Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Life Events Indices and Individual Experiences at Age 41
| Measure | Median | M (SD) | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work-related experiences | ||||
| Salary | 97,000 | 122,315 (101,660) | 0 | 690,000 |
| Number of people supervised | 4 | 12 (18.09) | 0 | 101 |
| Power index | 1 | 1.44 (1.22) | 0 | 3 |
| Job prestige | 5 | 5.08 (1.03) | 2 | 7 |
| Job satisfaction | 4 | 3.74 (0.87) | 1 | 5 |
| Realistic | 1.67 | 2.66 (1.57) | 1 | 7 |
| Investigative | 3.67 | 3.97 (1.94) | 1 | 7 |
| Artistic | 2.33 | 2.80 (1.45) | 1 | 7 |
| Social | 3.67 | 4.15 (1.86) | 1 | 7 |
| Enterprising | 5 | 4.88 (2.00) | 1 | 7 |
| Conventional | 3.67 | 4.02 (1.41) | 1 | 7 |
| Relationship-related experiences | ||||
| Relationship satisfaction | 3.8 | 3.7 (0.95) | 1 | 5 |
| Number of children | 2 | 1.99 (0.7) | 1 | 4 |
| Years married | 12 | 11.76 (4.60) | 2 | 21 |
| Health and well-being | ||||
| Self-rated health | 4 | 3.86 | 1 | 5 |
| Hospital frequency | 2 | 2.02 | 1 | 5 |
| Body mass index | 23.65 | 24.86 (5.17) | 17.23 | 46.41 |
| Life satisfaction | 4 | 3.90 (1.08) | 1 | 5 |
| Well-being | 3.65 | 3.51 (0.45) | 1.75 | 4 |
| Life events | ||||
| Index positive life events | 4 | 3.78 (2.18) | 0 | 11 |
| Index negative life events | 2 | 1.97 (1.92) | 0 | 14 |
| Dichotomous variables | % No | % Yes | ||
| Supervise | 40 | 60 | ||
| Hire | 34 | 66 | ||
| Fire | 61 | 39 | ||
| Budget | 54 | 46 | ||
| Intimate relationship | 21 | 79 | ||
| Children | 39 | 61 | ||
Note. Salary and supervise number were analyzed as log-transformed variables. An outlier of 1000 on supervise number was recoded to 101. Sample sizes ranged from 143 (hire) to 237 (majority of the variables).