by repartnering transition type for men

	Remarried		Cohabiting		Unpartnered
Economic Resources
Years of education	13.5	†	13.3		12.6
Employed	62.5	†	69.1	**	48.5
Owns home	60.8		49.1		50.9
Wealth (logged)	9.66	†	9.75	†	8.18
Pension	69.6		72.9		60.5
Has health insurance	90.1		82.9		85.0
Health
Number of chronic conditions	1.46	*	1.84	†	2.30
Number of ADL/IADL difficulties	0.31	***	0.52	**	1.15
Social Ties
Relatives or friends nearby	66.1		49.3	**	66.2
Resident child	28.8		18.7	†	26.9
Marital biography
Years since divorce	4.2		2.8	***	4.4
Duration of prior marriage	21.7		21.8		20.0
Age at dissolution	59.7		58.0	**	60.5
Dissolved a remarriage	58.4		61.3		61.2
Demographic Characteristics
Nonwhite	24.5		18.4	†	26.8
Baby Boomer	32.9	**	45.6		54.3
Unweighted N	98		129		370
Weighted %	14.8		22.4		62.8

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