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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2016 Mar;57(1):59–76. doi: 10.1177/0022146516628179

Table 2.

Means and Standard Deviations of Type of Chronic Condition, Health and Retirement Study, N = 6,634 Couples.

Condition Only Wife with Chronic Conditions n = 791
 Only Husband with Chronic Conditions n = 951
 Both Spouses with Chronic Conditions (Wife’s Condition) n = 4,892
 Both Spouses with Chronic Conditions (Husband’s Condition) n = 4,892
Diag. Drugs Diag. Drugs Diag. Drugs Diag. Drugs
High blood pressure .51
(.50)		 .42
(.49)		 .54
(.50)		 .43
(.50)		 .53
(.50)		 .46
(.50)		 .55
(.50)		 .47
(.50)
Arthritis .57
(.50)		 .21
(.41)		 .45
(.50)		 .16
(.37)		 .66
(.47)		 .31
(.46)		 .54
(.50)		 .21
(.41)
Diabetes .12
(.32)		 .10
(.30)		 .16
(.37)		 .13
(.34)		 .13
(.34)		 .11
(.31)		 .19
(.39)		 .16
(.36)
Cancer .09
(.29)		 .02
(.13)		 .09
(.28)		 .01
(.11)		 .12
(.33)		 .02
(.13)		 .11
(.32)		 .02
(.14)
Lung disease .04
(.21)		 .02
(.13)		 .05
(.21)		 .02
(.14)		 .06
(.24)		 .03
(.18)		 .07
(.26)		 .04
(.19)
Heart disease .13
(.34)		 .08
(.26)		 .22
(.42)		 .15
(.35)		 .15
(.35)		 .09
(.28)		 .27
(.45)		 .19
(.39)
Stroke .03
(.16)		 .01
(.10)		 .05
(.21)		 .02
(.14)		 .05
(.21)		 .02
(.13)		 .07
(.26)		 .03
(.18)

Note: cells contain standard errors in parentheses. Diag. = ever diagnosed; Drugs = currently receiving drugs/treatment.