Table 5A.
1986 Characteristics by Attrition Status for Sibling Pairs
| Variable | Status in 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete in 1986 | Both retained 2007 | Either out, Nonresponse | Either out by death | Either out by SEO cut | |
| Characteristics of Child (Older sibling) | |||||
| Sample | 5699 | 2000 | 1635 | 373 | 1691 |
| Health | |||||
| Excellent | 31.82 | 33.5 | 28.27 | 20.85 | 35.65 |
| Very good | 35.92 | 38.23 | 39.65 | 29.27 | 28.62 |
| Good | 25.21 | 22.65 | 25.26 | 35.94 | 27.41 |
| Fair | 5.88 | 4.87 | 5.99 | 9.1 | 6.95 |
| Poor | 1.16 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 4.84 | 1.38 |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married | 66.73 | 71.09 | 60.74 | 60.1 | 66.95 |
| Widowed | 2.38 | 1.59 | 2.5 | 8.74 | 2.06 |
| Divorced/separated | 12.47 | 10.48 | 14.82 | 14.09 | 13.22 |
| Never married | 18.43 | 16.83 | 21.95 | 17.07 | 17.77 |
| Education (Years Completed) | |||||
| 0 to 11 | 17.18 | 12.05 | 19.91 | 27.54 | 21.56 |
| 12 | 39.05 | 38.5 | 36.07 | 42.77 | 42.63 |
| 13 to 15 | 23.52 | 24.43 | 25.91 | 19.14 | 20.05 |
| 16 or more | 20.25 | 25.02 | 18.11 | 10.55 | 15.76 |
| Mean Family Size | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Mean Age | 28.4 | 28.4 | 28 | 29.5 | 28.3 |
| Employed | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.87 |
| Labor Income | |||||
| Mean | 24816 | 27035 | 23660 | 18945 | 23178 |
| Standard Deviation | 24958 | 29116 | 23259 | 22845 | 16381 |
| Median | 21166 | 22409 | 21166 | 15598 | 21389 |
| N for health | |||||
| Sibling Correlations in 1986 | 4511 | 1692 | 1178 | 292 | 1349 |
| Good health | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.19 | −0.07 | 0.12 |
| test complete=both retained | |||||
| p-value | 0.02 | ||||
| Labor Income | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.1 | 0.14 |
| test complete=both retained | |||||
| p-value | 0.83 | ||||
| Education | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 0.35 |
| test complete=both retained | |||||
| p-value | 0.63 | ||||
Notes: PSID Sample of Adults 18–34 in 1986 who were sample children 0–16 in 1968. Each observation represents a sibling pair. Weighted by 1968 individual weight of older sib. For correlations: goodhealth is good/excellent health on 5 point scale; Labor Income is log of average over age 25–34; Education is years of education at age 24.