Table 3.

Participant Characteristics for New England Centenarian Study Offspring and Health and Retirement Study Referents

	NECS offspring	HRS referents
N	333	666
Age, mean (SD)	81.7 (6.5)	81.1 (6.8)
% Female	62.8	62.8
Education
% Less than high school	0.3	0.3
% High school	15.3	15.3
% College	84.4	84.4
Marital status
% Married	54.7	54.7
% Divorced	7.5	7.5
% Widowed	35.7	35.7
% Never married	2.1	2.1
Purpose in life, median (IQR)	5.28 (4.57, 5.85)	4.57 (3.86, 5.17)

Note: SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.