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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Appl Econ. 2009 Jan 1;1(1):22–48. doi: 10.1257/app.1.1.22

Table 4.

Characteristics of individuals aged 18 to 50 who joined and left households between HSE1 and HSE2

Joined as resident members between HSE1 and HSE2: Characteristics at HSE2 Ended membership between HSE1 and HSE2: Characteristics at HSE1
Pension household HSE2 Non-pension household HSE2 Pension household HSE1 Non-pension household HSE1
Number of individuals 1573 2418 2031 2934
Age 28.35 27.80* 29.82 28.27*
Female 0.57 0.60 0.54 0.57
Years of education 8.40 8.79* 7.69 8.01*
Individual is reported to be Employed: 0.22 0.29* 0.40 0.40
Looking for work 0.25 0.25 -- --
Studying 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.14*
Pregnant or caring for own child 0.05 0.06 -- --
Sick or injured 0.05 0.03* -- --
Caring for other children 0.00 0.01 -- --
Caring for sick 0.00 0.00 -- --
Doing nothing 0.25 0.20* -- --
Resident at HSE1 -- -- 0.47 0.50*

Notes. Column 1 reports means for individuals aged 18 to 50 who became resident in a household with a resident member age-eligible for the social pension at HSE2. Column 2 reports on individuals aged 18 to 50 who became resident in households that did not have an age-eligible resident member at HSE2. Individuals in columns 1 and 2 were either non-resident members of households at HSE1 or were not a member of any household in the DSA at HSE1.

*

denote that the differences between individuals who joined pension or non-pension households are significant at the 5 percent level. Column 3 reports means for individuals aged 18 to 50 who ended membership of a household with a resident member age-eligible for the social pension at HSE1. Column 4 reports on individuals aged 18 to 50 who ended membership of a household that did not have an age-eligible resident member at HSE1.