Table 5.
Summary of Fitted Model Coefficients for the Associations between Spouse A’s Type of Chronic Conditions and Spouse B’s CES-D, Health and Retirement Study, N = 6,634 Couples.
| Only Spouse A with Chronic Conditions |
Both Spouses with Chronic Conditions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model A Spouse A = Wife; Spouse B = Husband (n = 791) |
Model B Spouse A = Husband; Spouse B = Wife (n = 951) |
Model C Spouse A = Wife; Spouse B = Husband (n = 4,892) |
Model D Spouse A = Husband; Spouse B = Wife (n = 4,892) |
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| Condition | Intercept | Slope | Intercept | Slope | Intercept | Slope | Intercept | Slope |
| Arthritis | .00 (.13) |
.04 (.04) |
−.09 (.13) |
−.03 (.04) |
.14* (.07) |
−.02 (.02) |
.21* (.08) |
−.01 (.03) |
| Diabetes | .02 (.18) |
.02 (.05) |
41** (.14) |
−.01 (.05) |
.10 (.09) |
.03 (.03) |
.27** (.09) |
.03 (.03) |
| Cancer | −.07 (.34) |
.08 (.010) |
.17 (.35) |
−.09 (.11) |
.18 (.19) |
.00 (.06) |
.15 (.20) |
−.03 (.08) |
| Lung disease | .66* (.32) |
.17 (.12) |
.10 (.29) |
.05 (.09) |
.12 (.14) |
.00 (.04) |
.20 (.15) |
.13* (.05) |
| Heart disease | .31 (.19) |
.03 (.06) |
−.04 (.14) |
.03 (.04) |
.02 (.10) |
−.04 (.03) |
.09 (.09) |
.00 (.03) |
| Stroke | ||||||||
| Model fit | .15 (.43) |
−.05 (.11) |
.72* (.31) |
−.05 (.10) |
.15 (.18) |
.15* (.06) |
82*** (.16) |
−.06 (.05) |
| AIC | 13067.36 | 16637.43 | 70011.90 | 79297.47 | ||||
| BIC | 13277.66 | 16856.01 | 70310.76 | 79596.33 | ||||
Note: All models adjust for husband’s and wife’s number of conditions, age at interview, marital duration, educational attainment, race-ethnicity, number of living children, log of household income, CES-D, disabilities, and drugs/ treatments. High blood pressure omitted. Cells contain standard errors in parentheses. CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale; AIC = Akaike information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion.
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001.