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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2010 Jun 1;88(4):1777–1806. doi: 10.1353/sof.2010.0012

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics by Gender

Men (N=1406) Women (N=1621)

% Mean SD % Mean SD
Occupational education first job 30.2 31.4 32.4 27.5
Occupational income first job 25.1 23.1 8.6 10.7
Duncan SEI first job 38.3 26.9 46.0 18.8
Occupational education current/ last job 1975 36.6 29.7 34.9 27.4
Occupational income current/ last job 1975 38.1 22.2 13.2 15.8
Duncan SEI current/ last job 1975 48.9 24.7 45.3 20.6
Occupational education current/ last job 1993 38.8 29.4 37.7 26.9
Occupational income current/ last job 1993 40.1 23.2 18.7 19.8
Duncan SEI current/ last job 1993 50.8 24.8 48.8 20.7
Adolescent Standardized Relative Body Mass 0 .8 0 .8
 Underweight (SRBMI ≤ −1) 9.5 11.7
 Low Normal Weight (−1 < SRBMI < 0) (Referent) 43.8 38.9
 High Normal Weight (1 > SRBMI > 0) 33.4 36.7
 Overweight (SRBM ≥ 1) 13.4 12.8
Father's education 9.7 3.4 9.6 3.3
Mother's education 10.4 2.9 10.2 2.9
Father's occupational education 19.2 20.7 20.9 22.1
Average family income 1957–1960 ($100s) 58.9 62.8 61.3 53.4
Henmon-Nelson IQ 100.2 15.1 100.2 14.6
High school class rank 42.8 27.5 57.0 28.3
Educational attainment 13.9 2.4 13.3 2.0
Age at first marriage 24.0 4.3 21.9 3.9
Age at first birth 25.6 4.3 23.1 3.7