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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2012 May 17;46(5):477–488. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.05.005

Table 1.

Demographics for event & control groups. Means (and standard deviations) for age and household income.

Event Control
Marriage
Gender (% women) 52% 48%
Age 25.4 (6.4) 29.5 (8.1)
Education
    None 5% 11%
    Elementary 6% 4%
    Basic vocational 6% 9%
    Intermediate general 19% 8%
    Intermediate vocational 6% 7%
    Full general 11% 12%
    Full vocational 9% 11%
    Lower tertiary 18% 18%
    Higher tertiary 20% 21%
Household income 29,467 (24,988) 29,787 (29,265)
N 1331 1331
Childbirth
Gender (% women) 56% 47%
Age 25.2 (6.4) 29.6 (8.0)
Education
    None 5% 7%
    Elementary 6% 11%
    Basic vocational 5% 6%
    Intermediate general 23% 8%
    Intermediate vocational 6% 6%
    Full general 10% 14%
    Full vocational 8% 9%
    Lower tertiary 18% 17%
    Higher tertiary 19% 22%
Household income 29,775 (23,910) 31,346 (27,648)
N 1687 1687
Widowhood
Gender (% women) 66% 67%
Age 65.8 (11.4) 66.7 (11.6)
Education
    None 50% 51%
    Elementary 1% 0%
    Basic vocational 13% 13%
    Intermediate general 9% 8%
    Intermediate vocational 4% 3%
    Full general 2% 2%
    Full vocational 2% 2%
    Lower tertiary 16% 18%
    Higher tertiary 4% 4%
Household income 17,924 (15,130) 21,095 (16,185)
N 556 556
Unemployment
Gender (% women) 54% 52%
Age 32.8 (13.6) 35.6 (13.4)
Education
    None 20% 25%
    Elementary 8% 13%
    Basic vocational 9% 13%
    Intermediate general 27% 12%
    Intermediate vocational 5% 5%
    Full general 7% 6%
    Full vocational 5% 5%
    Lower tertiary 13% 15%
    Higher tertiary 6% 7%
Household income 25,018 (23,983) 25,323 (21,765)
N 1364 1364