Table 2.
Work Status Match Rates, Overall and by LHMS Work History Category
| Study variables | Overall match rate | Match rate by LHMS work history category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1+ jobs, complete date info. | 1+ jobs, incomplete date info. | Never worked >1 year | No job info. provided | ||
| Work status by data source | |||||
| No work reported in both (%) | 45.10 | 45.06 | 13.75 | 72.26 | 61.52 |
| Work reported in both (%) | 37.24 | 40.36 | 65.57 | 11.74 | 0.00 |
| Work reported in HRS Core only (%) | 12.49 | 9.57 | 8.55 | 13.35 | 38.48 |
| Work reported in LHMS only (%) | 5.17 | 5.01 | 12.14 | 2.65 | 0.00 |
| Overall match rate | 82.34 | 85.42 | 79.32 | 84.00 | 61.52 |
| Observations (person-year) | 74,751 | 53,542 | 8,495 | 5,580 | 7,134 |
| Observations (# of individuals) | 8,648 | 6,027 | 1,196 | 630 | 795 |
Note: HRS = Health and Retirement Study; LHMS = Life History Mail Survey.