Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics for Time-Constant Covariates^a - weighted^b (N = 10,367 participants).

Covariates	Mean/%	SD
Age (1992)	55.83	3.17
Female	52.3%
Educationc	12.34	3.05
Non-Hispanic Black	10.3%
Hispanic	6.5%
Mortality (between baseline and 2006)	18.7%
Attrition (between baseline and 2006)	7.1%

^aTime-constant covariates (Level 2) are those associated with the individual at baseline (1992).

^bCase weights are respondent-level 1992 weights (2006 HRS Cross-Tracker File).

^cEducation is measured as "number of school-years completed".