1. 37. See supra note 19.
2. 19. To measure morbidity, we identified twenty-three separate categories of serious conditions that could affect all major organ systems. (These included heart disease, diseases of the nervous system, lung diseases, diseases of the glandular system, kidney diseases, liver diseases, intestinal diseases, skeletal diseases, muscle diseases, diseases of the immune system, drug or alcohol addiction, serious mental illness, treatment for high cholesterol, and cancer.) Respondents were asked to self-report whether they had any of these conditions. For analysis, data were grouped into the following categories: (1) no conditions, (2) one or two morbid conditions, and (3) more than two morbid conditions. In the South Bend Sample, respondents with one or more morbid conditions were placed in the Seriously Ill Subsample. All respondents in the Breast Cancer Sample had at least one morbid condition—cancer.
3. 28. We defined family income as “low income” (<$25,000), “moderate income” (between $25,000 and $50,000), and “high income” (>$50,000).