Table 2.

Results From Multilevel Model Examining Trajectories of Word Recall Surrounding Spousal Loss

Variable	Estimate	SE
	Fixed effects
Intercept	9.60*	0.07
Age	−0.14*	0.01
Age2	−0.002*	<0.01
Widowhood	−0.20*	0.06
Age × Widowhood	−0.02*	0.01
	Random effects
Variance intercept	5.07*	0.20
Variance age	0.01*	<0.01
Covariance intercept and age	−0.02*	0.01
Residual variance	5.44*	0.08

Notes: N = 2,074. SE = standard error. Age is scaled in years and centered at 73 years, the average age at spousal loss in the present sample. Widowhood is coded 0 for all observations before spousal loss and 1 for all observations after spousal loss.

*p < .05.