Table 1.
Means and Standard Deviations of Variables at Baseline, Health and Retirement Study, N = 6,904.
| Variable | Only Wife with Chronic Conditions n = 791 |
Only Husband with Chronic Conditions n = 951 |
Both Spouses with Chronic Conditions n = 4,892 |
Neither Spouse with Chronic Conditions n= 270 |
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| CES-D | .83 (1.38) |
1.58 (2.02) |
.97 (1.48) |
.92 (1.50) |
1.13 (1.61) |
1.51 (1.92) |
.75 (1.36) |
.94 (1.58) |
| Number of chronic conditions | — | 1.49 (.79) |
1.55 (.80) |
— | 1.81 (.96) |
1.69 (.91) |
— | — |
| Age (years) | 6.30 (9.03) |
58.32 (8.73) |
61.33 (8.11) |
56.54 (9.09) |
65.75 (8.74) |
62.52 (8.99) |
56.61 (7.34) |
52.90 (7.92) |
| Marital duration (years) | 3.40 (14.08) |
29.03 (14.15) |
34.83 (14.91) |
24.10 (12.93) |
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| Years of education | 12.92 (3.48) |
12.70 (3.19) |
13.21 (3.28) |
13.11 (2.72) |
12.27 (3.44) |
12.38 (2.90) |
13.83 (3.76) |
13.36 (3.42) |
| Number of living children | 3.24 (2.04) |
3.35 (2.07) |
3.52 (2.20) |
2.88 (1.72) |
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| Race-ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | .76 | .76 | .81 | .80 | .80 | .80 | .77 | .75 |
| Non-Hispanic black | .09 | .10 | .07 | .07 | .11 | .11 | .05 | .05 |
| Hispanic | .12 | .12 | .10 | .10 | .08 | .08 | .14 | .16 |
| Other | .02 | .02 | .02 | .03 | .01 | .01 | .03 | .04 |
| Household income ($) | 81,619 (89,111) |
102,648 (433,121) |
65,575 (156,667) |
1 12,269 (136,515) |
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| Number of disabilities | .22 (.75) |
.15 (.62) |
.30 (.93) |
.30 (.91) |
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| Number of drugs/treatments | .85 (.80) |
.92 (.80) |
1.12 (.92) |
1.03 (.88) |
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Note: Cells contain standard errors in parentheses. CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale.