Table 1.
Summary Statistics, CPS 1992-2002*
| Veterans | Non-Veterans | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre (N=9166) |
Post (N=9045) |
Pre (N=7517) |
Post (N=12252) |
|
| Age | 59.326 | 58.78 | 58.492 | 58.639 |
| Married | 0.842 | 0.823 | 0.838 | 0.818 |
| White | 0.937 | 0.921 | 0.864 | 0.86 |
| No HS | 0.135 | 0.061 | 0.303 | 0.218 |
| HS | 0.354 | 0.344 | 0.305 | 0.29 |
| Some College | 0.237 | 0.289 | 0.145 | 0.172 |
| College Grad | 0.161 | 0.175 | 0.112 | 0.153 |
| Grad School | 0.113 | 0.131 | 0.135 | 0.167 |
| Pension Plan | 0.529 | 0.57 | 0.476 | 0.504 |
| Empl. HI Plan | 0.686 | 0.709 | 0.637 | 0.65 |
| Northeast | 0.236 | 0.219 | 0.264 | 0.222 |
| Midwest | 0.257 | 0.24 | 0.239 | 0.229 |
| South | 0.295 | 0.291 | 0.295 | 0.312 |
| West | 0.212 | 0.25 | 0.202 | 0.237 |
| Not Working | 0.135 | 0.115 | 0.116 | 0.101 |
| Self-Employed | 0.213 | 0.182 | 0.228 | 0.206 |
| Part Time | 0.106 | 0.102 | 0.091 | 0.088 |
| Occupations: | ||||
| Prof/Management | 0.308 | 0.328 | 0.285 | 0.329 |
| Tech/Sales/Cleric | 0.213 | 0.21 | 0.167 | 0.162 |
| Service | 0.08 | 0.082 | 0.094 | 0.093 |
| Farming | 0.051 | 0.034 | 0.075 | 0.057 |
| Craftsman | 0.175 | 0.18 | 0.175 | 0.166 |
| Operator | 0.172 | 0.166 | 0.204 | 0.193 |
| Industries: | ||||
| Agric/Mining | 0.051 | 0.036 | 0.071 | 0.058 |
| Construction | 0.078 | 0.084 | 0.09 | 0.092 |
| Manufacturing | 0.19 | 0.171 | 0.211 | 0.184 |
| Transport/Commun | 0.095 | 0.115 | 0.078 | 0.079 |
| Trade | 0.147 | 0.138 | 0.159 | 0.144 |
| Finance/Real estate | 0.057 | 0.06 | 0.051 | 0.056 |
| Business/Repair | 0.05 | 0.059 | 0.049 | 0.059 |
| Personal | 0.035 | 0.03 | 0.034 | 0.039 |
| Public | 0.061 | 0.071 | 0.034 | 0.036 |
| Professional | 0.152 | 0.153 | 0.155 | 0.182 |
*
Sample includes males ages 55-64 and employed last year