Appendix Exhibit A9.

Spousal availability by demographic and socioeconomic status among adults with dementia (Sample: Adults 55+ with dementia, dropping the adults with mismatched information on the number of children; 4,397 persons and 8,269 person-year observations)

			Spouse present
			Spouse’s ADL/IADL status		Spouse’s working status
	N. of obs	No spouse (%)	No limitation (%)	At least one limitation (%)	Not working full-time (%)	Working full-time (%)
Overall	8,269	60.1	25.8	14.1	36.0	3.9
Gender
Men	3,082	37.3	41.2	21.5	56.2	6.5
Women	5,187	73.8	16.6	9.6	23.9	2.3
Age
55–64	837	43.1	41.3	15.7	39.7	17.2
65–74	1,641	47.3	38.0	14.7	45.7	7.0
75–84	2,883	56.7	28.5	14.8	42.3	1.0
85+	2,908	77.2	10.4	12.4	22.7	0.2
Race/Ethnicity
NH White	4,692	58.4	27.1	14.5	38.2	3.4
NH Black	2,123	69.0	19.8	11.2	26.4	4.6
NH Others	203	58.6	27.4	14.0	35.3	6.1
Hispanic	1,242	56.7	27.4	15.9	38.7	4.6
Education
<12	4,669	63.9	22.6	13.5	33.3	2.8
12	2,075	60.1	26.9	13.0	35.6	4.3
13–15	894	55.7	29.2	15.1	38.1	6.2
16+	626	43.3	37.7	19.0	50.3	6.4
Total wealth
Bottom 25%	2,455	81.7	9.4	8.9	16.5	1.8
25–50%	2,023	63.3	22.5	14.2	33.7	3.0
50–75%	2,029	50.6	31.9	17.6	44.7	4.7
Top 25%	1,762	41.3	42.4	16.3	52.2	6.4

Source. Author’s analysis of data from the 2002–2014 Health and Retirement Study.