Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Wives |
Husbands |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)* | Range | N (%)* | Range | |
| Social participation | ||||
| Involved in any organizations | 64 (65) | 64 (66) | ||
| Number of organizations involved in | 1.81 ± (1.58) | 0–7 | 1.48 ± (1.37) | 0–5 |
| Frequency of participation in organization | ||||
| Less than once a month | 24.8 (27.5) | 27.7 (29.8) | ||
| Once a month | 7.9 (8.8) | 5 (5.3) | ||
| Less than once a week, but more than once a month | 9.9 (11) | 9.9 (10.6) | ||
| Once a week | 21.8 (24.2) | 21.8 (23.4) | ||
| More than once a week | 25.7 (28.6) | 28.7 (30.9) | ||
| Officer of an organization | 23 (24) | 17 (18) | ||
| Marital satisfaction | 93.19 ± (16.06) | 47–115 | 94.27 ± (15.64) | 26–116 |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (in years) | 67.40 ± (7.24) | 51–89 | 70.03 ± (7.66) | 56–90 |
| Race | ||||
| White | 95 (97) | 91 (92) | ||
| Black | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||
| Asian | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||
| No primary group | 3 (3) | 5 (6) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||
| High school | 13 (13) | 10 (10) | ||
| Some college credit | 13 (13) | 15 (15) | ||
| Associate’s degree | 8 (8) | 7 (7) | ||
| Bachelor’s degree | 15 (15) | 21 (21) | ||
| Some graduate school | 17 (17) | 13 (13) | ||
| Professional degree | 32 (33) | 31 (32) | ||
| Household income | ||||
| <$10,000 | 3 (3) | |||
| $10,000–$39,999 | 16 (16) | |||
| $40,000–$69,999 | 27 (28) | |||
| $70,000–$99,999 | 21 (21) | |||
| $100,000 or more | 29 (30) | |||
| Employment status | ||||
| Currently working | 63 (62.4) | 59 (58.4) | ||
| Not working | 35 (34.7) | 39 (38.6) | ||
| Months married | 429.44 ± (176.03) | 28–743 | ||
| Have children | 76 (78) | |||
| Number of children | 1.93 ± (1.3) | |||
*
Means and standard deviations are presented for continuous variables.
Data on income, months married, and children were collected for the couple and are consistent across husbands and wives.