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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Econom. 2008 Jul;145(1-2):21–42. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.05.004

Table 7.

Actual and Predicted Expectations Variables (weighted)

Married Male Married Female Single Male Single Female
Actual Predicted Actual Predicted Actual Predicted Actual Predicted
Percent Chance Work at Age 62 38.8 27.3 24.8 41.6 35.8 26.7 40.1 40.0
Percent Chance Be Alive at Age 75 59.3 64.6 59.3 64.3 52.8 60.0 60.0 63.1
Percent Chance Be Alive at Age 75 39.8 33.5 40.1 35.6 33.9 29.3 43.2 33.8
Leave a Bequest of
  $10,000 55.8 69.6 52.9 68.6 38.7 51.8 35.2 43.5
  $100,000 28.2 39.3 24.0 38.0 13.6 23.6 13.3 17.2
Expected Social Security Amount 720 712 545 379 624 524 659 350