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Table 2 Spousal similarity (between-partner correlations) for each characteristic

From: Health, health behaviors, and health dissimilarities predict divorce: results from the HUNT study

Characteristic

r

Poor subjective health

.44

Obesity

.20

Heavy drinking

.48

Mental distress

.30

No exercise

.39

Smoking

.48

Age

.96

Income

.36

Education

.49

  1. Note: p < 0.001 for all correlations. Tetrachoric correlations calculated for the six health variables, Pearson correlations for age, income and education.