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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Mental distress predicts divorce over 16 years: the HUNT study

Variable

Mean

SD

Range

Husbands’ general mental health

8.04

4.10

0-34 (High score = poor mental health)

Wives’ general mental health

8.88

4.53

0-34 (High score = poor mental health)

Husbands’ age

52.04

15.26

22-95

Wives’ age

48.85

15.00

21-101

Children under 5 years

0.18

0.38

0-1 (No, Yes)

Children 6 to 15 years

0.36

0.48

0-1 (No, Yes)

Children older than 15 years

0.38

0.47

0-1 (No, Yes)

Years of marriage

32.31

18.47

0-86

Husbands’ physical health

2.84

0.66

1-4 (Poor, Not so good, Good, Very good)

Wives’ physical health

2.85

0.66

1-4 (Poor, Not so good, Good, Very good)

Husbands’ alcohol use, frequency

1.60

0.85

0-4 (High score = high frequency)

Husbands’ alcohol use, felt intoxicated

0.23

0.42

0-1 (No, Yes)

Wives’ alcohol use, frequency

1.23

0.78

0-4 (High score = high frequency)

Wives’ alcohol use, felt intoxicated

0.07

0.25

0-1 (No, Yes)

Husbands’ social support

4.39

0.90

1-5 (high score = high level of support)

Wives’ social support

4.13

1.01

1-5 (high score = high level of support)