Table 7.

Characteristics of the Linked Sample, with and without Weights

	Linked G2s, Unweighted (1)	Linked G2s, Weighted (2)	1940 Census (3)	Difference (1)-(3) (4)	Weighted difference (2)-(3) (5)
Panel A: Ohio
Age in 1940	20.191	19.784	19.789	0.402***	−0.005
Male	0.562	0.504	0.504	0.058***	0.000
White	0.983	0.970	0.970	0.013***	0.000
Urban Status	0.617	0.647	0.648	−0.031***	−0.000
Farm Status	0.191	0.159	0.159	0.032***	0.000
High School Graduate	0.536	0.478	0.478	0.058***	0.001
Never Married	0.688	0.653	0.653	0.036***	−0.000
Occupational Income Score	23.496	23.677	23.671	−0.175***	0.006
Migration: 5-year	0.036	0.047	0.048	−0.012***	−0.000
Panel B: North Carolina
Age in 1940	20.584	19.731	19.738	0.846***	−0.007
Male	0.630	0.516	0.517	0.113***	−0.001
White	0.829	0.726	0.725	0.104***	0.001
Urban Status	0.280	0.282	0.283	−0.003*	−0.001
Farm Status	0.445	0.455	0.454	−0.010***	0.001
High School Graduate	0.396	0.298	0.298	0.098***	0.000
Never Married	0.679	0.631	0.632	0.047***	−0.000
Occupational Income Score	19.884	18.715	18.660	1.224***	0.055
Migration: 5-year	0.046	0.045	0.044	0.002**	0.000

Notes: Column (1) reports the unweighted means for characteristics in the linked sample of G2s born between 1900 and 1940 to the 1940 Census. Column (2) reports the weighted mean of these characteristics for the same G2s in column (1). Column (3) reports the means of characteristics for the 1940 Census population for those who were born in Ohio and North Carolina between 1900 and 1940. Five-year migration status is directly reported in the 1940 Census for people born by 1935. We exclude individuals having missing years of schooling in both the linked sample and population because we include years of schooling as a weighting variable. Columns (4) and (5) report differences in means between indicated columns. *** indicates the variable is statistically significant at the one-percent level.