Table 1.
Summary statistics in 1992 for HRS sample and analysis sample
| HRS Sample | Analysis Sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. Dev | Mean | Std. Dev. | |
| Former smoker | 0.367 | 0.601 | ||
| Current smoker | 0.271 | 0.399 | ||
| High stress* | 0.191 | 0.191 | ||
| Age | 55.865 | (3.641) | 55.225 | (3.440) |
| Black | 0.169 | 0.152 | ||
| Other race | 0.037 | 0.028 | ||
| Male | 0.486 | 0.618 | ||
| Married | 0.751 | 0.756 | ||
| Household income (‘0,000 1992 USD) | 4.660 | (5.072) | 5.281 | (4.841) |
| Years of education | 12.019 | (3.237) | 12.452 | (2.970) |
| Professional* | 0.155 | 0.138 | ||
| Managerial* | 0.152 | 0.154 | ||
| Administrative* | 0.150 | 0.136 | ||
| Sales* | 0.099 | 0.102 | ||
| Mechanical* | 0.112 | 0.128 | ||
| Service* | 0.150 | 0.146 | ||
| Operator* | 0.149 | 0.166 | ||
| Farm* | 0.033 | 0.030 | ||
| N (persons) | 10,775 | 3,825 | ||
*
Note, the number of observations for the variables high stress and occupation dummies in the HRS sample are less than 10,775 due to missing values. Thus the means across the two columns are similar for these variables.