Appendix Exhibit A7.

Spousal availability by demographic and socioeconomic status among adults with dementia, without imputation for family availability measures (Sample: Adults 55+ with dementia; 4,955 persons and 9,365 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	9,359	62.3	23.3	12.9	33.7	3.5
Gender
Men	3,506	41.2	37.7	20.1	52.6	5.8
Women	5,853	75.2	14.4	8.4	22.2	2.1
Age
55–64	981	49.8	34.9	13.9	34.8	14.6
65–74	1,843	49.3	35.2	13.8	43.8	6.4
75–84	3,182	58.0	26.4	13.9	40.6	1.0
85+	3,353	78.7	9.2	10.9	20.9	0.1
Race/Ethnicity
NH White	5,233	60.9	24.4	13.3	35.7	3.1
NH Black	2,498	70.6	17.8	10.2	24.4	4.2
NH Others	231	61.0	23.9	11.7	32.8	4.7
Hispanic	1,388	57.7	25.5	14.9	37.5	4.2
Education
<12	5,343	65.5	20.6	12.6	31.4	2.6
12	2,328	62.8	23.7	11.7	33.0	3.8
13–15	995	57.7	26.8	13.7	36.4	5.6
16+	679	46.2	35.2	17.3	47.4	5.9
Total wealth
Bottom 25%	2,876	83.2	8.0	7.8	14.8	1.6
25–50%	2,284	65.2	20.1	13.4	31.7	2.7
50–75%	2,253	52.6	29.7	16.2	42.6	4.4
Top 25%	1,946	43.3	39.6	15.2	50.3	5.9

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