Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics and Scores on Study Variables for Wives and Husbands
| Variable | Wives | Husbands | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age | 53.9*** | 8.8 | 57.3 | 8.3 |
| Education in years | 13.3 | 2.6 | 13.4 | 3.0 |
| Negative marital quality | 2.0** | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| Number of chronic health conditions | 1.6** | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| Functional disability | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Depressive symptoms | 1.1*** | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| % | % | |||
| Minority status | 11.3 | 11.6 | ||
| Individual-level discordant conditions | 44.0 | 43.3 | ||
| Couple-level discordant conditions | 60.9 | 60.9 |
Note: N = 1,116 couples.
**Significant gender difference at p < .01. ***Significant gender difference at p < .001.