Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics, HRS 2000–2018

	All sample (n = 18,171)				Male (n = 8,039)				Female (n = 10,132)				Two-sample
	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Comparison
Level 1
Dementia	0.032	0.176	0	1	0.031	0.173	0	1	0.032	0.177	0	1
Contemporaneous living alone	0.285	0.451	0	1	0.173	0.378	0	1	0.369	0.483	0	1	***
Cumulative living alone	1.009	1.942	0	10	0.601	1.553	0	10	1.316	2.139	0	10	***
Non-married status	0.409	0.492	0	1	0.246	0.431	0	1	0.532	0.499	0	1	***
Age	74.340	6.754	65	101	74.182	6.631	65	101	74.460	6.844	65	101	***
Family size	5.647	3.285	0	31	5.742	3.320	0	31	5.575	3.257	0	26	***
Household income (in thousands)	43	231	0	60,014	50	340	0	60,014	37	78	0	5,279	***
Household wealth (in thousands)	943	1,050	45	68,504	965	1,122	87	51,090	926	991	45	68,504	*
Activities of daily living	0.130	0.466	0	5	0.120	0.448	0	5	0.137	0.479	0	5	***
Cerebrovascular disease burden	1.212	0.948	0	4	1.298	0.976	0	4	1.147	0.922	0	4	***
Social engagement	1.044	0.913	0	3	1.142	0.940	0	3	0.970	0.884	0	3	***
Perceived social support	0.639	0.480	0	1	0.621	0.485	0	1	0.653	0.476	0	1	***
Level 2
Education	0.782	0.413	0	1	0.775	0.418	0	1	0.787	0.409	0	1	***
NH White	0.782	0.413	0	1	0.791	0.407	0	1	0.776	0.417	0	1	***
Ever interviewed with proxy	0.121	0.327	0	1	0.164	0.370	0	1	0.089	0.285	0	1	***
Foreign-born	0.094	0.292	0	1	0.096	0.295	0	1	0.093	0.291	0	1
Sample size (person-waves)	78,490				33,771				44,719

Notes: HRS = Health and Retirement Study. To examine whether the mean values are statistically different between males and females, t-tests were used for continuous variables and proportion tests were conducted for binary variables.

***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05.