Table 2.

Cross-Spouse Correlations between Age, Education, and Cognitive Scores

		Husband’s Value
		Age	Edu	VL	VR	VS	VF	OR	VSP	VSM	g
Wife’s value	Age	0.79	−0.25	−0.30	−0.27	−0.30	−0.22	−0.18	−0.18	−0.22	−0.41
	Edu	−0.29	0.71	0.38	0.27	0.46	0.35	0.24	0.21	0.19	0.54
	VL	−0.29	0.36	0.34	0.25	0.32	0.27	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.51
	VR	−0.26	0.24	0.27	0.25	0.24	0.20	0.15	0.13	0.14	0.43
	VS	−0.38	0.51	0.38	0.30	0.50	0.37	0.24	0.21	0.21	0.61
	VF	−0.25	0.37	0.29	0.21	0.34	0.37	0.15	0.16	0.14	0.49
	OR	−0.20	0.25	0.18	0.15	0.21	0.16	0.19	0.13	0.12	0.33
	VSP	−0.18	0.23	0.19	0.13	0.23	0.17	0.12	0.27	0.18	0.35
	VSM	−0.20	0.22	0.19	0.16	0.23	0.17	0.14	0.23	0.20	0.37
	g	−0.43	0.54	0.53	0.43	0.57	0.48	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.78

Note. Edu = years of education. VL = Verbal Learning. VR = Verbal Recall. VS = Visual Scanning. VF = Verbal Fluency. OR = Orientation. VSP = Visuospatial Ability. VSM = Visual Memory. g = General Cognitive Ability. Source: Author’s own calculation using data from the 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study (n = 4,017 husband-wife dyads). All correlations are statistically significant at p < .001.